Nagpur to the house of Dr. Pillay. The devotees of Kharagpur missed Maharaj and were extremely uneasy until Chinnaswami ascertained by wire from Dr. Pillay about the return of Maharaj to Nagpur.

When Maharaj was at Nagpur, a police officer came to him, by the orders of his superior, to ask him to wear some clothes, since walking naked in the streets was forbidden. Maharaj just asked the police officer if he looked naked to him. After this, for some time, the police officer as well as hundreds of other persons are said to have seen Maharaj as wearing a Pitamber (silk cloth with a golden border) for a short while. The police officer offered his homage to Maharaj and went away in humility; and the devotees took Maharaj through the roads of Nagpur with great acclamation. After a short stay at Nagpur and Shirdi, Maharaj went back to Shirdi and stayed for about three months in the temple of Khandoba, where many of his old devotees gathered round him.

The Work At Sakori

When Sri Upasni Maharaj came back to Shirdi, after his stay at Kharagpur, his fame as a great Avaliya had already gone ahead of him. A large number of persons, who came for the darshan of Sai Baba, also came to Maharaj in Khandoba's temple, although Maharaj always discouraged them. His spiritual discourses were so fascinating that once a large gathering stuck to him in the hot sun for a long time and refused to be dispersed even when there was an unexpected heavy downpour of rain, which drenched the clothes of all.

Once a swami who was sitting near Sai Baba felt as if he was as great as Sai Baba himself; and with an air of equality he began to enquire from Sai Baba about his health. At this, Sai Baba must have felt that the swami deserved a lesson in humility. In reply to enquiry of the swami, Sai Baba said, "Yes, my health is all right. Go to Vithoba's temple and bring four hundred Rupees." Sai Baba always referred to Khandoba's temple as Vithoba's temple and since Maharaj was then staying in Khandoba’s temple, the swami again asked, "Shall I bring them from Upasni Maharaj?" Sai Baba replied, "Yes, Go! and bring them soon." The swami, therefore, immediately came to Maharaj, who was then sitting in front of Khandoba 's temple under a Banyan tree, and said to Maharaj with a voice of authority, "Baba has asked me to bring from you four hundred Rupees; so, I have come to you to demand them from you." After this, Maharaj gave him a sound thrashing and sent him away with the words: "Have you now received your four hundred Rupees?" The swami. then described what