Traveling in Adi's car, Baba reached Ahmednagar at two that afternoon. After lunch at Viloo Villa, he went to Adi's office in Khushru Quarters, where he met Gulmai, and other close lovers such as Savak Damania, Rustom Kaka and his family, Piroja, Dhake, the Thade family, Kaka Chinchorkar, Rangole, Waman, Feram, Dattu, Bhagirath and Kokila, and Chhagan and his family. Baba then left for Meherabad, stopping on the way at Akbar Press for half an hour.
At Meherabad he met Kaikobad's family, Mansari, Padri, Sidhu, Kalemama, Bala Tambat, Jamadar, Savak Kotwal, Jangle and their families. The masts Mohammed and Ali Shah were also kept at Meherabad, and when Baba saw them, Mohammed latched on to Baba's hand and would not let go. Eventually Mohammed was persuaded to allow Baba to leave. Baba went back to Sarosh's home for dinner and then to Meherazad where he spent the night.
Kaka Baria was residing in Meherazad alone, but he was caring for it as if Baba were physically present. He was expecting Baba daily to arrive, because at times Baba would go there without prior notification. The property and rooms were always kept clean and well maintained. The situation was the same at Meherabad; Baba's rooms at upper and lower Meherabad were cleaned daily by Mansari and Sidhu.
The men mandali from Mahabaleshwar, which included Aloba, Bhau, Gustadji, Pendu and Kishan Singh, arrived in Ahmednagar late that night by public bus. There had been a terrible rainstorm on the way, and the roof of the bus had leaked badly. Despite holding old newspapers over their heads, everyone got wet, especially Gustadji. The leak over his head was the worst, and although he was asked repeatedly to move, he would not do it and consequently got thoroughly soaked. At Ahmednagar it became clear why Gustadji had refused to leave his seat. When everyone else had gotten off the bus, poor Gustadji remained, gesturing his stomach was upset. He could not get up because he had accidentally had a bowel movement and his pants were soiled! When his situation was remedied, the mandali went to Sarosh's bungalow, Viloo Villa, where they stayed the night.
Yeshwant Rao, who had accompanied Baba to Hamirpur and Andhra, was one of Sadguru Upasni Maharaj's chief disciples. As mentioned, he had recently built a new home in Sakori, and Baba had accepted his invitation to perform the housewarming ceremony. Sarosh arranged two buses for the mandali and certain Ahmednagar lovers for the trip, and they left on the morning of 20 March at 6:00 A.M. Baba left an hour later from Meherazad, driven by Sarosh in his car.