Alavani Buva of Baroda in Gujarath had gone with some people to Jagannath Puri, a holy place in Orissa. There, all these people fell sick because of fever. They were rendered immobile due to weakness. They were even unable to bring food from the market. Unexpectedly Sri Swami Samarth came and stood before Alavani Buva. Seeing the splendour and Divinity of Shree Swami Samarth, Alavani Buva offered his obeisance. Then offering his praises to Sri Swami, he asked, “Maharaj, where do you live? ”. Maharaj replied, “All the places belong to me”. So saying, Sri Swami vanished from that place.

Alavani Buva and his companions were amazed at this experience. Later, they saw sumptuous food served on leaf-plates placed for them. They all enjoyed the sumptuous food. They resumed their journey as soon as their health recovered. Finally they all reached Akkalkot in Solapur, Maharashtra. After taking ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swami Samarth, they all remembered that, the great man, who helped them with sumptuous food at Jagannath Puri, was none other than Sri Swami Samarth himself.