Shri Bal Gangadhar Patwardhan, a professor in Govt. College, Dhule, Maharashtra, also had an experience about the divineness of Shree Baba Maharaj.
During 1939-40, while studying in Fergusson College, Pune, in Maharashtra, Shri Patwardhan came to know about Shree Baba Maharaj. So he went to Dhumal Bldg, to seek the blessings of Shree Baba Maharaj. When he climbed the staircase, he saw a notice board hanging on the door. The notice board read, “I am going on a pilgrimage. Please help me with money.”
After reading this board, Shri Patwardhan started having doubts about Shree Baba Maharaj’s divinity. He started to wonder “Why should a great saint like Shree Baba Maharaj ask for money from the people?” and he was very much disturbed by this thought. But since he had come all the way, with determination, to meet Shree Baba Maharaj, he decided to return only after taking blessings from Shree Baba Maharaj. Hence, he stepped into Shree Baba Maharaj’s room.
Inside there was dim light. But the room was empty. Not finding anyone in the room, he was about to return, when he heard some voice- “Whom you are searching for? Handover the money quietly and then go away from here”. Shri Patwardhan started looking around in the room but surprisingly could not find the source of the voice. Then unintentionally, he looked up in the room. He was just astounded to see Shree Baba Maharaj sitting 5 to 6 feet above the ground -mid space- in the air, reclining against the wall. Seeing Shree Baba Maharaj in that position all suspicions about the divinity of Shree Baba Maharaj circling in his mind vanished and he was fully convinced that Shree Baba Maharaj was a perfect saint. He took out a rupee from his pocket and placed it before Shree Baba Maharaj asking for forgiveness.
Then he asked Shree Baba Maharaj, the purpose of putting up the notice board on the door. Shree Baba Maharaj replied, ”My son, sometimes I have to use this trick to keep people away”
Thus, Shree Baba Maharaj sometimes behaved like an eccentric person to avoid the public.