Sai Baba was very fond of remembering and singing God’s name.He always uttered “Allah Malik” (God is Lord),and in His presence made others sing God’s name continuously,day and night,for all 7 days of the week.This is called ‘Naamsaptah’.Once He asked Das Ganu Maharaj to do the Naamsaptah.He replied that he would do it,provided he was assured that,Vitthal would appear at the end of the 7th day.Then,Baba placing His hand on His chest assured him that,certainly Vitthal would appear,but for that the devotee must be ‘earnest and devout’.The Dankapuri (Takore) of Dakurnath,the Pandhari of Vitthal,the Dwarka of Ranchhod (Krishna) is here (Shirdi).One need not go far out to see Dwarka.Will Vitthal come here from some outside place?He is here! Only when the devotee is bursting with love and devotion ,Vitthal will manifest Himself here (Shirdi).

After the Saptah was over,Vitthal did manifest Himself in the following manner.Kakasaheb Dixit was,as usual,sitting in meditation after his bath.He saw Vitthal in a vision.When he went at noon for Baba’s darshan,Baba asked him point-blank,”Did Vitthal Patil come? Did you see Him?He is a very truant fellow,catch Him firmly,otherwise,He will escape if you are even a little inattentive”.This happened in the morning and at noon there was another Vitthal darshan.A hawker came there for selling 25 or 30 pictures of Vithoba.This picture exactly tallied with the figure that had appeared in Kakasaheb Dixit was much surprised and delighted.He bought one picture of Vithoba,and placed it in his shrine for worship.