On 8 March, Don drove Baba in a car to contact masts. Among those whom Baba contacted was a high fifth-plane mast known as Lala , who lived in a dilapidated hut. The saintly old man dressed in tattered clothes and carried a long stick. After working with him that day, Baba and Don returned in the car the next day to see Lala, and they took the mast for a ride. The mast enjoyed it with the delight of a child, and Baba was pleased with the contact.
Baba left Vengurla on the 11th, and went to Belgaum, where he stayed in the dak bungalow for two days. He and Don went out for mast contacts in Belgaum, also, and finding two Baba did his inner work with them.
On 13 March, Baba traveled to Poona and stayed at Bindra House. The next morning, Eruch drove Baba and the women to Meherabad, where he stayed for six days. At night Baba slept on the hill, and during the daytime he worked at lower Meherabad.
At the beginning of February 1947, finally consenting to the constant appeals and fervent desires of his devoted Madras lovers, Baba agreed to journey to Madras to give darshan for a few days. Baba had not given darshan there since 1934 — an absence of thirteen years. Adi Sr. was sent there in advance to chalk out Baba's program, and he met Baba at Meherabad on the 14th to go over the arrangements. Sarosh and Adi Jr. saw Baba the same day.
On 15 March, Adi Sr. drove Baba to Khushru Quarters, where Baba met Gulmai, Soona, Dinshaw and Franey, and then he visited Amir's family's house, from 6:15 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Baba had dinner at Akbar Press the following evening. On the 17th and 19th, Baba took the women to a film at the Arangaon Military Cinema. On 18 March, Adi Sr. drove Baba, Mehera, Mani, Meheru, Mansari, Gulmai, Meheru (Jessawala) Damania and Viloo to Pimpalgaon and back. Meheru's brother Mehlu met Baba that day to sort out a business dispute with his brother Falu. Ramjoo and Sarosh were also present. On the 19th, Baba flew kites and played cards and marbles with the Meherabad mandali, and on that same day Baba gave an interview to Goma Ganesh. Baba also instructed Pendu to raise a headstone over the dog Kippy's grave, and also to have a gravestone made for Nadine Tolstoy. After meeting with all the men and women living under his order at Meherabad and in Ahmednagar, Baba returned to Mahabaleshwar, driven by Sarosh in his car on Thursday, 20 March.