"We went to the Chavadi for Kakad Arati...Sayin Baba showed his face and smiled most benignly. It is
worthwhile spending years here to see it even once. I was overjoyed..."
--G. S. Khaparde (Shirdi Diary)

Chavadi means village meeting place, office, or court and was the place where taxes were collected, village records kept, disputes settled by the village heads, and visiting officials put up. After Baba's mahasamadhi the Sansthan acquired the Chavadi, and until the late 1930s, used it for storing books and accommodating pilgrims. The village offices have long been relocated and the Chavadi is kept as a shrine to Baba and is open to all.