Though Sakori continues to be the chief center of the spiritual work of Maharaj, he has often been taken by his devotees to other important places like Hyderabad, Bombay, Kolhapur, Indore, etc., and his devotees, who are spread out all over India, often gather at Sakori on the Hindu religions days, to participate in ritualistic and other religious celebrations. Maharaj is himself entirely above the field of mere ceremonies and rituals. and his has been amply seen during his stay in Khandoba's temple at Shirdi as well as at Kharagpur. But a Perfect Master sometimes decides to use rituals and ceremonies in order to help his circle of devotees in their spiritual path, without allowing them to get caught in external forms.

Immediately after attaining perfection, during the stay at Khandoba's temple, Shri Upasni Maharaj found himself confronted with a task which proved to be of greatest spiritual importance from the point of view of the future humanity. This task began in 1915, when Meher Baba came for his darshana, in Khandoba's temple at Shirdi. Meher Baba had attained God-realization, in January 1914, through the Grace of Hazrat Babajan; but he was so engrossed in God-consciousness, that he was utterly unconscious of his own body and the entire world. During this period, he had seen many saints; and after having the darshana of Sai Baba, at Shirdi, he came to Maharaj in Khandoba's temple. When Maharaj saw Meher Baba coming to him, he immediately knew how he had been inwardly sent to him, for a special type of work; and he greeted Meher Baba in a unique way, by throwing at him a stone which struck his forehead. But Meher Baba was internally aware of the great part which Maharaj was to play in his life; and he understood that this act of Maharaj was meant to help him to come back to consciousness of the world, without losing his God-consciousness. Meher Baba had not only lost his consciousness of the gross world but also that of the subtle and mental worlds; and he had to be brought down to his normal consciousness, for the future spiritual mission which was ahead of him. This time, Meher Baba stayed with Maharaj for two days and then returned to Poona.

After this first visit, Meher Baba used to go to Maharaj twice a month, and was in constant correspondence with him. He went to Sakori very frequently and the constant touch with Maharaj gradually brought him down to the consciousness of the world. At Poona, a small group of sincere aspirants gathered around Meher Baba; and they all together performed the Arti of the photos of Hazrat Babajan and Maharaj, the two Masters