The famous Sapta Shringi temple was in a place called Vani at Nashik district. Kakaji Vaidya was the priest of that Temple. He suffered one difficulty after another in his life and there was no peace of mind. One day he stood in front of the idol and prayed to the goddess,” I have been worshipping you with utmost devotion and sincerity all this days. Please give me peace of mind.” The priest thought Baba meant Lord shiva of Triambakeshwar. So he went there and stayed for ten days worshipping with devotion. But he did not get peace of mind and returned to his place. Again he prayed to the goddess and she told him in his dream that she meant Shirdi saibaba when she said Baba.The priest was wondering how to go to shirdi. As he was pious Baba made arrangements for his visit to Shirdi in some other manner.
When Baba’s devotee Shama was a small boy he fell sick. His mother took a vow to take the boy to sapta shringi temple and worship at the feet of the Goddess. After sometime, the mother suffered with ring worm or her breasts and she took another vow to offer the goddess two silver breasts if the ringworm subsided without fulfilling these two vows she died. This had happened 32 years earlier. Shama had forgotten about this. Once an astrologer told Shama that the vows taken by his mother remained unfulfilled. After thinking over, Shama recollected the two vows. Immediately he got two silver breasts prepared and placing them at baba’s feet, pleaded Baba to accept them since Baba was also the Goddess Sapta shringi
Baba did not accept them, but asked Shama to go to sapta shringi temple and offer them to goddess. Shama went to the house of Kakaji Vaidya, and told him in details. Kakaji Vaidya thought it a great honor to receive a close follower of Baba of shirdi. Shama also was pleased meeting the priest through whom the vows are to be fulfilled. Baba might have seen shama to sapta Shringi to bring him and Kakaji together. After fulfilling the vows both of them went together to shirdi. As soon Kakaji Vaidya touched Baba’s feet, his disturbed mind become placid and he felt happy. Baba did not even bless him. Even then, by the mere touch of his feet, Kakaji secured peace of mind. Thus Kakaji Vaidya found greatness of Baba. He stayed for 12 days at Shirdi, experienced Baba’s love and left shirdi taking Baba’s udi with him.
