The villagers used to address Maharaj Ji by his name of childhood. Such and such person is sitting there. His body is weakening. His stout body has become frail. The mother used to forcibly feed him some food, which he was not able digest. When the God was teaching, he increasingly liked peaceful solitude. If somebody came and sat beside him, he would wonder when that person would leave him alone. He neither liked to see, nor speak with anybody. Hence, the other people used to think differently about him from their point of view. Some would say, ‘He is not worshipping. He is suffering of Tuberculosis. His time is over. He could die at any moment now.” Everyone had different thing to say about him. When Maharaj Ji learnt of such rumors about him, he asked the God, “Oh God, whatever these people are telling, is it correct? Am I suffering of Tuberculosis? The God said, “Let them say what they want to say. You continue to concentrate on your meditation. Your future is auspicious.” Maharaj Ji was assured. Then he thought, ‘If the God wanted me to become a saint, he could have sent me elsewhere. At least, I didn’t have to listen to the comments and criticism of the people; but the God is not giving any instruction.”

His wrestler friends had made a garden where Maharaj Ji used to meditate. The trees in the garden were flowered. Maharaj Ji thought, ‘Well, it’s good. How lush green this garden is! Now, these trees have been flowered. Since they are flowered, they would bear fruits. I will eat those fruits and worship here peacefully and will not go anywhere.’ The moment he developed a little attraction for the garden, immediately he was inspired by a divine voice to proceed for Prayag  (Allahabad). Prayag is a famous pilgrimage of India. After reaching there Maharaj Ji asked, “Oh God, now what should I do?” The Divine instruction was received, “Give up the company of these four to five persons accompanying you.” Very early in the morning before dawn Maharaj Ji left them and asked the God, “What should I do now?” The God said, “Give up the clothes that you are wearing. Leave them aside on the bank of the Ganga and walk away alongside the river.” Maharaj Ji used to say, “Oh yes, when I was slightly attracted to the garden, the god made me give up the last piece of cloth on my body and left to wander without any sustenance. If the God wants to make somebody a saint, than only could a person become a saint. If he does not guide, nobody can become a saint. Although, some efforts are needed for saintliness, but that is not saintliness.” Maharaj Ji had already cited his own example that he was wandering aimlessly through four births. Such efforts are not wasted, but the spirituality is gradually strengthened. Hence, asceticism of very stage is appreciable.

Reverend Maharaj Ji wandered nude for about five to six years. It was usual for him to remain without food for two to three days at a stretch. He was also accustomed to remain nude, even in the chilling cold climate. During the months of January-February, the cold winds seemed like sharp arrows were piercing his body. But the God had ordered, “don’t touch a cloth.’ Without any kind of sustenance Maharaj Ji wandered on the banks of Ganga and Jamuna rivers.

Maharaj Ji used to select a bush of Bamboo a little away from some village before the Sundown. Some people would be walking to their farms; some would be cutting grass from the fields while the others would be grazing cattle. As soon as these activities were over, Maharaj Ji would enter the Bamboo bushes, clean up the place and sit down for meditation. He would spend the whole night sitting in the meditation. Sometimes he would shift his crossed legs, up and down. But his entire attention used to be on meditation. He would get lost in worship. Sometimes at two o’clock in the night if his attention were broken, he would feel severe cold, as if it would cause him to die. He would strive in vain to concentrate on meditation, but would fail. At last, Maharaj Ji would run for around 200 meters and return fast. After warming up his body he would resume meditation. As he would resume meditation with the support of external warmth, after some time he would begin experience warmth from within. This way he used to spend the night somehow in meditations.

With the first rays of daybreak, Maharaj Ji used to sleep on the sand dunes. He neither needed a bed, a piece of cloth nor any dressing. Sleeping under the open sky he would sleep in the warmth of sunrays till eleven in the morning. After awakening, he would wash in the waters of Ganga and once again resume his wandering. During the course of wandering, if he came across a hut of some saint, the saint would offer him some food to eat or some religious person would feed him. At times, somebody would dream that he had to feed that saint, whereas at other time someone would get divine inspiration to provide food for him. Maharaj Ji used to say, “Oh yes, the God used to make arrangements for his necessities of food. Obedience of the divine instruction is worship and there is nothing other than that.” This process continued. Maharaj Ji used to say, “At one point of time when my attention was broken, I found it difficult to concentrate my mind on meditation. Despite running and warming up, I have not been able to concentrate my mind upon meditation. Only I know how I spent the night. Oh, it was just spent.”

During his wandering, Maharaj ji proceeded beyond Ayodhya. Rainy season had already set in. Maharaj ji thought, ‘If could have received the Divine instruction, I could have stayed somewhere for a period of four months.’ The God said, “The mother’s house is on this side, the father’s house is on the other side; there is a road in between and there is that Bell tree. Spend the four months under that tree.” Maharaj Ji perceived that scenario. He got up and walked where his feet could take him. He thought, ‘The God has weird sense of humor. My parents have died a long ago. And here the God is referring to his parent’s house! Maharaj Ji resumed walking, his mind lost in meditation. He had no inkling of the passerby. This is how he used to meditate while walking. At last, it was evening. When Maharaj ji thought of pausing, he saw that there were some scanty bushes around. A little away from the road were two temples – one of Durga and the other was that of Shiva. Maharaj Ji thought, perhaps the God had referred to these two temples of his parents. Alright, the women were good. He thought, there must be a Bell tree somewhere in the vicinity. He looked around and saw the tree that he had perceived in his imagination earlier in the day. He moved closer and found it to be a Bell tree. Maharaj Ji sat down under that tree. He sat there without food for seven days. On the eighth day the villagers realized that some saint had been sitting there. Religious people gathered at the place. That place is located in Madhwapur Gonda district. The regional residents had experienced the miracle of spiritual meditation of Maharaj Ji. Some people afflicted with the epidemic of cholera were cured by the blessings of Maharaj Ji and they were saved from the death. Due to the blessings of Maharaj Ji, the fruits on the Bell tree, which used to rot earlier, were stopped from rotting. That tree is very much in existence today. Discussing such events Maharaj Ji used to say, “There is nothing like miracle. When the God has mercy upon us, even the ‘impossible’ becomes ‘possible’. The God fulfills, what a saint utters. That is the miracle.”

Walking away from there, Maharaj Ji took the road to the forests of Dehradun. He saw a road and he took to it. He thought, ‘If there is a road than there has to be a village or inhabitants living beyond. But that was a forest road. The forest turned denser and denser. He found some fresh dung of elephants. Even during high noon, the daylight turned dark. He was tired of walking. He thought of finding a place to sit down. There was a large dense tree on the side of the road. He received Divine instruction, “Sit down there.” As soon as he sat down, the Divine voice heard, “He would be able to perceive true appearance of the God. The good of the people would be achieved through you. An ashram would be erected for you here. The electric light would be connected here. (In those days, electricity was limited to the large cities.) Maharaj Ji happily sat down in meditation.