On Wednesday, 24 October 1951, Baba left Khojaguda Hill at 3:30 in the afternoon to start out on the last foot journey he would ever undertake. A bullock cart was hired to carry the remaining luggage down the hill, and Pendu drove it. Baba set out in advance with Eruch, Gustadji, Baidul and Daulat Singh.
Pendu had been instructed to keep a bag full of loose coins ready for Baba to hand out to poor people he met on the way. But that day, Pendu kept the money with him in the bullock cart, as Baba had already left. Soon he came to a nallah (riverbed) full of water. He sent the bullock cart across it, and Pendu crossed by another way, to avoid getting wet, thinking he could catch up with the cart on the other side. But by the time he reached the other side, he could not find it. Since the money bag was in the cart, he became anxious and started running. A large snake was passing through the grass and, fortunately, Pendu saw it and jumped over it unharmed. After covering about a mile, he met Baba and the men, and Baba inquired about the bullock cart. Pendu said he was trying to find it, and ran off in another direction. He was able to locate it and sighed with relief when he saw that the money bag was intact.
Baba and the companions, after walking seven miles, reached the dak bungalow in Lingampalli, where they stayed for the night.1 They left early in the morning of 25 October, and walked five miles to the dak bungalow at Patancheru, reaching it at 8:30. After taking tea and chapatis, Baba and the men proceeded to Jogipet by bus, taking their luggage with them. Along the way Baba continued to seek the blessings of masts and to do his work with them. Not finding any mast in Jogipet, they went on to Sangareddy, where they spent the night.
At 8:30 the next morning, leaving Sangareddy by bus with his five servant-companions, Baba arrived in Sadashivpet an hour later. He worked with a very good mast that day and rested there for the night.
Footnotes
- 1.This town may also be known as Lingampeta.