Kishori Shahane
Kishori Shahane is an eminent classical and folk dancer and actress in the Marathi language film industry of India.
She is married to Hindi filmmaker Deepak Balraj Vij.
She is a producer who helped make a film about the life of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
She is known for appearing in shows like" Shakti- Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki" and" Ishq Mein Marjawan".
In 2019 she participated in the reality show" Bigg Boss Marathi 2" finishing in fifth place.
Narayana Kasturi
Narayana Kasturi( 25 December 1897 – 14 August 1987) was born Kasturi Ranganatha Sharma in North Travancore, which now forms part of the modern day Indian state of Kerala.
He is remembered by many as a great visionary who promoted human fraternity and multilingualism.
He received his bachelor's degree in Law, and his master's degree in Arts from the University College, Trivandrum, India.
" After his degree at the age of 21, he stumbled up on an advertisement for the post of a lecturer in a High School in the city of Mysore."
He acquired the position.
After a few years, Kasturi began to" seriously contemplate on a career in Law."
Around 1928 he served as a lecturer in Maharaja's College of Arts( affiliated to the Mysore University).
He served as the Secretary of the Sri Ramakrishna Mission in Mysore for over seventeen years.
During these years he came into contact with Sri Siddharudha Swami, Ramana Maharshi, Meher Baba, and Narayana Guru; and was initiated into Japam by Mahapurushji, the direct disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
He met Sathya Sai Baba in the year 1948 in Bangalore.
In his first meeting with Sathya Sai Baba, Sai Baba related,
After retiring from the University, stay with Me. You can write My biography.
Me?" Kasturi replied.
" Yes, I shall tell you whom to consult for details – parents, brothers, kinsmen, neighbours, teachers, etc.
I shall also help."
It was July 1948."
He began to write the life of Sathya Sai Baba and published it as" Sathyam Sivam Sundaram"
Part I.
He later became the editor of the magazine of the Sathya Sai Organization, called" Sanathana Sarathi".
In 1949," a University Order sent Mr. Kasturi to the Intermediate College, Davangere as its Principal."
Kasturi stayed on for five years and then retired.
" When he retired in 1954 with a full year's pension, Swami( Sai Baba) suggested that he go on a spiritual pilgrimage to North India taking his mother and wife along."
In 1956, Sathya Sai Baba suggested, and in spite of Kasturi's reluctance," convinced him to accept the offer of the post of Producer of Programmes for the newly established All India Radio Station, Bangalore."
Kasturi enjoyed the post immensely, and" during a visit to Bangalore in 1958,( Sathya Sai Baba) spotted him( Kasturi) at the residence of Mr. Vittal Rao and said," Now, you have to work at Puttaparthi.
A monthly magazine will start soon.
Guess!
How is it named?"
" In the initial days of" Sanathana Sarathi", with no professional or skilled help of any kind, be it in writing and editing to printing, pasting and parceling, it was a tremendous responsibility for Professor Kasturi to ensure that the issue, flawless in every aspect, reached the readers on time."
Mrs. Geeta Mohan Ram, who watched and played with Professor Kasturi as a tiny girl in those days, recalls," The whole process of type- setting would be repeated so many times.
After the sheets were printed, the ink would still be wet.
They would then have to be spread all over the floor to dry, so the ink would not smear.
Later, the pages were carefully collated, stapled together, packed and addressed in preparation for mailing – all done by hand.
Although there were a few volunteers to help him, I remember Professor Kasturi doing all these jobs, month in and month out, for so many years.
This was truly his labor of love for Swami( Sathya Sai Baba)."
Sathya Sai Baba
Sathya Sai Baba( born Sathyanarayana Raju; 23 November 192624 April 2011) was an Indian guru, and philanthropist.
At the age of fourteen he claimed that he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba, and encouraged his followers to believe the same.
Sathya Sai Baba's purported materialisations of" vibhuti"( holy ash) and other small objects such as rings, necklaces, and watches, were a source of controversy.
Some have analyzed them as being mere sleights of hand; while his devotees have considered them as signs of his divinity.
Innumerable reports of faith healings, resurrection, clairvoyance, bilocation, and alleged omnipotence and omniscience have been attributed to Sathya Sai Baba by his devotees.
The Sathya Sai Organisation, founded by Sathya Sai Baba" to enable its members to undertake service activities as a means to spiritual advancement", has over 1,200 Sathya Sai Centres( branches) in 126 countries.
Through this organisation, Sathya Sai Baba established a network of free hospitals, clinics, drinking water projects, auditoriums, ashrams and schools.
Upasni Maharaj
Upasni Maharaj, born Kashinath Govindrao Upasni,( 15 May 1870 – 24 December 1941) was considered by his disciples to be a satguru.
He lived in Sakori, British India, and is said to have received God-realization from Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Sakori is located in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, about from Shirdi.
Ekkirala Bharadwaja
Ekkirala Bharadwaja( 30 October 1938 – 12 April 1989) authored many Hindu spiritual books, primarily on the life and worship of Shirdi Sai Baba and Dattatreya.
His Telugu- language book" Sri Sai Leelamrutham" is widely sold.
Mukul Nag
Mukul Nag is an Indian actor.
He is best known for playing the revered saint, Sai Baba of Shirdi, in the Hindi language historical drama series" Sai Baba".
The series was produced by Sagar Films and broadcast by DD National in 2003.
In an interview with Sai Leela Times, Mukul Nag said:" Papaji( Ramanand Sagar) asked me just one question before he cast me as Sai Baba in the serial.
He asked me how you're planning to do this role?
I replied I do my job with full Devotion( shraddha), and he said you're doing this role- I just want to know this."
Mukul Nag is one of the best actors of National School of Drama, India.
He was born on 25 October in a small city of India.
His first play," Taimoor or Balak", was directed and acted by himself at the time when he was just 12 years old.
After finishing his studies, he started his course with National School of Drama.
He then acted with Sagar Films in Krishna as Sudama and Ashvatthama.
Mukul Nag have his own production house name Amita Nag Production.
In Bollywood, he performed in various movies:
He worked in the movie BHAGAT SINGH as Chandrashekhar Azad.
FESTIVAL MOVIES: HE also made the movie under his home production name" ZARB- PRAHAR SHABDON KA" for this movie he got an award for the BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR in NMIFF 2017 and also in INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF PRAYAG( IFFP) 2017.
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who is regarded by his devotees as a saint and a fakir.
He is revered by both his Hindu and Muslim devotees during, as well as after his lifetime.
Sai Baba is now revered as an incarnation of Sri Dattatreya and considered as Saguna Brahma by his devotees.
He is attributed to be the creator, sustainer and destroyer of this universe by his devotees.
He is decorated with jewels and all forms of Hindu vedic deities as he is believed by his followers to be the supreme God.
According to Sri Pada Sri Vallabha charithra, Sripada Srivallabha the first incarnation of lord Dattatreya, had blessed lord Hanuman to be born as Sai Baba to spread the equality and spirituality with a message all are equal" Sabka Malik EkEveryone's Master is One")
According to accounts from his life, he preached the importance of" realization of the self" and criticized" love towards perishable things".
His teachings concentrate on a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace and devotion to the God and guru.
He stressed the importance of surrender to the true" Satguru", who, having trod the path to divine consciousness, will lead the disciple through the jungle of spiritual training.
Sai Baba also condemned distinction based on religion or caste.
It remains unclear if he was a Muslim or a Hindu.
This, however, was of no consequence to Sai Baba.
His teachings combined elements of Hinduism and Islam: he gave the Hindu name" Dwarakamayi" to the mosque in which he lived, practised both Hindu and Muslim rituals, taught using words and figures that drew from both traditions and took samadhi in Shirdi.
One of his well- known epigrams," Allah MalikGod is King") and" Sabka Malik EkEveryone's Master is One"), is associated with both Hinduism and Islam.
He is also known to have said" Look to me, and I shall look to you" and" Allah tera bhala karega".
Sudhir Dalvi
Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor.
He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series "Ramayan" and is well known for his role as Sai Baba.
He also has acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film "Shirdi Ke Sai Baba" which is a milestone role in Bollywood.
He also became famous for his role in TV series Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
He played Nana Nagarkar in a famous tele show of the 1990s, "Junoon".
He also appeared in Shyam Benegal's TV Series Bharat Ek Khoj as elderly Shah Jahan in the Aurangzeb episodes.
Connor Shaw
Connor Shaw( born September 19, 1991) is a former American football quarterback.
He played college football at the University of South Carolina, where he was the starting quarterback from 2011 through 2013.
He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
He was also a member of the Chicago Bears.
G. S. Khaparde
Ganesh Srikrishna Khaparde( also known as Dadasaheb Khaparde)( 27 August 1854 – 1 July 1938) was an Indian lawyer, scholar, political activist and a noted devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba and saint Gajanan Maharaj.
Born at Ingroli in Berar, Khaparde studied Sanskrit and English Literature before beginning law.
He graduated with an LLB in 1884, which led him to Government service.
He served as a Munsiff and an assistant commissioner at Berar between 1885 and 1890.
Closely associated with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he took a keen interest in politics and in 1890 resigned from service to begin his own law practice at Amravati.
Khaparde was the chairman of the reception committee at the Amravati Congress in 1897.
He attended, along with Tilak, the Shivaji Festival of the Congress at Calcutta in 1906.
He was at this time associated with the" extremist" camp within the Congress, led by Lal- Bal- Pal trio of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.
A close ally and one of the most trusted lieutenants of Tilak, Khaparde's strong and singular personal influence in the Central Provinces earned him the epitaph of" the Nawab of Berar".
Between 1908 and 1910, Khaparde travelled to England to conduct Tilak's appeal to the Privy Council.
Intelligence reports indicate that along with Bipin Chandra Pal, he was at this time associated with the India House.
Later, Khaparde was a founding member of Tilak's Indian Home Rule League in 1916, and was a member of the Congress's deputation to the Viceroy on constitutional reforms, with Vasukaka Joshi.
Between May 1919 and January 1920, Khaparde was in England again as a delegate of the Home Rule League's deputation to the Joint Parliamentary committee.
During his stay of seven months he made speeches in England.
He became popular by way of his wit, humour and mannerism and hence some news- paper described him as" Mark Twain".
Following the inauguration of Montagu- Chelmsford Reforms, he was selected a member of the Imperial Legislative Council.
However, in 1920, Khaparde left the Congress anticipating Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement.
Between 1920 and 1925, Khaparde elected a member of the Central Legislative Assembly.
As noted in Shree Gajanan Vijay, he was devotee of Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon.
Many reference texts of his are available in the epic.
G.S. Khaparde was also a noted devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba.
His first interaction with Sri Sai Baba was in December 1910 when he sought refuge at Shirdi escaping the incarceration and purge of political dissidents in India at the time.
Between 1910 and 1918, his" Shirdi diary" recording visits to Sai Baba shed much light on Baba's life, his routine, and his work.
G.S. Khaparde died on 1 July 1938.
He was survived by his son Balkrishna Ganesh Khaparde, also a lawyer and leader.

Question: Were Connor Shaw and Sai Baba Of Shirdi from the same country?
Answer: no