Karanvir Singh told me that one day Baba was at his house talking with them.

All of a sudden he got up and said, "I am leaving."

When he was asked why and where he was going, Baba replied, "Some people are coming. I don't want to meet them." He then went out.

By the time Karanvir Singh got up from his chair and reached his lawn, Baba was not to be seen anywhere. He had disappeared into thin air.

Karanvir Singh was surprised at his sudden disappearance, but he did not pay any attention to that incident.

Long ago, when the journey to Badrinath was more difficult and you could only get a bus as far as Pipalkoti, many devotees went on a pilgrimage to Badrinath with Baba. Tularam Sah, Habba and family, Girish, and Umadatt Shukla were among those that accompanied him. Advance information had been sent to Mr. Nautiyal, who was the manager of the Kali Karrili Dharamsala, Badrinath. He had made arrangements for a grand reception for Baba at a place called Devdarshan, and all devotees from Badrinath had assembled there to welcome him. Baba was riding on a "dandi" [a kind of seat carried on the shoulders of four men] and all the other devotees were following him on foot. A crowd of people had gathered at Devdarshan to receive Baba. Baba and his devotees walked through the crowd unseen. They still stood there waiting for him.

Arriving at Badrinath, Baba asked the devotees with him to stay in a dharamsala and he himself rested in a cow shed at Badrivan. When Mr. Nautiyal came to know that Baba had arrived and was staying in the cow shed, he went there for darshan. Mr. Nautiyal did not understand how people who wanted to have Baba's darshan, simply did not see him and the group of devotees pass by. Devdarshan is such a small place, how was it possible? Baba looked at him and smiled.

Bhagwati Sevak Bajpai of Kanpur said that once Maharaj was at Sarsaiyya Ghat, Kanpur, surrounded by about two hundred devotees. Just then Panwar, D.S.P [city], and Govind Chandra, Senior Superintendent of Police, arrived there and requested Baba to give darshan to Gulzarilal Nanda and Lal Bahadur Shastri. They wanted to have his darshan. In spite of Baba saying that he would not be able to meet them, the two police officers brought them there. Before Nanda and Shastri had arrived, Baba disappeared. Nobody knew where he had gone. Nobody saw him go. A search was made for him everywhere but he was nowhere to be found. The same evening, Bajpai saw Baba at the railway station. On being asked why he did not want to give darshan to Nanda, Baba said, "Instead of coming by himself, he wanted to come escorted by the police." On being asked again where he had hidden himself, he answered, "The Ganga Mai gave me shelter." In gratitude to Mother Ganga [river Ganges] he asked Bajpai to arrange a bhandara. Before he could make the arrangements, people started arriving there with food and sweets for prasad and a bhandara was held.

A man lived in Bhowali, and was the disciple of a renowned saint. He and his guru also sometimes came to visit Baba. Impressed by the fact that many people were devoted to Baba, the man also wanted to find out more. Baba always remained indifferent to those who wanted to test him. The man was disappointed as he could not to get an opportunity to talk to him. At the same time he was not able to suppress his desire to be near him. One day he waited for a long time at Bhowali to get a bus to Kainchi. All of a sudden he felt disheartened and decided not to go to Kainchi after all. It also came to his mind that Baba would give darshan of his own accord, if he were an enlightened saint. He was thinking this, when Baba came and stood before him. He was amazed and offered Pranams before Baba. Baba said, "What can I tell you? You ask your Guru whatever you want to know.

This incident occurred one morning in 1958. Shrimati Damyanti Tewari was walking from Brook Hill to Hanumangarh to go to see Maharaj. By the time they got to Tallital, they were tired. They walked up to Kishanpur with great difficulty. Mrs. Damyanti says, "I told my husband that I was not able to walk any further. I said, "If only we could have Maharaj ji's darshan here". Baba perhaps heard my sincere call. I saw a man lying on his back on a cot, in an old garage by the roadside. He had covered his face with a cloth and was lying unaware of his surroundings. When we went near him he uncovered his face. We felt happy and amazed, as the man was none other than Maharaj ji. I could not believe my own eyes. We sat at his feet, near his cot. Maharaj said to me "Are you very tired?" I was stunned to hear this."

[Shrimati Damyanti Tewari of 73B, Sector C, Mahanagar, Lucknow]