Construction Of Sathe Wada

It was the year 1904 . Hari Vinayak Sathe was the deputy collector of Ahmednagar. Once He came on An official work to Kopargaon. He had heard About Saibaba's Greatness And so he went to shirdi As he was attracted to Baba. He Purchased A piece of land near gurusthan in the year 1906 And constructed A wada( resting place) for the devotees , namingt it sathe wade , which still remains With some changes .
From the year 1904, devotees had started giving arathis three times a day in Dwarkamai. Nana Chandorkar , A great devotee Of Baba Had finalised The procedure And the songs to be sung during the arathis . For the afternoon Arathi all the villagers assembled near the mosque And sometimes the mosque overflowed with the devotees.Even though thousands flocked there , Baba blessed them. no true devotee ever left shirdi empty -handed. Some devotees thought that since Baba had not seen them nor heard their problems , how could they get relief ? Baba knew their doubts and announced publicly,'' Oh my devotees! You will get rewarded for the devotion and confidence you repose in me.