On Hellan's arrival they drove via Kurukshetra to Rajpura. Baba instructed Kain to return to Delhi from there. Later, Kain related: "What I noticed was that Baba was most active and most cheerful whenever he went on a mast tour. It seemed as if he had come on Earth only for the sake of the masts. They were anxious to meet him, because they were stuck at various stations, and Baba was anxious to meet them."
At Sirhind, Baba visited the shrine Fateh Garh Gurudwara, where the Sikh priest of the temple offered prayers.
At Khanna, Baba wished to contact Bambi Mast again.1 The naked boy was spotted on the road, and Baidul and Baba stepped out of the car to approach him. Bambi took a tight hold on Baidul's arm and walked with him, but he let go when Baba offered him two apples. Then arm-in-arm with Baba, he began walking toward a teashop. Baba offered him a cup of tea and some sweets. Baba touched his feet and was quite satisfied with the contact.
They left and continued traveling via Phillaur to Mohwalla. At the village of Mewwal (Mianwal), Baba again contacted the naked mast he had met in June. When Baba began pressing his legs, the mast looked at him and cried out: "Leave! Go away!" Baba, however, was so pleased he remained seated by his side for half an hour longer. When the mast stood up, walked away and sat alongside the road, Baba followed him and fed him apples and grapes. While feeding him, several times Baba placed his forehead on the mast's feet.
From there they drove through tiny dirt roads and fields to Sangatpur, which they reached at ten o'clock that night. Nuriya Baba, the mast they had come to see, had locked his room from inside and refused to come out. Finally he was induced to open the door, and Baba bowed down to him. Baidul asked the saintly mast to bless Baba so that his work would be successful, and Nuriya declared: "You will be triumphant in your work!"
Baba wished to proceed to Bara Rurka to work with the highly advanced mast Chinta Bhagat. The road to Bara Rurka was ten miles from the nearest town, and being unpaved, it had turned into a quagmire due to recent monsoon rains. It was not a straight road, but had turns and twists leading off to other villages. Elcha, who had previously stayed in the area for a long time, reported, "Baba, it is impossible to traverse this road at night. We will miss our turn and get lost. Sugarcane fields border both sides of the road, and we won't be able to tell which road leads where."
Footnotes
- 1.Baba had contacted Bambi the previous June.