From Jhansi, the Hamirpur group that had accompanied Baba to Delhi returned to Hamirpur.
After completion of this part of his Fiery Free Life journey, Baba (who had caught a bad cold) arrived in Meherazad on Friday, 5 December 1952, where he met with the women mandali — Mehera, Mani, Goher, Naja, Meheru and Rano — and also Kaka, Don, Nilu and Krishna.
Baba stayed in Meherazad for the next six days, catching up on correspondence for his future programs. During this period, the mast Ali Shah was brought from Meherabad for a day on 10 December 1952. Baba worked with him for several hours, and the mast was sent back the same day with Sidhu.
From a medical point of view, Don was amazed at the activity on Baba's part. Baba's leg had not yet completely healed. Even so, with his leg wrapped only in a bandage, Baba was moving about with his usual alacrity. Throughout the journey to Hamirpur, Baba had covered long distances on foot day and night, traveling over unpaved, rough roads. His leg was causing him physical pain, but it seemed that the pain had merged in the Ocean of Fire and he was enjoying it!
As mentioned, Baba was using his bedroom upstairs at Meherazad. Once, while Baba was being helped up the stairs, Krishna killed a poisonous snake on the steps.
Baba was to journey next to Andhra Pradesh, and on the morning of Sunday, 7 December 1952, he declared,
"For the first time, those in Andhra and those who accompany me will have the fortune to taste and witness my leela. The constant flow and frequent showers of love I gave to the sea of humanity in Hamirpur will be accelerated twenty-fold in Andhra!"
Baba was scheduled to go to Nagpur also on 25 December, but on the 11th, he canceled his trip due to a letter from Babadas informing him that arrangements had yet to be started and financing was unavailable. There was a hidden reason for the change in the Nagpur program, as will be seen.
On 12 December, driven by Adi Sr. and accompanied by Eruch, Dhake, Chhagan and Waman Padale, Baba left Meherazad for Khuldabad, 20 miles from Aurangabad. Aloba, Baidul, Gadekar, Gustadji, Jalbhai, Pendu, Ramjoo, Sadashiv and Vishnu had preceded them. Baba wanted a small water container with them, but Eruch had taken a large one.
Displeased with him, Baba got out of the car and remarked, "This is the first inauspicious happening.