Baba collects food from few houses.

Few people were attracted initially to the young Saibaba. Noteworthy among them is Mahlsapathy, Baija Ma, Shama, the school teacher and Radhakrishna Mai. After hearing the leelas of Saibaba, people started flocking to Shirdi in large numbers. People who were issue less came to Baba, prayed him and astonishingly they got their wishes fulfilled. Thus Baba's fame spread far and wide. But he maintained his simplicity. His begging rounds were not even. Sometimes he used to beg in four to five houses and at other times he used to go many rounds up to 12 noon. He collected the solid items like roti, subji and rice in his 'choli' a cloth bundle and collected the liquid items like butter milk etc in a tin container. After returning to the Masjid, he will pour all the items thus collected and mix all of them and offer them to Allah. Then the food was partaken by Baba and others to their heart content. The remaining food in the vessel was eaten by dogs and cats. The servant maid who used to clean the masjid used to take 4 or 5 rotis for her family. Sai never drive away any animals or human being. Only when he gets angry, people fear to go near him. Sairam.