Dr.
Bhonsle, who was renowned for the treatment of incurable diseases by
massage, was involved in a political movement during the struggle for
India's independence and had to go underground. While the police were
searching for him, he took shelter in a dharamshala
(rest
house for people on pilgrimage) in Rishikesh and had to remain there
without food for several days. All of a sudden Baba came into his room
and as if he knew him very well, said, "Oh, you are
famished. You haven't had food for several days. Come."
He took him into an adjoining room where a plate of food was already
set out. When Bhonsle finished eating, Baba said to him, "You
run away from here now. The police are coming after you."
Baba then asked him, "Where will you go?" and without waiting for a
reply, he said, "Go straight to Tibet, crossing the
Himalayas."
Following Baba's advice, Bhonsle went to Tibet and stayed there a free
man for many years. Later, when the political climate changed, he
returned to India.
One day after his return Dr. Bhonsle went to
former member of parliament Shiv Narain Tandon's home in Kanpur to
treat Tandon's nephew. Seeing Baba's photograph there, he started
talking about him. When Tandon told him that Baba was in Lucknow,
staying at the home of Suraj Narayan Mehrotra ji, Dr. Bhonsle left
immediately. He arrived at Mehrotra's house at about 8 p.m. and had
Baba's darshan. Taking Baba's feet in his hands,
he massaged
them for a long time while narrating the experiences he had had twenty
years before.
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