Wearing a Vasudev Cap1 and underwear, Shree Beedkar Maharaj, from childhood, was in the regular habit of visiting temples at Belbaugh and Tulsibaug2. He had an inordinate attraction towards God. In a particular year, he and his friends as planned, began their journey to go to Pandharpur3 on foot along with the palakhi4. But after walking for five to six miles, his friends got tired and refused to go ahead in spite of the repeated persuasion by Shree Beedkar Maharaj. Ultimately, Shree Beedkar Maharaj arranged to send his friends back in a bullock cart and in that young age he continued his journey alone on foot along with the pilgrims and finally reached Pandharpur.

Inside the temple as well as outside of Lord Vithoba, there was a big crowd of the Pilgrims. By seeing that big crowd, he felt that he would not be able to get the Divine sight of Lord Vithoba and this very thought suddenly made him cry. At this time, a miracle took place and a dark complexioned worthless old man came near this young Shree Beedkar Maharaj and took him by hand inside the temple very near to the idol of Lord Vithoba. Not only this, the same old man took out one of the garlands from the neck of Lord Vithoba and put the same around the neck of this young Shree Beedkar Maharaj and then this old man took Shree Beedkar Maharaj out of the temple in the open space and left him there. That old man was known by the name Vitthal Badawa5 and he disappeared after this. He was none else than Lord Vithoba himself who had come to the rescue of this young Shree Beedkar Maharaj.