From noon on Thursday, 1 November 1962, hired buses began plying between Guruprasad and the places where the Easterners were staying, dropping them at the entrance of Guruprasad to wait. At two o'clock, the gate to the meeting pandal was flung open and the crowd swarmed in. Within minutes the pandal was full. More than 5,000 people had assembled. The Westerners sat in front, the Easterners behind them, women on Baba's left side and men on his right.
Although Baba continued to have muscle spasms during the four days of darshan, the spasms miraculously disappeared whenever he came to the pandal. Baba arrived smiling at 2:30 P.M. and mounted the dais as the entire audience stood. Spontaneous shouts of Avatar Meher Baba ki jai! erupted from the crowd. Baba's face was glowing. He wore a long, spotless white sadra that set off his luster. Accenting the beauty of his broad, perfect forehead, his hair was pulled back, braided and tied with a pink ribbon. He looked radiant, like a burning sun, and was as splendidly brilliant to those at the back as he was to those in front. Those seated far away felt as if they were close and saw him quite clearly.
Seated on the dais with Baba were Maharani Shantadevi, Yogi Shuddhananda Bharati, Balak (Meher) Bhagwan, Eruch and Adi (who was staying at Guruprasad). To translate Baba's statements in different languages were Keshav Nigam, Kutumba Sastri, Dhake and Burjor Mehta. Eruch read Baba's gestures as the unspoken words were translated into Hindi, Telugu, Marathi and Gujarati. Dr. Dhanapathy Rao was also on the stage behind Baba.
Baba began by stating:
I am very happy that you are here. Your love has brought you here, but it is really Baba's love that has drawn you to me for this gathering. This love will make you experience one day that only God exists, only God is real.
The weather was becoming warm, and as if to witness the exceptional sight of so many from the East and West gathered together as one family, clouds began forming in the sky. On Baba's asking, Harry Kenmore stood and recited the Master's Prayer over the microphone. It was absolutely still in the pandal; a sweet, sacred atmosphere prevailed.
After the prayer, Baba remarked, "Harry's recital of the prayer has made a few of you feel that God is present here. May my love make you feel one day that God is in everyone!"