He set out for his mast work with Kaka and Baidul on the morning of the 6th, going first to Champa village in Bilaspur district. The most significant contact was Tapasvi Maharaj , an old sadhu who lived in a temple near the river.
That evening, Eruch, Gustadji and Pendu boarded a train bound for Calcutta. Baba, Kaka and Baidul joined them, boarding the train at Champa.
Baba, Kaka and Baidul got down at Kharagpur on Sunday, 7 October 1945 to contact a mast, while Eruch, Gustadji and Pendu continued to Calcutta. However, Baba failed to find the mast in Kharagpur, as the mast had left for somewhere else. So Baba resumed his journey and reached Calcutta the same evening, staying in a hotel on Chittaranjan Avenue.
The next day, Baba assigned duties to each of the group. Within two days, Pendu and Eruch were to search for and bring 1,001 lower-middle-class people and assemble them in one place for Baba's contact and prasad. Baidul was to search for masts in Calcutta and make a list of their names and locations. Kaka and Gustadji were to stay with Baba, who was contacting selected known masts in the city.
On the 9th, Pendu and Eruch contacted three officials who greatly facilitated their task: the mayor, an executive officer and a former health officer of Calcutta. With their help, they managed to secure facilities in a dharamshala in Kalighat locality for a day, erect partitions in it for Baba's work and have a tent pitched. A secluded area for Baba to distribute his prasad was provided, and the premises were swept and cleaned. In addition, 1,001 needy persons — 601 men and 400 women — were contacted and instructed to be at the dharamshala early in the morning of the 11th.
By dawn of that morning, Eruch and Pendu were at the dharamshala, distributing printed tickets to the 1,001 men and women who had come. The mandali had been instructed to fast the entire day. Baba arrived, and the proceedings began at eight o'clock. The poor people were divided into three groups, two of men and one of women.
Baba worked nonstop until 3:30 that afternoon, washing the feet of every single person. The mandali helped by supplying water and soap, and then forming the groups into a queue for receiving Baba's prasad in the next room. After washing and wiping the feet of each poor person, Baba went into the adjoining room to give dakshina — a monetary gift from the Master.