Not just in his time, but even in the 21^st century, people feel skeptic about the religious affliction of the Saint of Shirdi Sai Baba. Here is a justified answer to all those questions.

Was there a singular religious belief that Sai Baba practiced? Baba lived in a Masjid, and always had a Dhuni— the sacred fire. He grinded on the handmill, blew conch shells and bells— according to the Hindu norms. He was always worshipped with arghya during his lifetime and in the present establishments for worshipping. So, Sai Baba could be called as a saint who stood taller beyond the religious boundaries.

Sai Baba believed in the simpler truths like – Shraddha aur Saburi. He believed and preached for resilience, loving the neighbor, and helping people in all conditions. His teachings included the prime statements of all religious beliefs. He was not a cleric of a certain or singular religious movement, even though he came at a time when religious movements across India took shapes into political movements. Sai Baba was the cleric of people, and lived in the midst of people.

Sai Baba named the abandoned mosque as Dwarakamayi, and spent his entire life there. He supported every belief, but always suggested people to show respect to other faiths as well. This was a unique approach that many did not think of or preached. But Sai Baba was a saint who understood that helping people to form and stay within a society may require every faiths and beliefs to come together, under one roof. He, himself opened the gate of Dwarakamayi for that purpose.

Devotees explained Baba as a faqir, who lived a simple and minimalist life. Throughout he begged for a few drops of oil to lighten up the lamps. But when shopkeepers frowned, he showed his miraculous capacities, and lightened the lamps with water instead of oil. He performed tasks as a local Hakim for treating the poor people. His miracles and preaching for unification of humankind beyond the divisive religious beliefs turned him a legend that is still worshipped in the 21^st century.