So Baba began giving prasad to them also, which made those assembled in the main tent run toward the institution. But Baba left after half an hour and started back to Meherazad. Subnis, Waghmare and others had been instructed to meet him on the road outside of town, and they were waiting for him. Baba embraced them and expressed his satisfaction with the program. Subnis said, "Baba, we have seen your miracle in Sangamner today. Never in its history have there been such crowds! Today the whole population of Sangamner has gone mad for you!" Baba just smiled and the car sped toward Meherazad.
On Saturday morning, 28 January 1956, Baba left Meherazad for Bombay with several of the mandali, including Adi Sr. They arrived in Bombay that day and stayed with Nariman and Arnavaz at Ashiana. The next day Baba proceeded to the Bombay Central train station, where he boarded a train for Navsari with ten of the men (Eruch, Pendu, Bhau, Nilu, Gustadji, Kumar, Kishan Singh, Adi Sr., Meherjee and Nariman). Many Bombay lovers were present. Some were to accompany him in a separate compartment and the others took his darshan on the station platform.
It had been eighteen long years since Baba had been to Navsari; he had not returned there after Sorabji Desai's demise in December 1937. Minoo and Bapai Desai had built a new house, naming it Meher Cottage . They wished Baba to sanctify it by setting foot inside, and as the family was in his close contact, Baba accepted the invitation.
Coming to know of his visit to Navsari, some of Baba's "adversaries" from Bombay, (organized by an army major named Sohrab Bamji) had already come to town, held a meeting and decided to organize a boycott of Meher Baba's visit. Hoshang Bharucha's mother was also sympathetic to them and forbade Hoshang from inviting Baba to their home. Such activities led the organizers of the darshan to surmise that Baba's visit would be totally boycotted by the local populace. Lovers such as Hoshang, Cowas Vesuna, Nagindas V. Lapsiwala, Thakorlal G. Gandhi, Bachoobhai Soni, Ader Desai, and the rest of the Desai family were afraid that Baba's reception by the town would be less than cordial.
While the storm of opposition was blowing in Navsari, Baba and the mandali left Bombay in a specially reserved third–class compartment amidst shouts of his praise. A Parsi stranger entered the compartment and insisted on sitting by Baba's side as far as Dadar station.