Millions of people visit Shirdi day and night, in the hope of experiencing his divine presence. It is said that Sai came in this incarnation for the sake of religious and communal harmony. He was a Perfect Master and acceptable to all. The duty of a guru is to lead his disciples in the right path, in life and death. Cycle of events seems to follow a predestined path that is hard to understand .
Death is a reminder of the temporary nature of the human body.
Baba helped his devotees to come to terms with this very final fact of life. He stressed the fact that death was inevitable. This is well brought out in the incidence where he comforts Tatya Patil at the death of his mother, Bajya bai. He exemplified the detachment he advocated by conducting himself in a completely calm manner when his own end was near. He gave nine coins to Lakshmi bai as charity, highlighting nine ways of bhakti.