On Sunday, 7 December 1946, Padri drove Baba in Sarosh's car from Mahabaleshwar to Meherabad to inspect things there and to see his masts. They arrived at 2:30 P.M. via Poona. Baba's Ahmednagar lovers, such as Kaka Chinchorkar, the Satha family, Rustom Kaka, Bhagirath and others, came to see him at Meherabad that day.
While discussing matters with them, Baba remarked prophetically, "There will be revolution all over India, including Ahmednagar. The face of the country will change as the time of my manifestation is nearing."
Baba stayed at Meherabad for five days, working with Mohammed Mast and Ali Shah. Jal Kerawalla came to see him on the 11th for two days, and Baba left for Mahabaleshwar on the 13th, after giving instructions to each of the mandali.
By the 20th of December everything in the mast ashram was ready, but the nine disciples had not been able to secure masts from around the country in time. So to complete his work, Baba had masts from the neighboring districts brought to Mahabaleshwar. Along with them, a few mad and a few very old, needy middle-class men were brought. Thus the Mahabaleshwar ashram was divided into three sections — for the masts, the mad, and the poor — with each section having six members. Baba worked with these men for the next 40 days.
The daily schedule was: At 6:00 A.M. the inmates would be served tea. Baba's work began at 8:00 A.M. when, for an hour, he would bathe some, give a haircut and shave to others, change them into clean clothes, and so forth. He would then sit alone in a separate room with one of the masts. During this time, the mandali had to see that absolute silence was maintained as far as possible. At 11:00 A.M. Baba would personally serve lunch to the inmates, sitting on a low stool as he ladled out portions onto their plates. Ali Shah was called for the first three days and would always be fed separately an hour earlier. At 2:00 P.M. tea was served, and from 5:00 to 6:00 P.M., dinner.
Don had always been profoundly impressed by Baba's work with the masts — the way Baba selflessly kept himself occupied day and night, traveling under most difficult conditions, at times without food and water, hunting for these great souls. After his return from England in the fall of 1946, Don began thinking: "In the history of past advents of the Avatars, never has such work been recorded.