A day With Sai Baba

Sai Baba was about five fett six inches tall, neither stout noe lean. HIs complexion was golden yellow, his eyes bluish, which shone bright mysteriously in darkness. Indeed his eyes were the object of wonder of devotees. His nostrils were prominent. At the time when his nostrils were prominent. At the time when Sai Shardanandaji, who has given the description of Baba saw him Baba had some of his teeth missing and the rest were not pure white. He never brushed his teeth but only rinsed his mouth with alittle water every morning. He did not drink coffee or tea but did not ask his devotees to abstain from them. He never told anyone how he got into the habbit of smoking a pipe. He always used the same clay pipe although devotees offered him many pipes which he did not used but stocked them in a hollow of the masjid wall.
The piece of cloth tied round his head was very rarely changed and never washed. When He decided to change his Kufni he sent for the tailor and saifd :'' Get me a Kufni ". When it was given to HIm he always paid the tailor more than its worth. Left to himself Baba spoke Very little mostly he was calm and quiet speaking only when absolutely necessary. He never laughed loudly but smile quitely. Most of the time he sat with his eyes closed. When a devotee approached him for darshan he glanced at him. Sometimes He did mot even do that. He was always playful in the presence of children. He never sat leaning against the wall in the mosque. even when he sat with his legs outstretched he always sat a few feet ways from the wall. He did not lie down during the day. He seldom visited any temple in Shirdi.