Baba came to Shirdi.

Shri Venkusa asked the boy, to go in the western direction. It seems that Saibaba first came to Shirdi when he was a lad of 16 years. But he never mingled with the public. He sat under a tree fully absorbed in his own self. He was very fair and beautiful. Many observed the boy but they could not dwell on his glory. None knew where from he came. After some time, the boy vanished from Shirdi and returned there with one Chandbai patil accompanying a marriage party. The girl was from Shirdi. When the marriage party returned to their native, Baba alone stayed back in Shirdi. When the marriage party first entered Shirdi, they were getting down from the cart near Kandhoba temple. On seeing the boy, Mahlsapathy, the priest of Kandhoba temple welcomed the boy as "Ya Sai". Thus the name struck the boy. He preferred to stay in a dilapidated mosque. He used to give medicine to the people who were ill. Many got cured from their health problems. Thus he was familiar with the villagers as a successful 'hakeem' who used to cure such diseases. Rest in next post.Sairam.