After a brief visit, Adi Sr. drove Baba and Jalbhai to Bombay where they stayed at the home of Naoroji Dadachanji for a day. They went to see a film at the Edward Theater in Kalbadevi, titled Public Hero #1 . Adi Jr. and Beheram went with them.
While they were in Bombay, a Mr. M. Chakravarthy Iyengar from Mysore came to see Baba at the Dadachanjis', but Baba was not there at the time. The man left a letter asking for Baba's guidance, which Baba answered. After the one-day visit, Baba and Jalbhai returned to Mysore by train on the night of 23 February. Adi Sr. returned to Meherabad.
Jalbhai reported a peculiar encounter on their way back. At Sholapur, a Mohammedan sadhu entered their compartment and began making peculiar gestures. He instructed Baba to lie down. Baba complied and the sadhu also laid down and was quiet for a few minutes. The fakir was to have gotten off the train at midnight at Shahabad, but he remained in their compartment until the morning, and then got off somewhere near Guntakal. Jalbhai learned that the sadhu was well known in the area and traveled constantly by train, in all classes, getting on and off undisturbed by the railway officials.
During Baba's stay in Mysore , he had instructed the mandali that his current address should not be divulged because people would come to see him or write to him, and this would disturb his work.
On 24 February 1936, Baba asked Bhagirath, "Have you given this address to anyone?"
Bhagirath denied doing so. Baba again asked him and he again denied it. Baba motioned to bring his coat and, when Baba's coat was brought, he took out a letter addressed to Bhagirath that had been forwarded from Ahmednagar. The letter was sealed, and Baba opened it in the presence of all and pointed out a passage where Mysore was mentioned. It was obvious that Bhagirath had mentioned Mysore to this person in a prior letter. Bhagirath was forced to admit his mistake, and Baba forgave him.
For some months, Baba had been planning on calling his closest Western lovers to India for a long stay. He was in search of a suitable place in Mysore where the Eastern and Western men and women could live together and remain undisturbed. On the afternoon of Thursday, 27 February, he visited the town of Ooty with Gustadji and Jalbhai for this purpose.