It was three o'clock in the afternoon when Baba and the mandali reached Sangatpur for his work with an advanced mast called Nuriya (or Nekishah) Baba, with whom he had worked before. When Baba had first gone to him for contact ten years earlier, he had been sitting outside his room near his dhuni, with his head covered with a blanket and inhaling a chillum. For 25 years he had remained in that condition and was unconscious of who came to him and who went. In 1953, he was semi-conscious and stayed in a room. Formerly he used to keep with him seven balls made of earth, but now outside his room were seven shallow pits. Occasionally he came out of his room and conversed with his followers.
When Baba went to him, he was in his room resting. He had locked the door from inside. When his followers shouted that some important people had driven there in cars for his darshan, he replied from within that they should wait until evening to see him. Baidul and the others beseeched him that they desired nothing except his darshan and begged him to open the door for just one minute. At last, he unlocked the door and stood on the threshold. Baidul stepped aside for Baba to take his darshan, and after walking forward, Baba placed his head on his feet. Nuriya was also a very tall mast, and Baba was highly pleased with the contact. The mast told Baba that to reach the road, he should cross over one of the seven pits. Baba did so accordingly, and Nuriya locked himself in his room again.
Baba indicated that he wanted to contact him a second time, so they waited underneath a tree alongside the road for a while. When his devotees informed the mast about it, Nuriya refused to see Baba again, saying, "Now that permission to go has been given, he should go! He is now discharged; he is free to go."
All these masts had been found by Baidul prior to Baba's journey. He would be sent in advance to locate them and report back before Baba went on tour. Baidul rendered unique service to Baba in this work, which no one else could have done. Day and night he would travel from one remote place to another, and few had any idea of the travails and privations he underwent in this work over the years.