Baba left Lahore for mast work in Jammu on Monday, 8 November 1943, accompanied by Chanji, Kaka, Baidul and one of the boys that had been found. Adi Sr. returned to Nasik. They stayed at the Premier Hotel . Four masts were located the following morning, and they boarded a packed train for Lahore that night. A rude Pathan refused to give them space and Baba had to sit between two strangers. The mandali had to sit on their and others' luggage. In Lahore, Baba was taken to the mandali's quarters at 3:00 A.M., where he washed and rested for a few hours. He went back to the train station and left for Jullundur and Hoshiarpur.
Among the several masts Baba contacted, the most interesting were two he contacted on the 11th. One was an old woman called Mastani Baba in Hoshiarpur. She had a large number of disciples or devotees, and had her seat near the city gateway. She had a noble bearing and was usually smoking a hookah. Baba fed her some food.
The second contact the same day was in Harmoya Village, where Baba worked with a good mast named Baba Hasan Wali . He sat under a tree and was about 60 years old, completely naked, and quite fat. Renowned throughout the countryside, he had a large number of disciples.
It was learned that many years ago, a certain woman asked to become the wali's disciple, and her repeated wrenching pleas so infuriated him that one day he hit her so hard across the head that he killed her. At that time the public did not know who Hasan Wali was and he was taken to court and convicted of manslaughter. He was imprisoned for many years. After his release, he found his way to Harmoya, settled there, and gradually became revered as a wali .
Baba and the mandali returned to Lahore on Saturday, 13 November 1943. Gulmai and Kaka were sent back to Ahmednagar by train the next day. Don arrived that day, the 14th, for a two-day visit, and Minoo Kharas arrived on the 18th. Baba instructed him to come to Meherabad the following May and to remain there for one month.
After staying in Lahore for more than five months, on 20 November, the majority of the men and women mandali were sent back to Ahmednagar. They traveled to Manmad by train and then took buses to Meherabad. Pilamai was appointed to oversee the women's group, and during the journey, if any man tried to enter their compartment, Pilamai would shout in Urdu, " Janana! Janana !" — meaning this was a "women-only" compartment and no man should enter. Margaret would tease her by echoing, "Banana! Banana!"