All arrangements for the Telugu group were seen to by the mandali and Pendu, who had provided food according to the taste and habit of each respective group. Pendu had even sent for a cook from Andhra who had arrived beforehand with Dr. Kanakadandi. And so, from the 11th, the game of Wine resumed. Its rules were different for each, but its main attribute of dispelling all differences and leading all factions toward Unity remained the same. There are no caste or religious differences in this game — and the Telugu group, too, felt this in their intoxication while at Meherabad.
Baba arrived in Meherabad at 7:40 A.M., on Saturday, 12 November 1955. The sahavas group was standing on the roadside a few hundred yards ahead, and no sooner was Baba's car seen coming, than thunderous shouts of his praise rent the air. Almost everyone carried costly garlands, and on Baba's entering the hall, the usual garlanding and embracing began, in the midst of which Baba would interject some humorous remarks.
"Embrace me gently," he gestured to one man, "else you will fracture my ribs!"
To a stout, roly-poly gentleman, he teased, "Why do you look so weak?"
Dr. Dhanapathy was at the time about 70 years old, and Baba joked with him, "You look so much younger than when we last met. What's your secret?"
Thus, much merriment prevailed. Baba's humor was like an elixir and it kept his lovers' hearts always receptive to him.
Pandoba came with Adi Sr. He recited a poem in English praising Baba's divinity and invoking his mercy, and then bowed down. Baba reminded him about his instructions not to bow to him or touch his feet. Baba introduced Pandoba to the audience as one of his old lovers of the Prem Ashram days.
Kuppuswami appeared in a saffron-colored kafni, and Baba inquired, "Since when have you begun wearing a kafni?"
He replied, "It is only for this occasion."
Baba replied, emphasizing, "We should cleanse our hearts with this color — not merely wear it outwardly."
Dhanapathy introduced some newcomers, and Baba asked, "Has your voice changed?"
Someone shouted back, "He is wearing new dentures!"
Introducing two or three new people from Malabar who had not brought garlands, Krishnaji criticized them, "These people are not religiously minded and do not realize the importance of garlanding one such as yourself."