Sai Baba Biography

Biographers of Shirdi Sai Baba  (e.g. Govindrao Ragulnath Dabholkar, Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja, Smriti Srinivas, Antonio Rigopolous) when writing about him base it on the accounts of what was said by various people who knew Shirdi Ke Sai Baba. But this is not the only source of information used in compling the biography of Shirdi Sai Baba. Their exists a diary written by Ganesha Shrikrishna Khaparde. This diary was written by Ganesha Shrikrishna Khapade while his stay in Shirdi. This diary describes every day of the author's stay at Shirdi. When speculating about the unknown episode's of Sai Baba's life, they mainly base their conclusions on his words.

However, there is only one source that may be called authentic and comprehensive. This is the compendium written about Sai's life and is known as the Shri Sai Satcharita, written in Marathi, in 1916 by Govindrao Ragulnath Dabholkar (translated into English by Nagesh Vasudevanand Gunaji with English title: Shri Sai Satcharitra) whom Sai Baba nicknamed Hemadpant, which is an account of his life, teachings and miracles of Shirdi Sai Baba. Other important sources about Sai Baba are books by B. V. Narasimhaswamiji such as Sri Sai Baba's Charters and Sayings or Devotee's Experiences of Sai Baba. Another important document is "Sri Sai Baba and His Teachings" by Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja which is an in depth study of Sai Baba's  life routine and activities.