Baidul would harness the white horse to the tonga and drive it. But along the way the animal continued to cause trouble. Kaka would ride ahead in the tonga, as he had to get the food ready before the party arrived. "Sometimes the horse started galloping before Kaka took his seat," Mehera recalled, "and he had to run after it quite a distance to catch up with it."
In Ratangarh they also camped in a mango orchard. The women slept in the caravan at night, Baba in his tiny tent, and the men in the open under the trees.
Prior to Baba's arrival, Ghani and Babadas had begged at the home of Ram Shastri, who they had been told was a generous, spiritual personality. Shastri warmly received them and gave them an ample amount of supplies so there was no need to beg anywhere else. Baba was pleased to hear about Shastri and said he would go himself the next morning to beg from his house.
At 9 A.M. on Thursday, 5 January 1950, Baba set out for Shashtri's home with Ghani. When introduced, Baba bowed down to Shastri and touched his feet. He asked for bhiksha for only one person. Shastri requested Baba to be seated while he brought the offering. After a few minutes, he returned with his daughter and alms of wheat flour, rice, dal and gur (brown sugar). Baba again touched his feet and the feet of his daughter. Shastri presented Baba with two books he had written on spirituality. When Baba and Ghani returned, Baba sent Ghani back to give Shastri a copy of the New Life song.
The other companions were then sent out for begging. Baba's name was not to be disclosed and begging was also to be done cheerfully and lovingly. The givers were not to be under the impression that they had conferred any obligation upon the companions, and the receiver was to accept the alms after carefully noting the spontaneity with which it was given.
In the evening, Shastri visited Baba at the campsite and presented him with two more of his publications.
Baba introduced him to all, remarking, "He is a jewel of a man."
Baba left Ratangarh at 9:30 on the morning of the 6th. After five miles one of the wheels on the tonga drawn by the white horse broke. "The horse was not pulling the vehicle well," Mehera related. "He had been trained to pull the tonga in Moradabad, but the horse was constantly resisting." With some effort they covered a mile further and stayed again in a mango grove. There the tonga was repaired, but it took until midnight to complete the work.
Some companions brought back food in bhiksha, but soon after, wild monkeys came and stole the sacks of food. The companions went without food that evening.
They started walking at 8:25 A.M. the next morning. A man driving his cart on the road was impressed by the sight of the caravan, and without asking gave some fresh sugarcane. The passersby wondered about the cavalcade, and when they heard it was proceeding to Hardwar they would bow in reverence.