In 1959 I went to Nainital with my wife and stayed at the India Hotel. One
day Choudhry, the hotel manager, told me that Maharaj ji had just
arrived in Bhumiadhar and that I should go and have his darshan.
I was surprised to hear the word Maharaj and asked, "Maharaj who?" He
told me that he was a sadhu who would know me by
name. I immediately went there. I saw a big man sitting in the outer
room, but he was not dressed like a sadhu.
When I asked the people in the ashram about Baba, they pointed towards
the man. They also expressed their surprise at my knowledge of Baba's
whereabouts saying, "Baba has just arrived; how could the news have
reached Nainital so quickly?" Anyway, I had Baba's darshan,
and he sent me off, telling me to see him the next day at Dr.
Bhandari's house in Bareilly.
I
set out for Bareilly early the next morning and went straight to the
doctor's house. I was surprised to see that Baba had arrived before me.
He said to me, "I am going away for some time. You will
see me again after five days." I told him that I also
had to go away for some work and that I might not be able to have his darshan.
He said, "I will wait for you."
I
went to Gonda and from there to Allahabad. I had to go to Varanasi as
well, but the thought of meeting Baba came to my mind. I took the night
train to Bareilly instead. The train made a stop in Lucknow the next
morning. When we started moving again, I saw Baba running with the
train all the way to Bareilly. I was totally amazed. Whenever the train
stopped at stations, Baba would disappear. On arriving in Bareilly, I
went straight from my house to Dr. Bhandari's. I had Baba's darshan
and came to know that he had arrived just before me. I was astounded to
see him there, but I could not ask him about what I had seen on my way
to Bareilly. Baba then came to my house with me and took a simple meal
of dal and roti. After some
time Kishan Chandra Tewari and Tularam Sah also arrived from Dr.
Bhandari's house and had prasad.
-Pyarelal, Bareilly
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