A worker there recognized Baba and requested his blessing, which Baba gave.
In Bombay, Baba visited the homes of Dina Talati's mother Rupamai, Kaka Baria, and Naoroji Dadachanji. Naoroji's and Chanji's father Hormusji was a pious, orthodox Zoroastrian, an honest and saintly person. Hormusji had developed cancer of the throat and was unable even to drink water, but Baba ordered him to eat fish. Taken aback (Hormusji was a strict vegetarian), he nevertheless ate some fish as Meher Baba's prasad. It was truly extraordinary that the old man who could hardly swallow a sip of water was suddenly able to eat fish. Thereafter, he began taking food and, though he was still very weak, his pain lessened. Sometime afterward, he died a peaceful death and the whole family was grateful to Baba for easing the old man's last months.
Baba, the mandali and two new boys returned to Panchgani on the 29th, traveling in two cars (eight in a Buick and six in a DeSoto). Pendu, Chhagan, Raosaheb, and Babu Kale traveled by train. Baba sent the boys back to Bombay the next day in the DeSoto, along with Vishnu and Chhagan.
On Wednesday, 30 April 1930, Baba and some of the mandali rode in the Buick to Mahabaleshwar to see a Hindu Mahadev temple called Gaimukh (Cow's Mouth). The squat temple encloses a stone cow at one end of a pool of water. From the cow's mouth a stream of water pours out and runs into the pool, which overflows down a plateau into the valley. This is the traditional source of the Krishna River and its tributaries. Baba visited Mahabaleshwar the next day also.
Nilu arrived on 2 May for a few days, during his summer holidays from medical school, and Ghani, Sadashiv, and Tyebali arrived the following evening and stayed for almost a week. Kaka Baria came too for a few days.
On Sunday, 4 May 1930, Baba again visited Kolhapur where he was received with reverence by the faculty and boys of the high school. For two days, Baba spent much time instructing the teachers concerning their conduct in running the school and about the boys' education. On one occasion, there was a bhajan program.
On the 7th, after returning to Panchgani, Baba further instructed the mandali about searching for boys:
Remember four things to look for in your search for the right boys: they should be good looking, healthy, smart, and clever. Despite your best efforts for the past six months, you have not brought one suitable boy to me.