THE CHARACTERS IN THE DRAMA OF SAI SAHEB (Shri Sai Leela
January – February 1993)
There were so many characters who played the role in the drama of Shirdi Jagannataka Sutradhari. Let us have a glance at their role in this article. All the information is based on Shirdi Sai Sansthan publications, Devotees' experiences, by late Sri B. V. Narasimha Swamy, Literature of late Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja on Sai, Ambrosia in Shirdi, by Sri Ramalinga Swami
SAHEBS
1.
Annasaheb Dabholkar
2.
Annasaheb Gadgil
3.
Annasaheb Mahajani
4.
Annasaheb Mutalik
5. Appasaheb
Kulkarni
6.
Appasaheb (Magistrate of Kopergaon)
7.
Babasaheb Khaparde
8.
Babasaheb Dengle
9.
.Babasaheb Tarkhad
10.
Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe
11.
Babasaheb Ganesh
12.
Babasaheb Sakharam Bable
13.
Bapusaheb Booty
14.
Bapusaheb Chandorkar
15.
Bapusaheb Jog
16.
Bapusaheb (Abkari Inspector)
17.
Bapusaheb (Khaparde's father)
18.
Balasaheb Bhate
19.
Balasaheb Mirikar
20.
Balasaheb (Mamlatdar)
21.
Balasaheb Rege
22.
Balasaheb Sulthe
23.
Balasaheb Binnewale
24.
Bhausaheb Dhumal
25.
Bhausaheb Pradhan
26. Chottubhayya
saheb Parulkar
27.
Dadasaheb Karandikar
28.
Dadasaheb Khaparde
29.
Hazisaheb or Durveshsaheb Siddik Falke
30.
Kakasaheb Dixit
31.
Kakasaheb Mirikar
32.
Mayisaheb (Brahmananda Bai)
33.
Nanasaheb Chandorkar
34.
Nanasaheb Rasne
35.
Nanasaheb Dengle (Astrologer)
36.
Nanasaheb Dengle (who gave wooden plank to Baba)
37.
Nanasaheb Nimonkar
38.
Nanasaheb Panse
39.
Nanasaheb Behare
40.
Raosaheb Narottam Shetli ;
41.
Tatyasaheb Noolkar
PATILS
1. Chand
Patil
2. Tatya
Kote Patil
3. Dada
Kote Patil
4. Ganpat
Kote Patil
5.
Bhimaji Patil
6. Balaji
Patil
7. Raghu
Patil
8.
Ramchandra Dada Patil
9. Nigoji
Patil
10.
Appaji Patil
11.
Tatyaji Ganpatrao Kote Patil
12. Appa
Kote Patil
13.
Chidambarrao Keshav Ghadge patil
14. Kavji
patil
15.
Nivritti Patil
16.
Jahangir Patil (Parsi criticizer)
17.
Srikrishna Patil
18.
Vamanrao Patil
19.
Shinde Patil (H/o. Lakshmibai Shinde)
20. Bala
Patil
21.
Bayaji Appaji Patil
22.
Bayaji Patil (Kote) (H/o. Bhikoobai)
23.
Dandulgaon Patil (wrestler)
SHASTRIES
1.
Upasani Shastry
2.
Balkrishna Govind Upasani Shastry
3.
Shivanand Shastry
4. Moolay
Shastry
5. Lele
Shastry (Mukund Shastry Lele)
6. Kunte
Shastry
7.
Krishna Shastry (Bhishma)
DIXITS
1.
Kakasaheb Dixit
2.
Haribhau Dixit
3.
Sadashivrao Dixit
4. Govind
Kamlakar Dixit
5.
Raobahadur Rajarampant Dixit
SHINDES •
1.
Bhagoji Shinde
2.
Lakshmibai Shinde
3. Appa Shinde
4. Shankarrao Shinde
5. Raghuji Ganpat Shinde
6. Narayan Govind Shinde (ofHarda)
DENGLES
1.
Tryambakji Dengle
2.
Babasaheb Dengle
3.
Sitaram Dengle
4.
Nanasaheb Dengle (Astrologer)
5.
Nanasaheb Dengle (who gave wooden plank to Baba)
DAS
1.
Devidas
2.
Janakidas
3.
Ganudas (Dasganu)
LAKSHMI BAIS
1.
Lakshmibai - Wife of G. S. Khaparde
2.
Lakshmibai - Wife of Anna Chinchnikar
3.
Lakshmibai (Shinde) -Received nine rupees by Baba
4. Lakshmibai
(Kaujalgi) -Mousibai
WADAS
1. Sathe
or Navalkar Wada
2. Dixit
Wada
3. Booty
Wada (Samadhi Mandir)
To overcome the confusion in the names
1. Bayja
(Bayjabai)-Mother of Tatya Patil
2. Bayaji
(Bayaji Appaji Patil) - In whose lap Baba left His mortal coil.
HOW BABA CALLED SOME OF THE DEVOTEES
1. Shama
or Shyama -Madhavrao Deshpande
2. Bhagat
- Mhalsapati
3. Mera
Cowa (crow) or Halalkhor (scavenger) -Abdul
4.
Ramkrishna or Ramkrishni -Radhakrisnnaayi
5. Ganu -
Dasganu Maharaj
6.
Rambhau - R. B. Purandare
7.
Bapugir Buva - Ramgir Buva
8.
Bademia - Bade Baba
9. Damya
- D. S. Rasane
10. Somya
- Somnath
Shankar
Deshpande (S/o. Nanasaheb Nimonkar)
11.
Mother - Mousibai
12.
Dadasaheb - G. S. Khaparde
Now let us know the magic in the names
1.
Hemadpant - Sri Govindrao Raghunath Dabholkar alias Annasaheb Dabholkar
2. Shama
or Shyama -Madhavrao Balwant Deshpande
3.
Nanumama pujari or Nanubhat pujari -Lakshman Kacheshwar Jakhadi
4.
Babasaheb Tarkhad -Ramchandra Atmaram
5.
Upasani Baba- Kashinath Govind Upasani Shastry
6. Dada
Kelkar - Ganesh Damodar
7. Kaka
Puranik - Raghunath Maharaj of Dhopeshwar
8. Bade
Baba or Bademia -Malegaon Fakir Peer Mohammad or Fakir Baba
9. Anna
Chinchnikar -Damodar Ghanshyam Babare
10.
Mausibai - Lakshmibai Kaujalgi
11.
Damooanna Kasar or Damusheth Kasar -Damodar Savlaram Rasane
12.
Bapugir Buva (called by Baba) - Ramgir Buva
13.
Bapusaheb Jog -Sakharam Hari
14.
Kakasaheb Dixit or Bhausaheb Dixit - Hari Sitaram
15. Tembe
Swamy - Sri Vasudevanand Saraswaty Swamy
16. Kaka
Mahajani -Lakshmanrao
17.
Dasganu Maharaj -Ganpatrao Dattatreya Sahasrabuddhe
18.
Annasaheb Gadgil -Chidambar Keshav
19.
Balabhau or Balabhat -Ramchandra Sitaram Dev
20.
Bapusaheb Booty - Gopal Mukund
21. D. V.
Sambhare-Mr. Kolambo
22. Mama
Dube - Kashinath Dube
23.
Kushabhau - Krishnaji Kashinath Joshi
24.
Nanavalli – Shankar Narayan Vaidya
25:
Nanasaheb Nimonkar - Shankarrao Raghunath Deshpande
26.
Dadasaheb - G. S-. Khaparde
27. Mrs.
Manager- Mrs. Tarabai Sadashiv Tarkhad
28.
Radhakrisnnaayi -Sundaribai Kshirsagar
29. Saisharananand – Vamanrao Prangovind Patel
30. Dev
Mamledar (Satara) -Yeshwantrao Bhaskar
31.
Bhishma - Krishnashastry Jageshwar Bhishma
32. Mr. B. V. - Balasaheb Dev
33.
Nanasaheb Chandorkar -Narayan Govind
34. Appa Kulkarni - Keshav Anant
35. Smt.
Sai Mai - Mrs. Janakibai Tambe
36.
Balasaheb Bhate -Purushottam Sakharam
37.
Tatyasaheb Noolkar-Lakshman Krishnaji
38. Babu
- Mahadev (younger son of Nanasaheb Chandorkar)
39. Damya - Damodar Savlaram Rasane
40. Hamsa or Swamy -Natekar
41.
Balkrishna- Babasaheb Khaparde (eldest son of G. S. Khaparde)
42.
Hazisaheb or Durveshsaheb or Hazrat -Hazi Mohammad Siddik of Kalyan
43. Maruti - Tryambakrao
44.
Bapusaheb - Srikrishna Narhar (father of G. S. Khaparde)
45.
Manutai - Lakshmibai (wife of G. S. Khaparde)
46.
Haribhau Phanse -Janardan Moreshwar Phanse
47.
Uddhavesh - Shyamdas
48.
Sainath - Harihar or. Hareshwar (S. B. Nachne's younger son)
49.
Chottubhayya - Krishnaji Narayan
50.
Bhausahcb Pradhan -Lakshmanrao (Sub-Registrar)
51.
Ganesh Sridhar-Kashinath (younger brother of Shama)
52. Somya – Somnath Shankar Deshpande (S/o. Nanasaheb
Nimonkar)
53.
Rambhau - R. B. Purandare
54. M. B.
Rege - Chinna Kistna Rajasaheb Bahadur
55. Shankarrao - Balkrishna Vaidya
56. Nanumaharaj - Sripad Narsoba Panchlegaonkar
57.
Thoser- Sri Narayan Ashram
58. Dada
Kelkar - Damodar Kelkar (father-in-law of Sathe)
59.
Daulat Shah - Dattatreya Damodar Rasane or Nanasaheb Rasane
60. Anna Rasane - Damodar Savlaram Rasane Kasar
61.
Shirdi- Shiladhi
62. Sai
Baba - The Lord God of Shirdi alone knows
Available
full names of some of the Devotees
1. R. B.
H. V. Sathe -Raobahadur Hari Vinayak Sathe
2. R. B.
Purandare -Raghuvir Bhaskar Purandare "* - /-!•>
3. N. G.
Chandorkar -Narayan Govind Chandorkar (Nanasaheb Chandorkar)
4. G. S.
Khaparde - Ganesh Srikrishna Khaparde
5. D. S.
Rasane – Damodar Savlaram Rasane
6. R. A.
Tarkhad-Ramchandra Atmaram Tarkhad
7.
Saptnekar - Mahadev Vaman Saptnekar
8. Y. J. Galvankar-Yeshwantrao Janardan Galvankar
9. S. B. Nachne -Shantaram Balwant Nachne Dahanukar
10.
Minatai - Minatai Ganesh Kuvalekar (D/o. Nanasaheb Chandorkar)
11. M. W. Pradhan- Moreshwar Wishwanath Pradhan
12. G. G.
Narke - G. Ganesh Narke
Baba
always called Hari Sitaram Dixit as Kaka or Kaka Bixit. Hence he is noted as
Kaka Dixit. Nanasaheb Nimonkar and D, S. Rasane were also called as Kaka. H. V.
Sathe and Mirikar were called as Saheb. Shama always addressed Baba as Deva.
Radhakrishnaayi's house was called as Shala (i.e. Pathashala, means school) by
Baba. Baba always called Mousibai as Mother. Once Baba called her as his
mother-in-law and made a joke about her saluting Him (i.e. Baba had accepted
her as a disciple as per G. S. Khaparde's diary.)
I humbly
prostrate before Sai Saheb of Shirdi to bless us all.
.
- P. S. Purushottam Rao
Ongole, A.P.