Baba left on a mast trip on Saturday, 25 April 1942, traveling to Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Lahore, Hardwar and Rishikesh. Baba chose a spot near Laxman Jhula (bridge) where he retired in seclusion alone, indicating that this was the second of his seven spots. He returned to Dehra Dun on the evening of 6 May.
From Dehra Dun, Kaka returned to Bombay on 7 May, and Eruch was sent back to Benares on the 9th to make final arrangements in Rishikesh for Baba and the group's trip there.
One day in Dehra Dun, a singer from Tehri Garhwal came and sang before Baba and the women. (Mehera did not appear.) The singer had no teeth, but boasted that the Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal had compared him to Tansen, the celebrated singer in king Akbar's court. He sang a song with this line, "Set aside your veil and you will see God!"
The man's blandishments while singing were so strange that Baba was quite amused. After he left, Baba directed each of the women to sing and mimic him, and their airs and performances, being still stranger, further amused Baba. Only Mani was able to successfully imitate the singer, but Katie's mispronounced Hindi sent Baba into fits of laughter.
Next door to their bungalow in Dehra Dun, an extremely poor (toilet) sweeper lived with his wife. The wife was pregnant, and each morning the man would sing Kabir's couplets to her. Unbeknownst to him, as he was singing in their hut, the God-Man would be beating time to his songs on a drum in his room.
Baba remarked to the women, "That man will have a fine son. I am not playing just to amuse myself. He is receiving a boon from me."
Baba, with Gustadji, Eruch and Baidul left Dehra Dun for mast work near the Nepal and Bhutan borders on Saturday, 16 May 1942. Whenever Baba went on mast trips at this time, after contacting the masts he would visit chosen spots and sit for some time in seclusion. Eventually he carried out his work at seven select spots in the Himalayas.
Once while on their way to contact a mast, Baba and the mandali came across an open-air theater.