The Chirala villagers arrived in Guruprasad at 7:30 A.M., on Saturday, 3 November 1962. Baba embraced each one on the verandah. He also allowed them to sing bhajans and perform his arti. Their singing may have been off-key, but their hearts were full of love. To the children among them, Baba gave extra prasad. Several of the Westerners arrived an hour later and, watching the scene, they were impressed by these poor villagers' deep expression of love. After each embraced Baba again, the villagers departed for their homes.
M. B. G. Sastry of Guntur met Baba for the first time in 1962. During the gathering, he had become so choked up that he could not utter a word.
Pointing to him, Baba stated, "If I were in your place, I would not have been able to love me as you do."
At 9:00 A.M., Baba went inside and sat in the hall with his Western lovers. He informed them he would be seeing individual groups that day, because there would be no time the following day. Just then, Chinta Sarvarao, Majety Ramamohan Rao, and Manikyala Rao entered the hall. Baba introduced them to the Westerners, explaining that they had brought all the Andhra lovers in a special train. Although these three men had been in Poona for the past three days, they had not had an opportunity to meet with Baba until then.
Baba observed that some 20 years before he had remarked to the mandali, "A day will come when you will want to approach me from far away, but won't be able to see me."
This referred to the great crowds that would come in the future.
Baba embraced the three stalwarts from Andhra and joked, "The only work you three have to do now is to see that it does not rain here!"
The trio embraced Baba with such love that after they left he remarked, "My arms have gone limp, but by one o'clock, I will be strong again to embrace people."