On Saturday, 15 June 1929, Baba began spending the night up the hill instead of in his Jhopdi. At first, he decided to stay in the underground crypt-cabin, but due to heavy rainfall and the leaking tin roof, he slept in Hall No. 2 in the Water Tank reservoir. He appointed Gustadji and Chanji to be his watchmen; they slept in one of the nearby sheds used to store furniture. (When Baba was in the crypt-cabin, Gustadji slept inside it, while Chanji slept in Dastur's former room in a tatta shed 100 yards away.)
Beheram and Pesu arrived the next morning. Baba made arrangements for Beheram to study photography in Poona, and he returned there to pursue that career. Nusserwan was arranging the printing of Ramjoo's book Sobs and Throbs at his Mohan Press in Ahmednagar, and that day brought a photographer named Nagesh Parkhe to take Baba's photo for the book. Baba posed on the verandah of the Makan, and photos of Chhota Baba and Mastan were taken, as well.
Baba was playing chess every day at this time with Chanji, Raosaheb, and others. During a game of chess on the 16th, he commented again that Rumi and Shams were also fond of chess and would do their spiritual work while playing. Baba was doing the same. On 21 June, he played two or three games of chess, but he seemed distracted and played indifferently.
He explained, "While playing chess for the past few days with Chanji, I have been going to several places and been doing a lot of work."
A spiritual seeker named Biharilal Gangaram Agrawal, who resided in Ahmednagar, came to Meherabad on Monday, 17 June 1929. Biharilal had visited before, but at that time, Baba had told him to renounce all and then return to him. He had come after doing as Baba had instructed. Biharilal requested of Baba, "Please do not send me back now. I am fully prepared to stay with you."
Baba kept him at Meherabad for seven days and then called him up the hill at 1:30 P.M. on 23 June, where Baba instructed, "Go to Hazrat Babajan and then to Dhuniwala Baba. Remain at each Master's place for a month. Beg for your food and eat it as my prasad. I am there, too, so don't worry about anything. After two months, come back to Meherabad. I will keep you secluded in my Jhopdi for two months, during which time you will fast only on milk."