Meher Baba Travels  * Chronology *

 

 

                                                                   1913

 

                    For the next ten years detailed dates are very hard to obtain.

 

                  May - Merwan was doing his final exams at Deccan College.One day, he was riding his bicycle towards the College along Malcolm Tank Road near Char Bawdi, when he noticed a large crowd surrounding the old lady Hazrat Babajan who was seated under a neem tree. Merwan had passed by & knew her, she was well regarded by the local Mohammedan community, but he never paid much attention to her.

 

                    As he rode by, he happened to glance at her and at that moment she looked at him and nodded to him to come to her. He got off his bike and walked over to her. She was extremely happy to see him. She stood up with her arms spread out wide, embraced Merwan as if she had just found her lost son. Tears ran down her wrinkled cheeks as she repeated " Mere piarra beta" (" My Beloved Son ")

 

                  Merwan was speechless and stood motionless like a statue in front of her. He felt as if he had an electric current moving through his body. He was also experiencing his consciousness merging with the Ocean of Bliss. Although very dazed he still managed slowly to walk slowly home, leaving his bicycle behind.

He gradually lost interest in all his studies and sports.

 

For the next 7 months, he would be with Babajan everyday, and late into the night. They seldom spoke. He gradually lost interest in all his studies and sports.

 

 

                                                                                      1914

 

                         One night in January, as he was about to leave, Merwan kissed Babajan's  hand and she in turn held his face in her hands. She looked into his eyes and kissed him on the forehead. She then turned to her followers and pointed with her little finger at Merwan and said " This is my beloved son,..... He will one day shake the world and all of humanity will be benefited by him". Merwan just stood; he had lost his grip of his mind but somehow, he managed to walk home, arriving at 11PM. He went straight to bed.

                     For the next 9 months Merwan lived without sleep, his eyes took on a  glassy stare, he sat motionless  for hours, and his diet was almost non-existent. During this time, W.W.1 started in June. 

 

                    Merwan decided to go to Udwada, a holy place for Parsis in India on the coast in Gujarat. It was here that the original fire was brought here from Persia 1,200 years prior and the original fire was still burning. Merwan went to this holy place with 6 others; they spent 3 days there and each day Merwan would lead them to prayer in the temple.

They would then sit under the palm trees or walk along the beach. Merwan paid for everyone's fares and expenses. From Udwada they went to Navsari, Surat & Broach - along the western coast,  staying two days in each town. When they arrived in Bombay, they stayed at Panday's Dharmashala ( a rest house ). They hired a boat and visited the Gharapuri Caves on Elephanta Island, some three miles from Bombay harbour in the Arabian Sea.

                    Two days later, they went back to Poona. Merwan was introduced by his friend Khodu to Beheram, known as Behramji - a recent immigrant from Persia aged 22 years old. Merwan started to teach him to read & write Persian - he came daily.

 

 

                                                                       1915

 

                    April - Merwan left by train for Raichur, but alighted at Kedgaon - 50 miles  ( 80 Kms ) from Poona. He enquired as how to meet Narayan Maharaj. He was told to go to the Temple of Dattatrey, Narayan was seated on his throne. When he saw Merwan, he asked the crowd to disperse. He rose and went up to Merwan, led him to throne and made he sit on it. He then garlanded Merwan using one of the garlands from around his own neck and offered him mango juice. Merwan stayed over-night and left the next morning back for Poona. He was back within 24 hours.

 

                   Several days later, Merwan and three others went to Bombay, where they met the Chargeman of the city, a 6th plane saint- Tipu Baba. They then went to Aurangabad where they met a 7th plane saint -  Bane Miyan Baba - whose master was Sai Baba. Two of the men went back to Poona, while  Behramji and Merwan went to Nagpur to meet Tajuddin Baba. Upon arrival they took a tonga for another 7 kms to the town of Vaki Shariff. As they approached, Taj, who was holding roses in his hand, limped silently towards Merwan. He then caressed Merwan's cheeks and forehead with the roses. Merwan and Beheramji then left for the station. Taj called out "My rose, my heavenly rose ". As the train pulled out, Merwan muttered "Taj, Taj !  My Taj ".

 

                      Later, Merwan went with his friend Khodu to see Sai Baba at Shirdi. As they approached the village, they discovered the villagers had blocked the road, in accordance with instructions from Sai, to not allow anyone through. They waited under the tree, all through through the night which was so cold that Khodu could not stop shivering all night. In the afternoon, Sai ( he was 77 at the time ) sent word that he would see them. When they arrived, they found Sai seated in his mosque "The Mother of Mercy" . Khodu was beckoned first and when he bowed down to him, Sai slapped his back hard. He then enquired who his friend was ? Khodu replied " His name is Merwan......." Sai left and when he returned, he found Merwan streched full length on the ground. Sai uttered in a very deep voice "Parvardigar". Merwan rose and Sai paid obeisance to him & cried out "Parvardigar". He beckoned that the two should  walk on and then for the third time he again cried out "Parvardigar". 

 

                       Immediately, Merwan and Khodu walked to a Hindu temple three miles away. It was the Khandoba temple and Upasni Maharaj was seated on its steps. As Merwan approached, Upasni stood up, picked up a stone and threw it with all his might, striking Merwan on his forehead, in the exact spot Babajan had kissed him. As a result, Baba carried a perminent scar on the spot on his forhead. Merwan spent the rest of the day and the night with Upasni while Khodu waited outside. The next day Khodu took Merwan back to Poona where he cleaned and dressed the deep wound on his forehead.

                  Thereafter, once a month, Merwan would visit Sai Baba & Upasni Maharaj. At the same time, he had a job as a clerk, then as a school teacher at Nargol village in Gujarat, but after only a few months he returned to Poona.

 

 

                                                                                      1916

 

Merwan moved with Rustom and his family to Calcutta. After three months he returned to Poona. Whilst in Calcutta he was pestered Cavas Khateo, the owner of Khatao Theatrical Company theatre troupe, to accept the position as manager of the company. Merwan turned him down numerous times, but once back in Poona, he wrote to Cavas saying that he would accept the job offer. The troupe travelled to Lahore. Several weeks later, Cavas died and the company is disbanded. Merwan returned to Poona.

 

During this long period, Merwan was privately pounding his forehead continually at home due to the immense pressure which had been inflicted upon him by Babajan and Upasni. Meher Baba later described that he "was experiencing excruciating agony, I went through this 'tussle', I used to knock my forehead on a stone in my room, during the nine months before Upasni Maharaj brought me down to normal consciousness".

 

Meanwhile, Merwan's father - Sheriar was taken to Bombay for surgery. Merwan took over the running of the Sheriar Cafe.

 

 

                           

                                                                                      1917

 

                     In the beginning of the year, Sheriar sold his tea shop, borrowed money, obtained a licence to open a toddy shop on Sachapir Street where Merwan worked every day alongside his father.

                    On February 16th, Merwan composed a gazal and posted it, under a pen name of Huma, to a Gujarati writer,  Soma ( Sohrab Muncherji Desai ) of Navsari.

 

                        In April,  Merwan was invited to attend Upasni's foundation-laying ceremony of a medical dispensary in the town-ship of Sion in Bombay, where Merwan met Gustadji, a disciple of Upasni's. Merwan returned to Poona and worked at his father's toddy shop, working 2 hours per day and visiting Babajan every night.

 

                 One day, Merwan's friend Bailey, who was on leave from the British Navy, having seen active duty, met with Merwan persuaded him to also join the Navy. He took Merwan to Navy headquarters where Merwan enlisted. Merwan's family was unaware of his actions. When his father found out he refused to give Merwan permission to join.  He went to the headquarters and used his influence to cancel Merwan's enlistment. Before Bailey was posted overseas ( Aden ), he went with Merwan to receive Babajan's blessing. Babajan foretold certain events that would affect him some years later.

 

                  In July, Upasni Maharaj moved from Khandoba's temple to the village of Sakori. His new abode was built on what used to be cemetary grounds. Merwan was a regular visitor, travelling by train to Sakori and he would make many over the next year.

 

 

                                                                                      1918

 

                  On August 1st, Behramji procured a licquor licence ( in his name ) and in partnership with Merwan, he opened a toddy shop at 723 Kasba Peth Road on a fishing wharf of a river. Soon afterwards, his friends started to call Merwan  Merwanji, then later, Merwan Seth. He was still pounding his forehead daily, for up to four hours.

 

                   In October,  Sai Baba dropped his body & was buried.

 

                 In December, Merwan Seth's baby sister Maniji was born; he was 24 years old.   

  

                                                                                        1919

 

                     Later in the year, Sheriar Irani ( Merwan Seth's father ) purchased the house across the lane from Pumpkin House. The new address was 765  Butler Moholla. This house was more spacious, which was needed for the seven children.

 

                   In August, Merwan Seth and many others from Poona and Bombay went to see Upasni at Sakori. After the blessing of the Zoroastrian group, they left by horse tonga in the evening to travel to the train station in Rahata. They all took the train but Merwan Seth and Behramji alighted at Belapur and indicated that they were going to see Tajuddin Baba in Nagpur.

 

                    During the year, Merwan Seth built, at his expense, the first temple in Sakori for Upasni to perform his arti. Later on, he and Sadashiv went with Upasni to Benares to honor Sai Baba. Upasni had taken Sai's charge which upset many Muslims because a Hindu would be chosen, and the Brahamin's were upset that he would even honour a Musim. Large amounts of food had been bought for this big occassion and many refused to eat, so Upasni ordered the food to be thrown into the river after the poor were fed. The priest relented, Upasni forgave them, but refused to feed them. He then told Merwan Seth and Sadashiv to go south to Jagannath Puri ( a city on the eastern coast ), while he returned to Sakori. They stayed at a rest house in a temple. They bathed in the sea and then took the train west to Kharagpur, the next day. They stayed with Upasni's devotees and then travelled  onto Nagpur. When they  arrived, Merwan Seth made Sadashiv to swear that he'd take flowers and fruit and give them to Tajuddin Baba. However, whenever, Sadashiv would arrive, he'd learn that Tajuddin Baba just left so he would leave. This 18 Kms trip was repeated for three days,  before Sadashiv finally met Taj. Taj revealed that he was with Merwan Seth every time. Merwan Seth and Sadashiv then left by train to see Upasni at Sakori and onto Poona after a month's journey.

 

                  After a few days in Poona, Upasni called Merwan Seth and Sadashiv to Sakori and then onto Nasik. The three then walked the four miles  from Nasik to a Hindu temple in the jungle called ' Mahadev ' temple. The next day, Upasni took them to the village of Gawalwadi, where they climbed the mountain of Bhorgad. This is where Upasni spent a whole year in a cave repeating God's name. They stayed  the night in the cave and the next day; they walked back to Nasik and then departed for Sakori. When they arrived, Upasni stayed but Merwan Seth and Sadashiv went back to Poona.

 

 

                                                                    1920

 

Merwan Seth spent most of the year in seclusion. Later in the year, Merwan Seth and Sayyed went to the cave that Upasni Maharaj used at Gawalwadi. Merwan Seth stayed in the cave for 40 days. Sayyed would bring milk daily for Merwan Seth as he was also fasting, from the village. When they returned to Nasik, Merwan Seth stayed at Sayyed's home. In the presence of the other men staying with them,  Sayyed proposed a new name for  Merwan Seth and all agreed on Meher Baba.

                  Soon after they returned to Poona, where everyone called him by his new name, Meher Baba.

 

 

                                            1921

 

                    Earlier in the year Meher Baba met two Irani sisters Freiny Driver and Daulat Irani who had two daughters - Mehera and Freiny.

 

                 In Ahmednager, Gulmai and her husband Kaikhushru, having built a new house named "Sarosh  Manzil", invited Upasni Maharaj to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony. Their sons- Rustom and Adi drove to Sakori in the family automobile, Upasni happily came, but he invited Meher Baba who came with Gustadji the next day from Poona. This was Meher Baba's first visit to Ahmednagar.

 

                  Upasni and Meher Baba stayed for seven days as honoured guests. Adi became seriously ill during this time but he was nursed back to good health by the two Masters. Just as Upasni was to be driven back to Sakori, he made a pronouncement to all present " When I provide Meher Baba with the engine, your prophet Zarathustra will manifest ! " Meher Baba and Gustadji both departed for Poona.

 

                       In July a prohibition movement started in India and protests against liqour and toddy shops arose. 

                     Meher Baba closed the toddy shop in Kasba Peth and left Poona due to the prohibition of alcohol and went to stay with Upasni Maharaj in Sakori. He returned six months later. Meher Baba regained his normal consciousness of the world, a process had taken eight to nine years.

 

 

                                                                     1922

 

In January, Merwan left Sakori as a  fully Perfect Master. As he rode away in a tonga to the train station, his  Master, Upasni Maharaj saluted him as Adi-Shakti, the Avatar. 

 

                    Merwan took the train to Bombay and went to Munshi Rahim's house on Charni Road. Munshi helped him with his first bath in six months. He was almost 28 years old.

 

 

                                      END OF VOL. 1  LORD MEHER

 

                        On January 23rd, Merwan and eight others took a coastal steamer ride from Bombay to Mandwa an hour away. They stayed at a rented bungalow for a few days. It was here that he first referred to  himself as a Satguru or Qutub and remarked about his mandali for the first time.

 

                   Baba returned on January 26th to Bombay and stayed at Munshi's home.

 

                 The next day on January 27th, Baba and four others took the train to Poona, where he was shown some barren land along Fergusson Road and was invited to stay, rent free. It was several kms from his parents' home at 765 Butler Moholla. A simple hut was erected soon afterwards.

 

                    In late March, Baba travelled to Chinchwad.

 

                 On May 9th at 4:30PM Baba took the train to Sakori to celebrate Upasni's birthday. Baba alighted at Chitalli and walked the rest of the way.

 

                 The men and women returned on May 15th to Poona, while Baba returned on the May 20th.

                   On 22nd at 2AM, Baba and the men walked to Char Bawdi, Poona  to see Babajan, they then headed for Bombay. 45 men accompanied Baba. They had to walk four abreast in a neat fashion.After four hours they reached Chinchwad, and at 2PM they reached Khind village, on the outskirts of Talegaon.

 

                On May 23rd, they proceeded to the village of Khopodi and ascended the Bhor Ghat of the Khandala mountains.They rested by a brook in Khopodi. At 9PM they proceeded to the village of Chauk at 2AM. Later, they arrived at Panvel at 9PM. Baba hired a truck to carry everyone to Mumbra, they arrived in Bombay at 4PM and stopped at the tomb of a Mohammedan saint named Chaman Baba, they then walked to Munshi's home.

                  On May 30th, Baba approved of the renting of a large bungalow at 167 Main Road in the Dadar district, opposite the G.I.P railway station. It took two days to settle the paperwork. Major renovations commenced and the men finally moved in on June 7th. The premises were called  Manzil-e-Meen or the House of the Master.

 

                    On June 2nd, Professor Sayani, a Muslim met Baba at the premises.

It was an interesting encounter [Page 389].

 

                         Much later, on July 28th,  Baba went to Sakori to research the facts about Upasni Maharaj's life as well as those of Sai Baba's. Baba spent four days and night in Sakori. The research was for a book on Upasni that Baba wanted to publish.

 

                     Baba returned to Bombay on August 1st.

 

                 On August 6th, Baba sent some of his men mandali to Sakori and they returned the next day.

 

                   On August 11th, Baba & five men left Bombay by the Gujarat Mail train for Ajmer; arriving at midnight the following day. They stayed at the Edward Memorial Hotel.

 

                        On August 14th,  Baba instructed everyone to fast for 24 hours while visiting the Tomb of the Mohammedan Perfect Master Khwaja Saheb Christi. They then visited the Jain Golden Temple, Dowlat Gardens and the Anna Sagar Lake, and to the Shah Jehan Mosque. Baba remained in the hotel.

 

                Ghani and Khak Saheb visited the mosque in Taragarh, which was said to have been built in two and half days.

 

                 On August 18th, Baba directed the men to go to Pushkar about 10 miles North-East of Ajmer. Baba was still too ill to travel, but he still went in a horse-drawn cart. This temple was dedicated to the Creator - Brahma. It took until August 27th for Baba to recover from dysentry.

 

                  On October  5th, the men purchased an old car and Baba was taken on a test drive to Malabar Hill. The car was extremely noisy, was sold three months later.

 

                  On October 7th, word arrived of a plague that was sweeping through Poona. Baba had predicted two years earlier.

 

                  On October 8th, a bungalow was rented in Juhu on the outskirts of Bombay for a picnic. Baba came back by taxi .

 

                  On October 14th, Baba left at 10PM for Sakori with Sadashir Patel, arriving in the early morning.

 

                On October 15th, Daulat J Irani took her two daughters - Mehera and Freiny to visit Upasni Maharaj in Sakori. This was  the first time Mehera saw Baba inside Upasni's thatched hut. Baba stayed 18 hours and left by horse tonga for Ahmednagar. This was the last time Baba set foot in Sakori. He would not see Upasni again until  October 1944, 19 years later. Baba arrived in Ahmednagar late at night.

 

                 On October 16th, Baba left for Bombay, arriving early morning on October 17th.

                  On October 19th, Baba sent all the men, except for two  who stayed with Baba, to Sakori to visit Upasni,

 

               On October 23rd, the men went to Poona to visit Babajan, returning to Bombay at 1PM.

 

                On October  30th, Baba and some men took the train, early in the morning, to Kalyan, to visit the Tomb of Malang Shah, a Mohammedan. They hired two cars upon arrival, to take them 14 miles ( 22kms ) away. Malang Fort is on the top of the mountain with the shrine nearby, but they all got lost, so they all went back to Bombay arriving at 5:30PM.

 

                      On November 15th, 1,000 copies of the newly printed biography of Upasni Maharaj arrived and the book selling started.

 

 

                                             1923

 

                 In late February, Gulmai K Irani was visiting Baba and invited him to visit her property near Arangaon. She said the local saint Hazrat Maula Gilori Shah foretold of his visit. Gilori Shah had requested a tomb be built for him on this land. Baba agreed that it should be built.

 

                    On March 7th, after three months of strict containment in the Manzil-e-Meem, Baba took a walk to Munshi's home.

 

                     On March 13th, Baba and a few men went to Kalyan. At 2:30AM they left Kalyan in tongas for the trip to the top of a mountain where the shrine of Haji Malang Shah was located. Baba stayed at the bottom of the mountain and instucted the men to place a veil of flowers on the saint's dargah. It took them two and a half hours. They then rode back to Kalyan. After arriving in Kalyan, they took the train back to Bombay. Once back to Manzil-e-Meem, Baba handed back the property to the landlord.

 

                    On April 19th, Baba and the remaining 13 men left Bombay at night by train for Ahmednagar. They arrived in Poona a few hours later at 7:30AM. They stayed at Gulmai's residency in Khushru Quarters ( Meher Nazar ) Baba stayed seven days, touring the town and also secluded himself.

 

                   On April 30th, Baba took a long hike with the mandali to Happy Valley, 14 miles north of Ahmadnagar where Baba stayed at a bungalow. Baba had also sent some of the men to attend Upasni's birthday celebrations in Sakori.

 

               On May 3rd, Baba left late at night, returning to Ahmadnagar at 2AM, exhausted.

                    On May 4th, Baba and six others left Khushru Quarters,, crossed the Sina River and turned to cross open plains for six miles to the south. Close to a small village  ( Arangaon ), they then came across some dilapidated buildings which were once part of the former British military post. This was the Baba's first sighting of the land that was to become Meherabad.

They spent the first night under a neem tree next to the newly built tomb of Gilori Shah.

 

                        On May 5th, the old Post Office was cleaned and they spent the night in there. Other men came and helped repair and clean the buildings. Some later left to go back to their homes. Arangaon means Forest village and in the past centuries the land there was jungle like with thick forest. It is said that Krishna once stayed in the village where a temple was built in his honour - hence the village is also called Chotta Pandhari.

                   On May 8th, Baba and the men attended Rustom and Freiny's ( Mehera's sister ) wedding in Ahmednagar. Mehera was staying with Upasni in Sakori and did not attend. Bad rumours prevailed by some local Parsis. Baba left abruptly with his men from the Arangaon area and into a dharmashala run by the local council. Gulmai was very upset by her relatives attitude & sent her husband Khansaheb to beg for Baba's forgiveness and make him return to the Arangaon area. Baba accepted.

              

                    On May 13th, Baba walked back to the property with the men and they continued to repair and paint the buildings. At about this time Baba named the property "Meherabad"  ( ABAD' means prosperous settlement )

 

 

                                                1ST TRIP TO QUETTA

 

                     On May 25th, Baba ordered everything to be moved to Khushru Quarters. Later, five women & 14 men left Ahmednagar at 10:30AM by train, arriving in Manmad at 12:30PM. When they reached Sanchi - Baba revealed some aspects of Gautama  Buddha - 2,500 years ago.

 

                      On May 27th, they arrived in Agra and stayed at the Empress Hotel. Baba took them on a tour of the sights including the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort; the weather was very hot.

                      On May 28th, they went to Mathura and stayed at a dharmashala. They bathed in the nearby Jammu River. Mathura is the birthplace of Lord Krishna born over 4,000 years ago, Baba took them to his birthplace temple.

 

                   On  May 31st,  they arrived in Karachi and stayed at Pilamai's house. She later gave Baba a tour of the city.

 

                       On June 4th, Baba took the train to Malir, a small village on the outskirts of Karachi for a picnic.

 

                 On June 7th, they departed Karachi and went to Quetta arriving on June 8th. Baba and the group stayed in a rented house next door to Rusi Irani's home. It was very cold in Quetta. The real reason for the trip that Baba wanted to meet Rusi's daughters - Goher ( seven years old ) and Katie ( three years old ). Rusi gave Baba a tour of the city, the orchards and the Garden of Jamasp. Baba also met a mast opposite his house.

                   On June 21st, they went to see the waterworks in the mountain pass at Urak, 14 miles away ( 22kms ).

 

                   On June 25th, they departed Quetta by train for Ahmedabad, The train changed at Hyderabad ( Sind ) - arriving at Ahmedabad at 9:30PM on June 27th. Baba sent the women to Ahmednagar while Baba stayed in a dharmashala.

 

                     On July 1st at 2:30 AM, their walking tour started. They reached Jetalpur at 7:45 AM. They had walked 10 miles, but they were exhausted.

 

                     On July 2nd, at 4AM, they set off for Kaira. Bullock carts were hired. They travelled to Mehmadabad R.S. seven miles away, stayed at the dharmashala and left for Broach on the 11PM train.

 

                       On July 3rd, at 3:30AM, they arrived in Broach; whilst here they bathed in the Narmada River, which was very muddy. Some men left for Bombay, Baba and the rest of the men left for Ankleshwar at 4PM- arrived 8:30PM.

 

                          On July 4th, at 6 AM they left for Surat.

 

                          On July 5th at 4AM, they left for Sachin arriving at 9AM. They arrived at Navsari at 5:30PM. The foot journey covered 65 miles ( 105 kms ).

 

                          On July 6th, at night, they took the 10 PM train to Bombay.

 

                         On July 7th they arrived at Dadar Station at 5:30AM. Two hours later, they took the train to Nasik, arriving at 2:45PM. Here they stayed at the Normanbhai's bungalow, six miles away.

 

                        On July 8th,They left Nasik at 7:30AM, arriving at Manmad 10:30AM  where they changed trains at 12:15PM for Dhond at Ahmednagar  They arrived on July 9th at 5:30 AM, they then walked the five miles to Meherabad.

 

                       On the 12th they all decided to move back to Bombay, taking the 12:45PM train, and arriving on July 13th. They stayed at the Circle & Co's office, a tiny office at the Manzil-e-Meem premises. Here they were busy for a month, hand-bounding Upasni's book and distributing it.

 

                       On August 16th, Baba and five men took the train to Lonavla; staying seven days; hiking to Khandala Waterfalls, Valvan Lake and the lake at Bhushi.

 

                On August 22nd, they left for Poona at 5PM, arriving on August 23rd, staying at the Abdulla Jaffe's house in the Camp area.

 

                     On August 27th, Baba and a large group went to Saswad, seven miles away from Poona, for a picnic.

 

                        On August 28th,  Baba visited his family at Butler Moholla in Poona.

 

                       On August 30th, Baba returned late at night to Bombay and moved into a building in the Parel area, but found it unsuitable.

 

                       On September 3rd they found and moved into a house near a railway station called later Tafti Mansion No.3. Work continued with the distribution of Upasni's biography.

                     On October 19th, Baba and the men set off very early on their 3rd foot journey in six months for Sakori 10 miles way.. They passed through: Ghatkopar, Thana, Bhiwandi, Kolshet, Padgha, Shahapur, Asangaon, Khardi, Kasara, Igatpuri,  Ghoti, Bari (where they took a car & tongas for Bhandardara Lake), they then went back to Bari, then to: Rajur, Akola, Sangamnar, Loni, Bableshwar, then Sakori.

 

                 On November 1st, having arrived in Bableshwar, Slamson stayed with Baba whilst the men walked onto Sakori. At Sakori, they received a very hostile reception from Upasni, so the men returned to Bableshwar. They then took a truck and went to Ahmednagar - arriving at 2PM

 

                    On November 2nd,  the men stayed in Khushru Quarters; Baba stayed at a dharmashala.

 

                  On November 11th, Baba and the men left 12:30PM by train for Hyderabad. They arrived in Surat on November 12th, then visited the bazaar. Baba observed a destitute boy there and he told the men to take him to a restaurant, and feed him and then buy him a train ticket back to his home at Wadala. They then boarded the train to Hyderabad.

 

                    On November 14th, at Hyderabad, and then continued to Karachi; arriving at night. They stayed at No.2445 Soldier Bazaar; it was very dirty, so the next day they cleaned it. The men called this house "Halt Ho".

 

                           On November 17th, Naval went to the Persian Consulate to inquire about obtaining documents for travelling in Persia. The consul told him he needed everyone else except Baba to come and sign documents. Apparently, Baba had already attended the Consulate and Naval wondered as to how it happened. They stayed for seven days.

 

                      On November 22nd, Baba decided to go immediately to Bombay and then on to Poona. All boarded the steamship S.S.Vita in the afternoon. Prior to leaving, Baba visited Pilamai at her home. He had kept a low profile whilst in Karachi.

      

                       On November 23rd, the ship passed Dwarka at 12:30PM and at 4:30PM it docked at Portardar.

 

                     On November 24th, they arrived in Bombay, then with three men, Baba went to Lonavla by train. Baba got off at Khandala and then later he was driven to Lonavla. Baba stayed in Valvan.

 

                   On November 29th, Baba left at 8:30PM by train to Poona, then to Sholapur, arriving at midnight.They slept on the platform.

 

                      On November 30th, they hired tongas at dawn and toured the city until 1PM, refreshed at a bungalow, then returning to the station. They took the train to Dhond, arriving at 4AM, they changed trains at Manmad, then travelled to Akolner, near Ahmednagar.

 

                   On December 1st, on reaching Akolner, Baba left the train, but sent Behramji to Ahmadnagar to fetch food and return, which he did.They left for Ahmednagar,  arriving by evening, and they then walked to Meherabad, arriving late at night.

 

                      This marked the end of a six month absence from Meherabad

 

                      In the last week of December, Baba went to Poona and stayed at Kasba Peth. He gave a large public darshan. An Anglo-Indian seeker Lewis Charles Nelhams came to see Baba. He was told by him to stay in Poona. Baba went back to Meherabad where he continued his fast.

 

                   On December 31st, Baba; came out of seclusion, left Meherabad for Bombay with two men, arrived that night, and then went on to Lonavla.They then took the train to Khandala.

 

 

 

 

                                                                   1924

 

               On January 1st, they stayed in Bombay, in the Bharucha building which was rented. Baba sent Gulmai to bring Mehera and Khorshed from Sakori to him in Bombay. They were housed along with Khorshed's parents in the Irani Mansions. Mehera's mother, Daulat was also there. Mehera and Khorshed would come daily for Baba's darshan. One day Baba and Naval went for a stroll to Chowpatty Beach where they approached a seated man, Baba spoke to him; apparently, he was suicidal at the time. This man was 'Chanji' ( LM page 591 ). Chanji's full name is Feramroz Hormusji Dadachanji and he was to later become Baba's 1st secretary.

 

 

                                1ST TRIP TO PERSIA ( IRAN )

 

                  On Februar 22nd, Baba and eight men boarded the S.S.Varela at 7:30AM and then departed at 9:30AM. Mehera and her mother were sent back to their home in Poona. Within days, the ship docked in Karachi, then Bahrain and later, Bushire, Persia. Here they left the ship and stayed at Ghulam Husain Lodi's house, where it was very cold.

A truck was hired for 400 rupees, for the journey to Shiraz, but Padri fell very ill the next day. Baba decided to go back to Karachi, sending some men back to their homes. They boarded the ship S.S.Baroja ( Barjora ) and left for Bushire. From there they went to Banda Abbas, Persia. Padri was sent on to Karachi, still very ill. Baba and a few men decided to go to Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

The sailed through the ports of Lingeh, Henjam Island and Muscat, Oman reaching Karachi in the second week of March.

                  They then took the Quetta Mail train, changing the train at Hyderabad ( Sind ), and then went on to Lucknow, where Baba bought sandals. From there they went to Raxaul on the Nepalese frontier. Baba and the four men were not allowed into Nepal, so they went to Maghar to see the two tombs of Kabir; a Hindu and a Muslim.  From there they went by tongas to Kanpur where they stayed in a dharmashala and bathed in the Ganges River.

 

This is the first of two times that Meher Baba was left alone in this advent.

 

                    Baba sent all the men to various cities, while Baba went alone by train to Itarsi. There he slept on the train platform; this was the first time in this advent of Meher Baba that he was by himself; for a whole week. The 2nd occasion was in Istanbul, Turkey about a decade later.

 

                    At the end of March, Baba returned to Meherabad. Over a year later, Reza Khan became Shah and Persia changed.

 

                  In April, work continued in repairing buildings and clearing the land around Meherabad. When Baba returned, the saint Gilori Shah had dropped his body. Gulmai's husband paid all the expenses.

 

                   On April 15th, a small building was completed and Baba called it the Jhopdi (hut ).

                   On May 3rd, Baba left by car in the afternoon with four other men, for Happy Valley, returning at 8PM. Baba went into seclusion for seven days and again on May 18th until May 23rd.

 

                     On May 24th, Baba requested Gulmai and Khansaheb to transfer the Meherabad property to Adi or Gustadji. Khansaheb initially refused but eventually agreed.

                       On May 26th, Baba and 13 mandali left at 5:30AM in two cars to Aurangabad and Daulatabad where they stayed at a dak bungalow.

 

                  On May 27th, They all agreed to return to Meherabad. On the way back, their car broke down at Imampur Ghat.

 

                        On May 28th, they arrived in Meherabad in the afternoon. In the next few days, Baba went to Bombay.

 

                      On June 2nd, Baba decided to go to Quetta. He left at 12:30PM by train with four other men. They got as far as Deolali where they left the train at 4:30PM and planned to travel by horse tonga, for the village Lahit, which was on the way to Igatpuri.  They ended up walking to Lahit, then later took the mail train to Igatpuri.

 

                  On June 3rd, they all returned to Bombay and stayed at No.6 Irani Mansions. It became apparent that the reason for the visit was to see the station master at Lahit.

                 On June 6th, Baba left Bombay for Quetta by the Gujurat Mail train with three men, arriving on June 9th at 5PM and going to Rusi's home. It was too cold in Quetta, so they left for Sukkor to inspect land that they were considering buying which Baba eventually did buy on June 14th.

 

                   Baba made contact with a mast who was living inside the Muslim saint's tomb of Bachal Shali. Later, Ramjoo was sent back to this tomb where he had experienced a strange encounter by a mastani that looked like Babajan.

 

                      On June 30th, they all returned to Quetta.

 

                     In early July, Gustadji brought Mehera and five other women to Quetta. One day they went on an outing to a nearby mountain, which Baba climbed.Nervous came down with typhoid.

 

              On July 16th, Baba along with three men left for Karachi, arriving on July 17th. They then drove to Mungho Pir, which is famous for its hot springs, about 11 miles north of Karachi. There was also a saint's tomb there. The rest of the mandali arrived on July 20th. Nervous died of his illness and was buried.

 

                 On July 21st, Baba decided to go back to Bombay, arriving on July 25th. The remaining mandali went back to their homes. Daulat and Mehera were instructed to go back to Sakori.

 

                  On August 1st, Baba and four men left for Poona, arriving early the next morning. Later that day they left for Raichur but changed their destination for Madras, arriving on August 3rd at 9:30PM, and staying at the Choultry dharmashala.

 

                 On August 5th, they left Madras at 6:30PM, travelling through the Nilgiris Mountains and reaching Ooty at 3:30PM the next day. It was too cold, so they went to Coonoor for the night, arriving at 7:45PM.

 

                  On August 7th, they walked to Mettupalaiyam ( Baba called it 'Petroleum' ), 21 miles away, they took the train for the last six miles. From there they continued onto Madras arriving at 8:30AM on August 8th. Baba had a fever.

 

                 On August 9th, they left Madras at 8AM and arriving at Howrah- a suburb of Calcutta at 5PM on August 11th. They stayed at the Punjabi Bengal. Later that night they took a taxi ride through Calcutta.

 

                 On August 12th, they boated across the Houghly River to visit the Hindu shrine of Satguru Ramakrishna Paramhansa - the shrine was called Belur Math. They later returned to their hotel. They left Calcutta that night at 7:30PM for Hardwar and arrived on August 14th. They were hoping to bathe there, but the waters were too muddy.

                  Later they hired a taxi to Rishikesh, but the taxi broke down so they hired another one. They then proceeded to the village of Laxmab Zula - 14 miles away, but came back at 1PM due to the perilous drive. The dharmashala in Hardwar was unclean - so they left Hardwar at 9AM walking to Laskar- after 10 miles they halted at Pathri railway station.

 

                   On  August 16th, they arrived in Laskar at 1PM. They spent the day and the next touring the town.

 

                  On August 17th, they left at 1:30PM by train for Moradabad, arriving at 6PM. They met a mast there.

 

                 On August 19th, they departed for Bhopal, changing trains at Lucknow and arrived in Bhopal on August 20th in the afternoon.

 

                  At night they left for Ratlam, arriving on August 22nd AM, and then on to Baroda, arriving at 8PM, where they stayed at the Gujarat Hindu Lodge.

 

               They left in the morning of August 24th at 10PM for Ujjain, arriving on  August 25th at 1PM.

 

                    Baba found many sadhus on the banks of the Sipra River. They left Ujjain at 4PM, arriving at Mortakka at 10PM on August 25th where they sleeped on the rail platform. The next morning, they took a ride in a bullock cart to Omkareshwar, Mandhata. This is the place where Upasni Maharaj had entered a state of samadhi and later contacted Sai Baba and Narayan Maharaj. Padri had dysentery at the time.

 

                  On August 26th, they returned to Mortakka at 10PM and left at once for Baroda.

                    On August 27th, they arrived at Baroda in the evening, and again stayed at the Gujarat Hindu Lodge.

 

                    On August 28th, at 4PM, they started to walk to Pavagarh and reached the foot of the mountain at 9PM. They lodged at the dharmashala for the night which was situated in the middle of a jungle.

 

                    On August 29th, they awoke at 6AM and began the climb to the top through a  lot of fog. They hiked for three miles, until they reached the summit where a temple  dedicated to Kali stood. They went inside this temple and then visited a nearby Muslim saint's tomb named " Sajjan Shah Wali ". They then hiked to the fort. After enjoying the view from the top, they descended the mountain at noon and returned to Baroda at 8:15PM, where they stayed at their usual lodge.

 

                    On September 9th, they left Baroda and arrived at the Irani Mansions in Bombay, where they stayed for a week.

 

                  On September 14th, Baba land 5 men left Bombay by train for Poona. On arriving, they then went to Panjim, Londa, Castle Rock  and Marmagoa on the coast. They then took a boat ride to Panjim in Goa, where they stayed at a Christian hotel. They saw many landmarks including the "Good Jesus Basilica " which Baba explored thoroughly including the dome. The body of Francis Xavier is preserved here and is only shown. They stayed three days in  Goa and then returned to Bombay.

 

                   During the months of September, October and November in the same year ( 1924 ), Baba made several trips between Bombay and Ahmednagar.

 

                 On November 18th, Baba observed silence for one week at Meherabad in the Jhopdi.

                   During the first week of December, Baba went to Bombay with three men and rented quarters at the Bharuch Building. Baba requested Mehera, Naja and Daulat to come to share a room. After the women settled in Baba's quarters, he told the women to go and see a film at Chanji's theatre, Madeline Cinema and to dress up in their fine clothes. Because the women were wearing simple austere clothing in the quarters, Baba made an interesting comment saying that it was a nonsense to symbolize such clothing with spiritualism.

                   

                    Later in December, Baba went with Masaji to Belgaum where Col.Irani lived,and returned to Bombay.

 

 

 

                                        1925

 

 

                   After 2 months in the Bharuch Building, Baba sent Naja to Poona, and Mehera and Daulat to Ahmednagar, to stay in the Khushru Quarters.

 

                  On January 25th, Baba returned to Meherabad with the men mandali.

 

                 On February 18th, Baba's 31st Birthday was celebrated at Meherabad.

 

                   In Late February, Mehera taught Baba to sing a "Swanee " a George Gershwin song. On another day, Baba declared that Mehera was his Radha. During this month, Baba also sent Mehera and Daulat to Sakori for a few days.

 

                  On March 2nd, Two Hindu Temples were built out of Bamboo matting, were built at Meherabad.

 

                  On March 21st, Baba opened the Hazrat Babajan Charitable Dispensary and Hospital. A local doctor,  Dr. Y. H. Karkal was hired to direct the hospital. During the next 15 months, 7,500 patients were treated or hospitalized. Sight was restored to some.

 

                 On April 14th, Baba went to Bombay to purchase khaki material for the children. He returned, then five days later he left for Bombay again to Munshi Rahim, staying with him for two days.

 

                 On May 22nd, Baba left Meherabad and arrived in Talegaon at night; he slept on the platform. The next morning,  he went to Ramjoo's home. Baba came to taste the bread from the Meher Flour Mill.

 

                  On May 24th, Baba returned to Meherabad.

 

                  On June 4th, Baba feft for Bombay and returned a week later.

 

                  On June 26th, Baba declared he would keep silence on 10th July for one and a half years.

 

                  On July 9th, Pandoba pleaded with Baba not to keep silent. Baba replied

" I have not come to teach but......" - these were the last words spoken to anyone outside his circle. Baba went to the women's quarters and returned to the men at 8PM. His last instructions to the men were to always carry a lantern at night and always to be aware of snakes;  about 20 men were listening. He then went into the Jhodpi. Padri came across a snake shortly afterwards, struck it and called out. Baba came out and repeated his warning. He was given a wooden shaft, and he struck the cobra on the head. He then went back to the Jhodpi.

 

 

                                         END OF VOL.2  LORD MEHER

 

 

                   Baba commenced his Silence on July 10th.

 

                   On July 13th, Baba started writing his book in the Jhopi.

 

                  On July 27th, the first Westener to come to Baba, Charles Nelham died. He was buried in the Christian cemetery near Bhingar, then, on the outskirts of Ahmednagar.

 

                 On August 17th, Tajuddin Baba dropped his body in Nagpur. Over 30,000 marched through the city.

 

                    In October, Baba's ' table-cabin ' is built.

 

                    Between January and October Baba had not shaved until October 21st .

 

                  Baba travelled numerous times between Meherabad and Ahmednagar, also between Meherabad and Arangaon over the next few year. Meher Baba's  base was always Meherabad during this time.

 

                 On December 9th, Baba remarked " Gandhi will one day be perfect, but before becoming perfect he will have to have three more births "

 

                  In late December, Baba met young Eruch Jessawala and the rest of his family for the first time.

 

 

                                         1926

 

 

                 On January 11th, Baba wrote his own arti called "Bujave Naar " later known as the " Gujarati arti ".

 

                On February 27th, Baba's brother Jamshed, aged 33, died of a heart attack in Poona.

 

                   On May 22nd, a tornado swept through Meherabad. Later that day Baba and 14 others attended a wedding in Rahuri.

 

                    During a conversation with his men, Baba mentioned his thoughts on the Theosophical Society headed by Annie Besant, as well as his thoughts on Krishamurti.

 

                 On September 21st, Baba and 20 other men walked to the Walki village six miles away for the day and then back again.

 

                   On October 18th, Baba and 14 others left at 5PM for Bhingar, just outside of Ahmadnagar for the day.

 

                    On November 25th, Baba and over 20 men and women went to Lonavla, arriving the same day; they stayed for 10 days.

 

                 On December 5th, Baba took the train to Bombay, arriving at Dadar Railway station at 5PM. They stayed in Santa Cruz.

 

                   On December 24th, Baba and the others all left for Meherabad by the Delhi Express train arriving on December 25th at 9AM.

 

            

                                             1927

 

                   On January 7th, Baba began to use his alphabet board.

 

                   On January 12th, he left for Poona and later came back.

 

                 Baba mentioned on January 25th that Sai Baba of Shirdi " whilst smoking his chilum pipe in Shirdi, he was in fact controlling the First World War, whilst I contolled the whole universe ".

 

                    On May 1st, Baba officially opened Meher Ashram at 2:30PM.

 

                 On May 12th, Eruch's mother Gaimai Jessawala told Baba whilst visiting Meherabad, that Tajuddin Baba used to visit her brother-in-law's house and sit on its verandah, and that he paid particular attention to each member of her family particularly her son Eruch.

 

                  On May 17th, Baba went to Rahuri by truck, with some mandali to attend a wedding.

             On May 27th, travelling in a trolley car pulled by tractor, they went to Ahmadnagar and then to the village of Shindi, six miles away; they returned the same day.

                  On June 5th, Baba and a few men went to Aurangabad, then to the Ellora Caves and Khuldabad. Whilst there, Baba mentioned Sai Baba's master Zarzari Baksh whose tomb was nearby. They returned to Meherabad the same day.

 

                  On July 1st, the Hazrat Babajan High School was accredited by Bombay University and christened by Baba.

 

                  On December 17th, during a talk to his men Baba mentioned the "special agents" he has in the West.

 

            

                                        1928

 

                 On March 25th, the Prem Ashram was formally established on Meherabad Hill.

                On April 1st, Hazrat Babajan arrived by car to Meherabad. The car stopped in front of the girl's school bearing her name. It was very unusual for Babajan to travel. Baba observed her from afar. She later returned to Poona.

 

                  On April 2nd, Baba travelled to Poona visited the Bund Gardens and then returned to Meherabad.

 

                  On May 8th, Baba with a few mandali left for Poona at 4:30. After Baba left, Babajan arrived in Meherabad, then left for Poona again. Their cars had passed each other twice.

                    On May 15th,  in order to escape the heat in Meherabad, Baba with a few mandali, left to inspect possible new locations for an ashram. They drove to Sinhagarh, and to Bombay, and then sent Chanji to Navsari.

 

                    On May 17th, Baba returned to Meherabad. That night, Baba went to Toka to inspect a plot of land, which was purchased the next day. Building started immediately.Toka is on the road to Aurangabad - 45 miles ( 72 kms) from Ahmednagar, on the confluence of the Swami Ramdas and Pravara Rivers. Baba then returned to Meherabad.

 

                    On May 31st,  Baba visited Toka to inspect the work on the buildings.

 

                   On Sunday June 3rd. at 3AM, Baba came down Meherabad Hill with the boys and women from the ashram.They were taken to Toka in 5 trolley trucks. Baba returned to Meherabad to pick the rest of the staff and men and took them as well to Toka.

 

                                    Baba moves his base to Toka - 1928

 

                  On June 30th, Meredith Starr and his partner Margaret Ross, and her sister Esther Josephine Ross arrived in Toka at noon. They stayed with  Baba for about six months.

 

                 On August 20th, Baba left Toka at 7:30AM with 18 people for Ahmednagar, arriving at 9:30AM. Later they went to Shendi village, and then returned to Toka at 7PM.

 

                  On the October 3rd, Baba went to Nasik with some men, visiting the Dastur High school, Gangapur Falls. He pointed out to the men, the village and the cave where Upasni Maharaj had spent some time. On the way to Nasik, Baba stopped at the Tomb of Bapu Saheb, a realized soul. As they were about to proceed, another car  with Babajan seated inside, passed them very slowly There were several more occasions  when this occurred between Baba and Babajan.

 

                     On October 5th, Baba returned to Ahemnagar, then to Toka, arriving at 11AM due to the heavy rains.

 

                  On October 13th, Sadhu Christian Leik arrived at Toka. He was born in the Russian provence of Estonia in 1870. He had met Meredith Starr who had told him of Baba, whom he met the next day.

 

                On October 24th, Baba with some of the boys and men went to Happy Valley, where they stayed for four days

 

                    On October 28th, they returned to Toka at night.

 

                    On November 1st, Baba went to the village of Newasa for the day.

 

                On November 18th, finally agreed to leave the cold climate of Toka and resettle in Meherabad. Many of the boys were sent back to their homes.

 

 

                              Baba moved back to Meherabad - 1928

 

                  On November 26th, Baba left Toka in Rustom's car to travel to Meherabad.

 

                  On November 29th, Baba travelled in Adi K Irani's car to Toka.He then left with the women at 2PM for Meherabad.

 

                   On December 4th, the demolition of the site was completed.

 

                  On December 19th, Kaka Baria moved permanently from Bombay to stay at Meherabad with Baba.

 

                  On December 22nd, the Prem Ashram reopened on Meherabad Hill and the high school was renamed Hazrat Babajan English High school.

 

                  On December 29th, the Starrs and Esther went to Bombay, and four days later they sailed back to England.

 

               

                                         1929

 

                  On January 15th, Baba left Meherabad with 18 men and went to Akbar Press in Ahmednagar, staying for two days.

 

                   On January 17th, they left by truck for Dhond later in the day, staying in the open near the station.

 

                    On January 18th, they walked eight miles ( 13 kms ) to the village of Patas, staying in a dak bungalow, then they headed to Karad in the Satara district.

 

                  On January 19th, at dawn, they walked 12 miles (  19 kms ) to Rawangaon and rested at the dak bungalow. Baba had twisted his ankle and was in pain.

 

                    On January 20th, at midnight, they walked 11 miles ( 18 kms ) to Diksal and stayed at the dharmashala. Baba's ankle was not healing so they headed back to Ahmednagar, returning by train and truck.

 

                    On January 24th, they arrived in Ahmednagar.

 

                     On January 27th, they arrived at Meherabad.

 

                 On Febuary 5th, Baba was driven to Kalemama's home in Dhulia, travelling with six others in Adi K. Irani's new Chevolet car. They arrived at noon at  the village of Malegaon which was on the way, then went on to arrive in Dhulia in the early evening. Baba spent the night at Kalemama's home.

 

                  On February 6th, Adi drove the group to Yeola, Baba returned by train to Ahmednagar at midnight and then travelled to Meherabad.

 

                   On February 15th, Baba explained some interesting things about the 'Sun and Earth' -  [ LM page 1140 ]

 

                On February 16th, Baba's parents arrived in advance for Baba's birthday celebrations the next day.

 

                   On February 21st, finally agreed to buy his first property (which he had been renting) in Arangaon for 500 rupees.

 

                  Baba remarked on February 24th, about the difference between the genuine seeker C. Leik and Meredith Starr.

 

                  On February 25th, Baba and others set off on a walking trip to Happy Valley.They left at 7PM from Meherabad staying overnight at Akbar Press in Ahmednagar.

 

                   On February 26th, the walk continued with them arriving  after 17 miles ( 27 kms ) at Happy Valley at 10AM.

 

                    On February 27th, Baba took a few boys on a sightseeing trip to Manjor Suba Hill and other spots.

 

                     On February 28th, they returned by truck to Meherabad at 6AM.

 

                  On March 30th, Baba went to Nasik to visit the women mandali,returning on April 3rd.

 

                 On April 11th, Baba walked to Ahmednagar to perform the opening ceremony of the new National High School and returned to Meherabad by truck.

 

                 On April 22nd, Baba went to Nasik for three days and then returned to Meherabad.

                    On May 2nd, the Prem Ashram was moved to Arangaon.

 

                   On May 8th, Baba left for Ahmednagar, staying the night at Akbar Press.

 

                   On May 9th, Baba continued his trip to Nasik, meeting the women mandali when he arrived. Here he planned his next trip to the Himalayas.

 

 

 

                                           END OF VOL.3  LORD MEHER

 

 

                                                                                1929

 

                   On May 8th, Meherabad, to Ahmednagar, MS, India  

 

                   On May 9th, Ahmednagar to Nasik, MS, India

 

                 On May 10th, from Nasik took bus to Manmad, then travelled on the Delhi-Allahabad Express train for Hardwar.

 

                On May 11th,  they reached Delhi, and the next day they continued on to Hardwar. Once there, Baba walked to the Ganges River and sat down. Almost immediately, they left for Rishikesh. After arriving in Rishikesh they left the same day by train to Quetta. Baba was not well on journey. They arrived at Rohri, staying a few days, then they went to the Sukhua Barrage on the Indus River.

 

                    On May 17th, from Rohri, they took train to Quetta.

 

                    On May 18th, they arrived in the morning at Quetta.

 

                   On May 23rd, they departed Quetta by train for Bombay; taking three days.

 

                    On May 26th,  they arriving in the morning at Bombay.

 

                    On May 27th, they left Bombay for Meherabad, arriving the same day.

 

    The journey travelled, was 3,700 miles or just under 6,000 Kms in 18 days.

 

                 On June 9th, from Meherabad thet went to Nasik to visit the women mandali. Once there, they went to the nearby Pandu Lakes, where they visited Jain and a Lord Ram temple the next day, before going to Gangapur Waterfalls.

 

                 On June 11th, they departed Nasik by train for Meherabad, arriving the same day.

                  On June 12th, they went to Arangaon to attend a local marriage.

 

 

                                         1ST TRIP TO KASHMIR - 1929

 

 

                  On July 10th, from Meherabad, they left at 2AM for Ahmednagar, then by 10.30AM, they went to Nasik to the Pandu Lena Caves.

 

                    On July 12th,  they arrived10.30 at Dhulia.

 

                   On July 15th, they left Dhulia by the newly built bus for Phalghat, arriving at 9PM. From there they went on to Indore, and then to Bhopal.

 

                 On July 16th, they arrived noon at Bhopal, and left on July 18th for Guna arriving the same day at night.

 

                  On July 19th, they reached Shivpuri, and went to see the nearby Sakhya Sagar Lake. Later, they proceeded to Gwalior, arriving at 8:45PM, staying at the Park Hotel.

                    On July 20th, they went to the local market and to the fort. They left at 2PM for Agra, arriving in Agra at midnight. They stayed at the Empress Hotel.

 

                     On July 21st, they toured the Fort and the Taj Mahal.

 

                   On July 22nd, they departed Agra for Delhi via Aligarh. Lunch was had in the village of Hathras. They arrived in Delhi same day at 9PM, and stayed at the Raj Mahal Hotel.

 

                 On July 23rd, they went on a sight-seeing tour of the old and new city - Kutub Minar, Red Fort,....

 

                   On July 24th, they left Delhi arriving in Ludhiana at night, having travelled 191 miles ( 307 Kms ) in eight hours.

 

                 On July 25th, they set off for Lahore - reaching Amritsar at 11AM. Baba viewed the Golden Temple from the outer part of the complex, he did not enter the shrine. They then continued onto Lahore arriving at 6PM where they stayed at a hotel.

 

                    On July 26th, they moved to another Lahore hotel, the Empress Hotel

 

                    On July 27th, they left for Rawalpindi, arriving at 9PM. They camped under a tree.

               On July 28th, they left for Kohala dak bungalow on the foothills of the Himilayas.

                   On July 29th, they continued on to the Jhelum River, then to Uri, arriving 6PM, and staying at a bungalow.

 

                 On July 30th, they continued on their journey at 7:30AM, arriving at Srinigar at 12:20PM where they stayed on houseboats.

 

                 On July 31st, they proceeded to Islamabad ( Anatag ), Acchibal and Pahadi Martand, a hill with a cave, it wasn't suitable.

 

                On 1st  August, they went looking for a suitable cave for seclusion work near Lake Mansbal, but nothing was suitable, neither were the ones at Nishat, Shalimar and Dal Lake.

 

                    On 2nd August, they went to Harvan, 12 miles ( 19 Kms ) outside Srinigar, and later returned to Srinigar.

 

                 On August 3rd, they left Srinigar and arrived at 11AM at Harvan. They began building a hut so Baba could do seclusion work. They all stayed in cottages below the hut. It took several days to finish the build.

 

                 On August 7th, Baba entered the hut and went into seclusion for several days. Baba was wearing his Kamli coat - Baba revealed that Jesus was buried in a nearby cave.

                   On August 11th, they all left at 8AM to go back to Ahmednagar. When they left he removed the Kamli coat.

 

                  On August 15th, they arrived in Panipat, camping there at night, and then camped on the outskirts, eight miles out of Agra the following night on August 16th.

 

                   On August 20th, they drove for three days and arrived in Dhulia at 9:30PM.

 

                    On August 21st, Baba went to Nasik.

                    On August 23rd, they left for Malegaon at 3PM, then went to Yeola.

 

                  On August 24th, they left Yeola in the morning, and arrived at the Ellora Caves at 3PM, staying only 15 mins before moving on to Jalna and then arriving at Aurangabad at night.

                    On August 25th, they left for Nasik, arriving at 9PM.

 

                   On August 27th, they left  Nasik for Meherabad, stopping in Rahuri. They arrived in Ahmednagar early night, had dinner, and then continued onto Meherabad.

 

                        On 2nd September, they went to the village of Jamkhed about 60 miles ( 97 Kms ) away, then back again to Meherabad.

 

                  On 3rd September,, they left Meherabad and went to Bombay, staying in Byculla. Baba was taken to the Russell Studio and photos were taken.

 

                    On 16th September, they went to Nasik but returned to Bombay on September 17th.

 

 

                                         2ND  TRIP TO PERSIA ( IRAN )

 

 

                  On September 20th,  Baba was taken to Victoria Docks in Bombay and wher he left on the SS Versova at 11PM for Persia.

 

                    On September 21st, Baba arrived at night in Karachi.

 

                    On September 22nd, Baba left Karachi and arrived at Mohammeral

( Khorramshahr ) Persia on September 26th.

 

                  On October 3rd, Baba and 13 others left for Isfahan ( Esfahan ), by a car and truck, arriving on October 15th. The truck broke down and was replaced with another. They arrived two days later and stayed at the Asre Talai Hotel.

 

                    On October 22nd, they left Isfahan for Yezd, stopping briefly at Jafrabad.

 

                    On October 24th, they arrived in Yezd at night and stayed in an inn.

 

               On October 27th, they continued their journey to Mubarka then went on to  Khooramshahr.

 

                On October 28th, they left for Kerman and arrived the next morning on October  29th.

 

                    On October 30th, they proceeded for Bam, arriving later that day.

 

                 On 1st November, they left for Duzhah ( Zahedan ) by a hired bus which broke down in Fahrej. They left there on November 4th by another bus, reaching Duzdah onmidnight  November 5th.

.

                On November 10th, they left Duzduh by train for Quetta ( India, then ) arriving at Spezand the next day. They changed trains at Rohri,  reaching Lahore late at night November 12th.

 

         On November 14th, they left Lahore by train, arriving in Nasik on November 16th.

 

                 On November 17th, Baba went to Tapovan, a forested area on the outskirts of Nasik.

                  On December 1st, Baba went for a drive to Nasik Railway Station and gave darshan to the staff.

                On December 7th, Baba went to Bombay, returning to Nasik on November 10th.

                   On December 15th, Baba went to Kalemama and then back to Nasik.

 

                   On December 15th, Baba met 2 Germans. on the  [ Page 1260 LM ]

 

                On December 20th, Baba went to Ahmednagar then to Meherabad, returning on the December 22nd to Nasik.

 

               On December 28th, Baba went to Jawhar at 4PM for the day and then returned to Nasik.

 

 

           

                                        1930   

 

                   On February 23rd, leaving at 6AM, Baba and the men mandali  went by car and bus, to Poona.

 

                 On February 24th, they reached Kolhapur and staying in the forest in a bungalow.

                  On February 25th, Baba gave darshan at the High school, leaving at noon for Dharwar on the same day.

 

                    On February 26th, Baba proceeded to Belgaum and then to Hubli.

                 On March 2nd, Baba and the mandali arrived in Madras, staying in Goschen ,leaving  March 3rd for Bangalore.

 

                On March 4th, they arrived at Bangalore, and then left for Mysore on March 5th.

                   On March 6th, they left Mysore and travelled to Javali and Horikan, leaving the next day ( 7th ) or Mangalore, and arriving in the afternoon.

 

                  On March 9th, they then left for Hubli, travelling through Mallur, Shimoga, Honnali and Harihar.

 

                 On 10th March, they reached Bijapur, staying for two days and then travelling by train to Nasik, where they arrived on March 12th.

 

                On March 21st, Baba went to Sholapur, then left March 23rd for Pandharpur, Panchgani, Satara, Wai and Nasik.

 

                   On March 25th, they arrived at Nasik, in the afternoon.

 

                  On April 2nd, they left Nasik at 4PM, stopping at Sangamner, then arriving in Meherabad on April 3rd.

 

                   On April 9th, Baba and 18 others left by bus for Panchgani; after arriving they visited the local High school.

 

                   On April 10th, they visited Tiger Valley then on April 12th, they went to Kolhapur.

                    On April 13th, they arrived at Kolhapurat at 10AM, and visited the local High school.

                  On April 15th, they left Kolhapur at noon arriving at Panchgani on the same day, were they stayed 11 days.

 

                    On April 26th, they went to Bombay, visiting the Elephanta Caves, Wilson Dam and Victoria Garden.

 

                    On April  29th, they went back to Panchgani..They stayed for 2 days.

 

                 On May 1st, they went to Mahabaleshwar and visited the Hindi temple

" Cow's Mouth ".

 

             On May 4th, they went to Kolhapur, and then leaving on May 7th for Panchgani.

                 On May 13th, they went by car to Poona and then returned to Panchgani the same day.

                   On May 15th, Baba went into seclusion at 10PM in Tiger Valley.

 

              On May 26th, Baba concluded his seclusion work and left for Poona and then Meherabad, arriving at 9PM.

 

                  On June 7th, Baba went to Nasik, visiting on the next day, Gangapur Falls, then travelling to Deolali and then back to Nasik.

 

                    On June 12th, Baba left at noon for Meherabad, arriving by early night.

 

 

 

                                           2ND TRIP TO KASHMIR

 

 

                On June 15th, Baba left Meherabad by train at 6PM for Kashmir. He travelled first to Nasik then to Bombay.

 

                  On June 16th, they left by train, in the afternoon for Delhi. They arrived the next day and stayed at the Maharaj Hotel.

 

                    On June 19th, they left for Srinigar, and arrived in Murree on June 20th, 

staying for two days , before travelling through Domel, Garhi and then Lahore.

 

                On June 23rd, they arrived in Srinigar. During the next four days, they visited the Government Gardens, polo grounds and Chashma Shahi Garden.

 

                On June 28th, they left Srinigar by taxi for Jammu at 7AM, travelling through Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar and Lahore.

 

                  On July 2nd, they arrived in Ahmednagar at noon. They then travelled to Meherabad by horse tonga.

 

                    On July 14th,  Baba left for Nasik.

 

                 On August 20th, Baba and 21 other males headed for Calcutta, travelling through Bijapur and  staying three days in Calcutta, then returning to Nagpur.

 

                    On August 24th, they arrived in Nagpur.

 

                   On August 29th, they left for Kolhapur via Hyderabad. When they arrived, they stayed for a week in a forest area of Tapovan, where Baba gave dashan. He also gave dashan at Kolhapur High school.

 

                  On September 7th, they left for Bijapur,  where they stayed until the end of September, except for  a day visit  to Nasik and Poona.

 

           On October 1st, they arrived in Nasik.They returned to Bijapur on October 17th. The following day left for Nasik.

 

                 On October 19th, they travelled to Bombay, stayed for 12 days, then returned to Meherabad on November 1st.

 

                On November 7th, left for Lonavla, returning to Nasik, went back to Lonavla and then on to Meherabad, arriving on the November 11th.

 

                On November 23rd, while in seclusion, Baba met author Paul Brunton. Baba seclusion was concluded on November 24th.

 

                    On November 27th, Baba left for Meherabad.

 

                  On November 29th, they left for Delhi, staying for three weeks and returning to Meherabad on December 23rd.

 

                   On December.30th, they went to Nasik.

 

             

                                         1931

 

 

      On January 1st, they went to Bombay, returning to Meherabad on January 3rd and leaving for Nasik on January 9th.

 

                  On January 15th, they travelled to Bombay.

 

                   On January 17th, they travelled to Nasik, arriving at 2AM.

 

  The first flight taken by Meher Baba took place at Deolali, India on January 26th, when a small plane was hired, along with 5 others who also flew. This plane only had one pilot and carried only one passenger at a time.

 

                  Paul Brunton returned to Nasik in the first week of February  and left on February 8th. 

                    On the ( 11th ) Baba went to Poona, then back to Nasik ( 13th ).

 

               On February 28th, Baba performed an opening ceremony for Rustom's "Circle Cinema". Chaplin's "Shoulder Arms " headed the bill, over another film.

 

                   On April 22nd, they left for Kolhapur - Talegaon.

 

                   On April 26th, they went to Bombay.

 

                    On April 28th, they went to Lahore.

 

                   On April 29th, they arrived in Karachi, travelling on the Frontier Mail train.

 

              On May 1st, they left for Lahore and then went on to Quetta, arriving on May 11th.

 

 

                                      3RD VISIT TO PERSIA (IRAN )

 

 

                     Baba & 5 others left Quetta ( June 1st ) by train. Arrived at Duzdab ( now Zahedan ), Iran - 4 days later.

                  Left Duzdab ( 5th ) by car to Meshad, arriving at noon the following day ( 6th ). Spent several hours over 3 days inside the grand mosque - in seclusion. Baidul arrived in Mashad ( 18th ).

                    The following day ( 19th ) they drove back to Duzdab.

                    On ( 25th ) they left Duzdab by train for Quetta - staying 10 days, then took another train to Karachi.

                  Arrived in Karachi ( July 5th ), leaving after a long time on the ( 23rd ) by train to Chalisgaon - arrived ( 26th ) 7AM.

                  Then to Chandor by bus - arrived in Pimpalgaon on ( 27th ). Returned to Chandor that night and returned  to Pimpalgaon the next day.

 

               Left ( 30th ) for Chandor again, but then onto Manmad. They reached Kurnool via Secunderabad

                    Arrived Kurnool ( Aug.4th ) , later left on ( 8th ) by train for Karachi.

 

                  The train arrived in Karachi on ( 11th ) - Baba stayed here for a while. During this time he had to sign his name ( 25th ) in order to get a British passport. Baba said: " ...the British Empire will end".

                    - they booked births on a ship for his 1st trip to the West.

 

                    They left by train ( Aug.26th ) for Bombay - arriving ( 28th ).

 

 

 

 

                                    1st Trip to the West

 

                  Baba sailed  ( 29th ) on the S.S. Rajputana with Chanji, Agha Ali & Rustom.

                - Baba's name on board was " MS Irani "

 

                   The ship docked in Port Said ( Sept 7th ), they spent half an hour walking on the shore.

                   On ( 8th ) Mahatma Gandhi came to Baba's cabin at 9PM. He also came the other 2 subsequent nights.

                 Arrived in Marseilles, France early hours of Friday ( 11th ) - stepping on European soil at 8AM. - they went to the Hotel Geneva to refresh - leaving at 1:30PM by train to London.

               They arrived in Paris ( 12th ), - then to port of Boulogne, then ferry to Folkestone, UK. - arrived in Victoria Station at 4:15PM. Gandhi was also on the same train to Folkestone,   but, was taken by car to London because of the big reception he received.

                    

               England 1931

 

                    Baba stayed at Kitty Davy's parent house - 32 Russell Road Kensington. They took 2 taxis from the station - on the way they went past Buckingham Palace, etc.

 

                  On the following day ( 13th ) 7AM, they left for Combe Martin - 230 miles away near East Challacombe.

               - they drove along the Great West Road and drove through - Slough, Reading, Newbury, Marlborough, Chippenham, Bath, Wells, Glastonbury, Bridgwater, Taunton  and South Moton - the journey took 10 hours - arriving at 5PM- Stayed here for 11 days.

 

                    They left Combe Martin ( 24th ) taking the train back to London. Returning to the Davy's home.

                   The next day they toured London - Victoria & Albert Musuem, the Zoo at Regent's Park, Westminster Abbey, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, many trips on the subway - Oxford Circus, Piccadilly....

                    At night they went to Queen's Hall to hear a concert.

 

                At the following night ( 26th ) they went to see a play at the London Coliseum.

                On the ( 28th ) they went to the Persian Consulate to obtain travel documents, then visited Margaret Craske & Mabel Ryan's Ballet school. At night they all went to see a play called " Daddy Long Legs ".

 

                    Baba was taken ( 30th ) to the studio of a Japanese photographer - Imai. 6 portraits were taken.

             The following day ( Oct.1st ) they went to the London Zoo. At night they went to the Piccadilly Theatre, at Piccadilly Circus  to see a play called " Folly to be Wise ".

 

                The next day ( 2nd ) they took a taxi driving around London, also to the American Consulate, where he signed his name with an "X" - then to the Ballet school, followed to by a visit to a home for the needy run by Kitty's mother - Helena.

 

                    At night Baba visited Gandhi at his invitation to where he was staying at Powis Road E3 - Kingsley Hall Community Centre                                                                          ( Gandhi stayed here for 12 weeks ) - Baba returned later to the Davy's home.

 

                    Baba then left the next day ( 3rd ) for Istanbul via Dover - Calais - took the Orient Express, arrived in Milan ( 4th)

               - they reached Istanbul on the ( 6th ) via Venice, Trieste, Belgrade and Sofia.

 

                  - Upon arriving in Istanbul they took a taxi to the Hotel Continental.

                 They visited on the ( 10th ) the Topkapi Palace Musuem and later the slums.

 

                   Later on ( 12th ) they booked passage at the Cook's World Travel office to America.

                   They left Istanbul ( 14th ) by train at 5:35PM for Milan, arriving the next day ( 15th ) at 5:30PM.

                    - they stayed at the Albergo Imperiale Hotel - staying for about 10 days.

 

                 On the ( 16th ) they visited the Certosa Cathedral and Monastery, - the Italian Alps ( 18th ),Lake Como ( 20th ).

 

                They left Milan ( 25th ) on the 6:40 train -arrived in Genoa 2 hours later, staying at the Milano Terminus Hotel.

 

                 They boarded the S.S. Roma (  Oct.27th ) departing at 10PM, heading for New York via Nice, Naples, Gibraltar & Azores Islands.

 

                                             U S A - East Coast 1931 

 

                   Arrived in New York ( Nov.6th ) sailing past the Statue of Liberty. Docked at 2PM.They were taken by 2 cars to a retreat 40 miles ( 64 Kms) north along the Hudson River to a town called Croton-Harmon, on the Albany Post Road - staying 10 days.

                 On the ( 9th ) the first of the outside visitors came to visit Baba, including Norina, Elizabeth - first time.

                   They left ( 15th ) for Manhattan - Baba stayed at the Stokes' home at  88 Grove Street Greenwich Village.

 

                    Baba returned ( 17th ) to the Harmon retreat - he met Elizabeth Patterson for the first time there.

                    They left for Boston  ( Nov.21st ) they drove there, staying at the Vendome Hotel. He was driven around the city for an hour and returned to the hotel at 11AM. He met several people there.

                  The following day ( 22nd ) he met many at the hotel, - Swami Paramananda, Thomas Watson, Dane Rudhyar.....

 

                    On the ( 23rd ) Baba was taken to Cath Gardner's 100 acre wooded estate called Greenfields in Hancock NH. - they returned to Boston in the afternoon.

 

                   He boarded the S.S. George Washington at 5PM taking a boat ride back to New York. Arrived ( 24th ) at 10AM - Baba stayed at the Astor Hotel on Broadway. Several people saw him there.

 

                  The next night ( 25th ) he was taken to see the Marx Brothers' film "Monkey Business" - later that day the photograper Arnold Genthe came to the hotel and photographed him.

 

                 Baba left ( 28th ) evening for Harmon retreat - arriving 11PM. One or two days later Baba was driven to Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, 5 miles away. The car drove around the prison once there. They then drove back to Harmon.

 

                   In the evening ( Dec.3rd ) a film producer Mr.Artkin met Baba about making a film - a working title "A Touch of Maya" suggested by Baba.

 

                 The following morning Friday ( 4th ) Baba left Harmon at 8AM and was driven to the Stokes' home in New York. - later Baba was driven around Wall Street. In his time in America, Baba met 350 people.

 

                    Baba left New York midnight ( 5th ) on the S.S. Bremen  for France.

 

                              Return to France  1931

 

                   Landed at the port of The Havre ( 11th )- took the train to Paris - stayed at the Powers Hotel- 52 rue Franois.

                    The next night ( Dec.12th ) they all went to see a Charlie Chaplin film "City Lights".

                    The following day ( 13th ) they toured Paris - the Eiffel Tower ( group photo taken ), walked by the Seine River,  Louvre Musuem, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral,Gare du Lyons,Champs-Elysee.

                  Baba bought a new coat from Galleries Lafayette. That night they saw the film "Trader Horn".

 

                   On the ( 15th ) they went to Versailles in a Rolls Royce limo. They saw the Hall of Mirrors.

                    The next night ( 16th ) Baba left Paris for Marseilles at 6PM from Gare du Nord station.

                   The following morning ( 17th ) they arrived in Marseilles - they boarded the SS Narkunda. After breakfast they went to an old church on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean called Our Lady of the Sea - later they saw a French film "The Big House". Margaret Craske was sent back to Paris.

 

                   Their ship departed ( 18th ) Marseilles for India. Baba had taken the Paul Robeson records back with him.

 

                    They arrived in Bombay Friday ( Jan.1st 1932 ). Baba was met by many at the dock.

 

                                                                    1932

 

                     Baba stayed in Bombay for 2 weeks, staying at Kaka Baria's sister Banubai's apartment on Frere Road.

 

                     On the ( 3rd ) Baba visited Ganghi at his residence - Mani Bhawan late that night. This was the last physical meeting between the two and the following day Gandhi was arrested by the British and went to prison.

 

   END OF VOL.4 LORD MEHER  

                                                    

                     Baba moved ( 18th ) back to Nasik and stayed for a while.

 

                 On ( Feb.5th ) Baba performed the engagement ceremony for his brother Beheram and his 2nd cousin  -Perin.

 

                     A couple weeks later ( 21st ) Baba went to Bombay by car.

                    A week later ( 29th ) he went to Baroda and then to Navsari on the ( March 1st ).

                     The next day( 2nd ) he left Navsari by train and arrived in Bombay at 7PM. Baba stayed at Kaka's sister's home.

                     On the ( 4th ) Baba went to Homi Vajifdar's home for lunch.

                     Two days later ( 6th ) he left Bombay for Nasik. Whilst here, Baba planned the next journeys - 6 men were to go

                                    to China and wait for him there, whilst he took another 6 with himself to Europe.

                     They left Nasik ( 20th ) for Bombay at 10PM. Baba gave an interview to a reporter named Mills, from Associated Press.

 

    2nd Trip to the West

 

                      Bombay, India - March 24th,1932 -  departed by S.S. Conte Rosso

 

                      Venice - ( 4th April ) - Milan, Italy( 5th )

                      Paris, France ( 6th )

                    Dover, England - ( April 7th,1932 ) - London - East Challacombe ( 17 - 24 April ) - London - departed ( 27th )

                     Paris, France - arrived the same day

               Lugano, Switzerland - arrived ( April 28th ) - Madonna del Sasso & Mt.Generoso

                     Paris, France - ( May 8th ) - Boulogne

                 Dover,England - ( May 9th ) - London - departed ( May 13th ) by S.S. Bremen

 

                    New York, U S A - arrived ( May 19th ) - Harmon, NY ( 23rd ) - departed midnight  ( 25th ) by train via Albany,NY , Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY, Erie, PA., Cleveland, Ohio.

                    Arrived in Chicago, Ill. ( 26th ) - Kansas City, Missouri ( 27th ) - El Paso, Texas ( 28th ) - Tucson, Arizona ( 28th )

                     Alhambra - Los Angeles, CA.,- ( May 29th ) - Hollywood - Santa Monica - Los Angeles - departed ( June 4th ) by S.S. Monterey

 

                     Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - arrived ( June 9th.)

 

                    ( Rustom leaves alone on same ship for New Zealand - Australia - India. )

 

                     - Baba departs ( June 11th ) by S.S. Empress of Japan

 

                  Yokohama, Japan - arrived ( June 19th ) then to Kobe, Japan ( June 20th )

 

                 Shanghai, China - arrived ( June 22nd ) - Nanking ( 24th - 27th ) - Shanghai - departed ( 28th ) by S.S. Kaiser-i-Hind

 

                 [ Herbert Davy departs ( July 4th ) for Dairen - Russia - Marseilles,France ]

 

                    Hong Kong - arrived ( July 1st )  then to Kowloon ( 2nd )

                    Singapore ( 6th ) -stayed 2 days

                    Penang, Malayasia ( July 9th )

                   Colombo, Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) - arrived ( July 13th,) left same day by same ship

                    Bombay, India - arrived ( July 15th )  - Stayed 3 days

 

                       3rd Trip to the West

 

                 Bombay, India - departed ( July 18th ) by the S.S. Kaiser-i-Hind, 1932 - Aden - Port Said

                     Maiselles, France - arrived ( July 29th ) takes train via Genoa, Italy

                     Santa Margherita, Italy.   Herbert Davy is sent to Assisi - ( Aug 1st )

                     Rapallo, Portofino

                     Pisa ( 6th ) - Sienna

                     Assisi ( 6th ) - Mt Subasio

                     Florence ( 8th ) - Monte Ceceri

                   Santa Margherita ( 8th ) - San Fruttuoso - Portofino Vetta - Portofino - Genoa - Milan - Venice ( Aug 17th ).

 

                     ( Baba sent Herbert Davy to Warsaw, Poland ).

 

                     Venice, Italy - departed ( Aug 20th ) by RMS. Ausonia

                  Alexandria, Egypt ( Aug 23rd ) - then train to Cairo - Giza - Port Said - departed S.S. Victoria  ( Aug 29th ).

                     Bombay, India - arrived ( Sept 5th.)

 

                    Nasik - Bombay - Nasik - Poona - Meherabad - Panchgani - Bombay

 

( Baba sent Norina & Quentin Todd to tour Germany & other countries to promote him )

 

                                              4th Trip to the West

 

                     Bombay, India - departed ( Nov 21st, 1932 ) on the S.S.Conte Verde

 

                     ( Rustom was sent to Los Angeles via China, he departed on ( Dec.2nd )

 

                    ( Chanji was sent to China to stay  with Herbert Davy in China, he left in late Dec. )

                     Venice - arrived Friday ( 2nd Dec.) then took the train to Paris.

                     Milan ( 4th )

                     Paris ( 6th , 6 am )

                     London ( 6th noon ) , left by train ( Dec 14th ).

                     Zurich ( 15th )

                     Genoa ( 16th ) , departed ( 17th ) by the S.S. Esperia

                     Alexandria, Egypt ( Dec.19th )

 

                   ( Adi Jrn., Vishnu, & Jal were sent by train to Port Said and left for India on the RMS. Naldera )

               Cairo ( 20th ) -  Helwan ( 23rd ) - Sakkara ( 25th ) - Cairo ( 26th ) - Alexandria ( 29th ) - Cairo ( 31st )

                    Port Said , departed Jan.3rd 1933

            

                                         1933

 

                    Colombo, Ceylon [ Sri Lanka ] - ( 12th ) - Bandarawela - Colombo ( 27th ) - departed ( Jan.30th ) to India.

 

                    Madras to Bombay by train , arriving ( Feb.2nd ) - Nasik ( 6th ) -Bombay ( 10th ) - Meherabad - Bombay ( Mar.3rd )

 

                    - then to Bhor ( 5th ) - Kolhapur ( 6th ) - Nasik

 

                     ( the Westerners had sailed on the S.S. Victoria from Genoa ( March 28th )

arriving in Bombay ( Apr.7th ).

 

                    - they then went to Nasik ( 9th ) - Bhandardara ( 10th ), then to Igatpuri by train ( April 12th ). - Agra ( 13th )

                   - then to Rawalpindi [ now in Pakistan ] ( 15th ) then by 3 cars to Murree, staying 3 days

                   - then took taxis to Srinagar ( 18th ) - Harvan - Mansbal Lake - Srinagar - leaving on ( April 24th ) by cars - Murree - Rawalpindi

 

                 - the same day, then took the train on ( 25th ) to Delhi ( 26th ) - Bombay ( 27th ).

                    The Westerners left the same day on the RMS Britannic to Genoa, Italy.

 

                      5th Trip to the West

 

                     Bombay, India - departed ( June 12th 1933 ) on the S.S. Victoria

                     Aden ( 16th )

                     Genoa ( 23rd ), then by car to Portofino ( 28th )

                     Santa Margherita, Italy left by train to Rome

                     Rome - arrived ( July 7th ) - Vatican - St Peter's Basilica - Capitoline Hill - Forum - Colosseum - Lateran

                     Santa Margherita, Italy ( 9th ) - Portofino

                     Portofino , leaving ( 24th )

                     Genoa, leaving the same day on the S.S. Victoria

                     Bombay - arrived August 4th - then to Nasik the same day.

 

                      6th Trip to the West

 

                     Bombay, India - departed ( Sept 25th ) sailed on the M.V. Conte Verde

                     Brindisi, Italy ( Oct 5th )

                     Venice, Italy ( Oct 6th ) - then left by train to Milan, arriving the same night, short stop.

                     Paris, France ( 8th ) -stayed a day and took the train to Dover, England

                     Dover ( 9th ) - Baba driven to London, whilst the others went by train.

                     London - left by train ( Oct 22nd )

                   Dover - the same day to Calais, France, the by the Continental Express train to Paris

                    Paris - the same day ( 6 PM ) then by the Paris - Orleans Night Express to Spain.

                     Irun, Spain ( 23rd )

                     Avila, Spain - arriving at 6PM the same day.

                     Madrid ( 24th ) 10:30PM

                     Barcelona, Spain ( 31st )

                   Marseilles, France ( Nov.2nd ) AM  - departing at noon on the S.S.Viceroy of India

                     Aden, Yemen ( 12th )

                     Bombay, India ( Nov. 14th 1933 ) - then drove to Nasik the same day.

 

                     Nasik ( Nov.30th ) left for Meherabad

           

                                                                   1934

 

                     January - went to Panchgani for a day and also visited Arangaon, twice.

                  Meherabad ( Feb.16th ) left for Madras by train - arrived on the (17th ) , 5PM

                  Madras ( 19th ) departed by the Bombay Express train, back in Meherabad on the ( Feb.20th.)

 

 

                 Meherabad ( Apr.14th ) arriving same day in Nasik, then to Bombay ( 15th ).

                 Bombay ( Apr.17th ) 1:45PM left on the Madras Express train to Bangalore - arriving late the next night ( 18th.)

                 - toured the city also to Nandi Hills - Sultanpet. Departed  ( 27th 2PM ) to the village of Kengeri.

                Bangalore ( Apr.30th ) 8AM - arrived by taxi. Departed ( May 2nd ), arriving the next day in Meherabad.

 

             END OF VOL.5 LORD MEHER

 

 

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