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CHAPTER 11
Last Phase
All the incidents noted in the previous chapter give a clue to the life style and philosophy of the Saint. Like a true Jain Saint he used to move from village to village and from town to town except for the four months of Chaturmas during monsoon. Santbal Smruti Granth Volume - 2 gives year to year and day-today account of his movements right from the year 1929 when he took Diksha upto the year 1982 when he left his physical frame and started on the piligrimage of eternity. From 1963 to 1966 he moved out of Gujarat at Delhi, Calcutta and Bhilai and in 1967 he returned to Gujarat via Nagpur, Sevagram, Wardha, Pune, Akola, Fatepur and Nandabar.
In 1968 he passed his Chaturmas for the first time at Chinchani. On 1st December 1968 he noted :
"I had taken Diksha on Posh Shud 8th. I would be completing forty years of my Diksha on Posh Shud 8th of this Samvat Year 2025. During this period I have covered thousands of miles throughout the country. Considering all these facts, I do not find there is anything objectionable if I select any place for my permanent stay."
It appears that his association with Bombay devotees prevailed. Though he had selected Gundi, a small village near Ahmedabad, as his Prayog Bhumi — a place to carry out his
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