Om Sai Ram Hemadpant (Govind R Dabholkar) orginally composed Sri Sai Satcharitra in poetry form in Marathi using Ovi verses. The original book consists of 53 chapters and 9308 verses.

Sainath, who is also a former Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu, said on Saturday. He was speaking at The Hindu Lit for Life 2023, during a discussion of his latest book The Last Heroes ...