However, the men did not listen and insisted he join them. Despite his discomfort, he accompanied them to Pushkar. Without complaint, Baba bore the rough jolts of the long ride there and back in an ekka (a horse-drawn carriage used mostly in northern India and Rajasthan).
The Hindu temple at Pushkar is exceptionally beautiful and fascinating; the lake there is one of the most sacred in India. According to legend, Brahma, while creating the Earth, looked at this spot, dropped a lotus flower from his hand and water sprang forth immediately. Thus, over centuries it became one of the most famous places of pilgrimage in India. The temple is one of the few in India dedicated to Brahma — the Creator of the universe.
According to Baba's behest, the Irani and Muslim members of the mandali offered worship in the temple, adhering to Hindu rites. They bathed in the lake as the Brahmin priests recited incantations on a high parapet overlooking the lake and then applied red tikka marks to their foreheads. The group then took darshan of the idol in the temple and returned to the hotel. Boarding the night train, they reached Bombay on 19 September. Baba was still unwell, suffering from diarrhea during the entire journey.
While they were in Ajmer, Naval Talati came to the Manzil one day and requested Sarosh's help. Naval was an electrical engineer and had installed a pump on a client's well. But somehow the client wasn't satisfied and wanted the work certified by a more qualified engineer. Naval knew there was nothing wrong with his work, so he enlisted Sarosh to pretend to be an engineer and paid him a ten-rupee fee for his services. Those in the Manzil spent the fee on sweets. On his return, Baba found out about it. He became extremely irritated by their laxness and ordered Sarosh's belongings to be thrown out. This was done, and he then demanded Sarosh leave the premises at once.
"Go away, and I am not pardoning you this time!" Baba told him.
"While I was away you enjoyed sweets without my permission?!"
Sarosh pleaded, "I was not the only one who disobeyed you. There were other culprits. Those who have just thrown out my bedding shared the sweets with me!" Baba became more annoyed and told Sarosh to throw out their belongings also, which he did.