For the devotees of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba , it would be inspiring to learn about the life and deeds of ‘Swami Samarth’. A comparative picturisation of the lives of these two great Saints, i.e. Swami Samarth and Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi would establish a surprising amount of commonness in their lives and deeds which includes their methods of teaching, the universality of their approach and the miracles they performed. Even a critical approach by a non-conformist would ultimately lead to the assertion that the over-all role of these two spiritual masters during the second half of the nineteenth century was similar, if not same. One, who is capable of making finer spiritual analysis, would be faced with a bewildering reality. श्रीस्वामी समर्थ महाराज का जन्म सन् 1275 के आसपास हुआ था। स्वामी जी को महाराष्ट्र, कर्नाटक और आंध्र प्रदेश में गंगापुर के स्वामी ‘नृसिंह सरस्वती’ के नाम से जाना जाता है तो वहीं कुछ जगहों पर उन्हें ‘चंचल भारती’ और ‘दिगम्बर स्वामी’ के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। कहा जाता