After refreshments, Baba and the group proceeded to Shirdi. Baba bowed his head on the marble tomb of Sai Baba, as did the mandali. Then all visited the old mosque which was Sai Baba's seat and where he used to listen to the Koran for half an hour daily. Baba pointed out the brick on which Sai Baba used to rest his head. The brick had broken just before he dropped his body.
Baba next drove to the Khandoba Temple, where Upasni Maharaj had remained confined for almost three years without food, according to Sai Baba's instructions, and where Baba had seen him first.
He entered the temple and, mentioning to the mandali about Maharaj's fasting without food or water, observed, "In those days, Sai Baba was eating a lot and still complaining that he was very hungry."
After leaving Shirdi, Baba arrived at Babajan's tomb in Poona at around midnight. The shrine was closed, but it was specially opened for him. Baba laid his head on the tomb, and then he, Eruch and Gustadji went to Bindra House to rest. The mandali's bus arrived an hour later (due to some mechanical trouble on the way). At Bindra House, they were told to pay their respects at Babajan's samadhi and then to rest at Ganeshkhind where Dadi Kerawala had made arrangements. Thus, the day before embarking on his Fiery Free Life, Baba fulfilled his intention of paying his respects to the shrines of the three Perfect Masters who played the most direct roles in his current advent.
In the early morning, after breakfast at Bindra House, Baba said he was feeling cold and asked Gaimai if she had any warm coat. Gaimai rummaged through her cupboard and found two black sherwanis of Jal Kerawalla's. The long coats with a standing collar had been stitched recently for Jal, but he never had a chance to wear them because of his sudden demise. Baba tried one on.
"It fits perfectly," he remarked. "I will be taking Jal with me to Hamirpur and Andhra, after all. I miss him."
And Baba wore the coats on his tour.
Baba met the mandali at Ganeshkhind and then traveled to Bombay in Nariman's car while Sarosh returned to Ahmednagar. The mandali followed in the bus. As soon as Baba arrived in Bombay, he started contacting masts with Baidul. By the afternoon of 15 November, he had contacted four. He then went to Nariman's apartment (Ashiana) for lunch.
During lunch, he commented, "Bombay, at the moment, has ten or so good masts. Umar Baba and Mungsaji Maharaj are the present-day spiritual chargemen of Bombay.