The chillims

In the corner by the grinding stone you will see a cupboard. It was in this niche that Baba used to keep his chillims. He was fond of smoking tobacco through these clay pipes and used to pass the pipe around to his close devotees. At such times he might tell stories and the atmosphere was one of good humour and friendliness.
As with many of the apparently ordinary things around Baba, there was more to the chillim smoking than at first appeared. It seems that Baba sometimes used the chillim as a means of bestowing grace. G. S. Khaparde notes in his Shirdi Diary that one day Baba "was very gracious and repeatedly gave me smoke out of his pipe. It solved many of my doubts and I felt delighted." There are also reports of Baba using the pipe for healing purposes. Hari Bhau, for example, suffered from asthma. He had never smoked before Baba offered him the pipe one day. Because it was given by Baba, he took it and smoked. From then on, his asthma was cured and never bothered him again
None of the pipes can be seen in Dwarkamai now, but a few are on display in the Samadhi Mandir. Baba received many pipes in his lifetime and would often give them away.