Kumar rode his motorcycle. After contacting several sadhus in Hardwar, Baba stopped the car at a spot where Kishan Singh had once thought about committing suicide by jumping into the Ganges and drowning himself. Kishan remembered the place and narrated to Baba that in 1941 he was so distraught and miserable at not having Baba's darshan that he had gone to Hardwar to die. He was about to leap into the river when he suddenly saw Baba standing before him.
Eruch then recollected, "We also stopped at this spot in the New Life caravan in 1950."
Baba asked Kishan to pay one rupee to a sadhu who was sitting there. Afterward, Baba approached the sadhu and touched his feet.
After contacting another sadhu near the Chaitandas Ashram, Baba, with the mandali, traversed over an unpaved road and proceeded some distance. There he encountered a saint who was completely naked. Baba had his contact while Eruch and Baidul were present. After the contact, Baba asked the mandali to take the saint's darshan with folded hands from a distance. When Baba was about to leave, the saint ran after him inquiring from where he had come. He was told most of the mandali had come from Poona while the rest were from Dehra Dun.
After contacting this saint, Baba proceeded to the Guru Nanak Ashram, where another saint, a Sikh, was found who served Baba hot, sweet rice. The saint was particularly pleased to see Baba. He lovingly gave Baba the sweet dish as prasad, which Baba partook with pleasure, as did the mandali.
Baba then left for Kankhal, where on the riverbank he found another mast, who was a jalali (fiery) type. Elcha inadvertently drove the jeep right up to him. This annoyed the mast so much that he took out a chisel as if to strike him. Elcha sought his forgiveness with folded hands, but this upset the mast even more and he took out another chisel. Elcha was terrified. Baba immediately walked toward the mast, and when Baba smiled at him the mast threw down the tools. Baba's presence pacified him, and with a piece of charcoal the mast scrawled on a stone the license plate numbers of both the car and jeep. Because the mast had lost his temper and was out of sorts, Baba did not contact him in private and returned to Hardwar.
On the early morning of 4 March 1953, Baba and the men left Hardwar for Najibabad in the jeep and car.