Blue Bus Tour to South India, 1939 1939 Aug 2 dep. Meherabad 6:30 a.m. to Sholapur; Baba arv. 3 p.m.; Blue Bus arv. 6 p.m. 1939 Aug 9 dep. Sholapur 9:30 a.m., Pandharpur, Satara, arv. 6:30 p.m. 1939 Aug 10 dep. Satara 6:30 a.m. to Kolhapur, arv. 10:15 a.m. 1939 Aug 11 dep. Kolhapur 6:30 a.m. to Belgaum (10–11 a.m.), Harihar, arv. 5 p.m. 1939 Aug 12 dep. Harihar 6:30 a.m., Chitradurga (8:30 a.m.), Bangalore, arv. 3:30 p.m. 1939 Aug 14 visit Byramangala 1939 Aug 17 visit Byramangala 1939 Sep 1 visit Byramangala 1939 Sep at Bangalore 1939 Oct 8 Baba takes women out in the bus, perhaps around Bangalore [Adi's diary] 1939 Oct 14 visit Byramangala; Nonny dies at Bangalore 1939 Oct 19 dep. Bangalore ~2:45 p.m. to Mysore, arv. 6 p.m. 1939 Oct 23 dep. Mysore 2:30 p.m. to Bangalore, arv. 6 p.m. 1939 Nov at Bangalore 1939 Nov 26 dep. Bangalore 6:30 a.m. by train to Trichinopoly, arv. 10 p.m. 1939 Nov 27 dep. Trichinopoly 4 p.m. by car to Nagapattinam, 1939 Nov 28 arv. Nagapattinam 3 a.m., dep. 5 p.m. to Tanjore, arv. 9 p.m. 1939 Nov 29 dep. Tanjore night to Trichinopoly, arv. midnight 1939 Nov 30 dep. Trichinopoly 10:30 a.m. by train, 1939 Dec 1 arv. Bangalore in the morning 1939 Dec 7 visit Byramangala 1939 Dec 17 foundation laying ceremony at Byramangala 1940 Jan at Bangalore 1940 Jan 4 dep. Bangalore 7:20 p.m. by Madras Express train to Trichur to Travancore 1940 Jan 6 at Trivandrum & on to Cape Comorin 1940 Jan 9 at Madurai 1940 Jan 10 arv. Bangalore 1940 Jan 15 dep. Bangalore 7:30 a.m. by car to Hassan, arv. 12:30 p.m. 1940 Jan 16 dep. Hassan 7:15 a.m. to Sravanabelagola (9 a.m.), Hassan, arv. 11:30 a.m. 1940 Jan 17 dep. Hassan 6:45 a.m. to Belur, Halebid, Hassan, arv. 11 a.m. 1940 Jan 18 dep. Hassan 6:15 a.m. to Mt. Budan, Hassan, arv. 5 p.m. 1940 Jan 20 dep. Hassan 6:45 a.m. to Bangalore, arv. noon 1940 Feb 12 visit Byramangala 1940 Feb–Mar at Bangalore Goa Tour, 1940 1940 Apr 1 dep. Bangalore 7 a.m. to Arsikere, arv. ~11:45 a.m. 1940 Apr 2 dep. Arsikere 7:30 a.m. to Shimoga, arv. 10 a.m. 1940 Apr 3 dep. Shimoga 3 p.m. to Gersoppa, arv. 11 p.m. 1940 Apr 4 dep. Gersoppa 7 a.m. by car & ferry to Karwar, arv. 7 p.m. 1940 Apr 9 dep. Karwar 4:45 a.m. to Supa (Joida, Karnataka), arv. 7:30 p.m. 1940 Apr 10 dep. Supa 7:30 a.m., Londa, Anmode, arv. 11 a.m. 1940 Apr 11 dep. Anmode 6 a.m. to Panjim, arv. 10:30 a.m. 1940 Apr 15 dep. Panjim 6 a.m. to Otoli, Khanapur 1940 Apr 16 dep. Khanapur 9 a.m. to Belgaum (noon), Amboli, arv. 1 p.m. 1940 Apr 20 dep. Amboli 2 p.m. to Belgaum, arv. 5 p.m. 1940 Apr 23 dep. Belgaum 5 a.m. to Sakharpa, arv. 12:15 p.m. 1940 Apr 26 dep. Sakharpa 6 a.m. to Chiplun (dep. 10:30), Poladpur (dep. 2 p.m.), Mahabaleshwar, arv. 6 p.m. 1940 Apr 28 dep. Mahabaleshwar 6 a.m. to Panchgani, arv. 6:30 a.m. dep. Panchgani 6:30 a.m. to Poona, arv. 9:30 a.m. to Ahmednagar, arv. 1 p.m.; dep. 6 p.m. to Happy Valley, 1940 Apr 29 arv. 6:30 p.m. 1940 May 3 Happy Valley to Ahmednagar, Meherabad, arv. noon 1940 Jun 13 dep. Meherabad 2 p.m.; board the 3:30 p.m. train to Manmad; dep. Manmad by night train 1940 Jun 14 Nagpur & on 1940 Jun 15 arv. Calcutta 1940 Jun 18 dep. Calcutta 1940 Jun 19 arv. Ranchi, on towards Nagpur 1940 Jun 21 On train, pass through Wardha 1940 Jun 22 arv. Meherabad 9:30 a.m. via train from Manmad dep. Meherabad 1:40 p.m. to Ahmednagar Station, dep. 3:30 p.m. train, Chitali, Belapur, Ankai, Manmad, 1940 Jul 3 arv. 7:30 p.m., board Calcutta Mail train, dep. 10:30 p.m. 1940 Jul 4 on the train: Badnera, Nagpur & on 1940 Jul 5 on the train: Chakradharpur (2:45 a.m.), to Ranchi, arv. 8 a.m. 1940 Jul 19 dep. Ranchi 5 p.m. train, change trains at Muri (arv. 7:30, dep. 8:30 p.m.) & on 1940 Jul 20 on the Calcutta Mail train: arv. Calcutta, 6:30 a.m. 1940 Jul 23 dep. Calcutta 5:20 p.m. to Chakradharpur (arv. midnight) & on 1940 Jul 25 arv. Manmad 4 a.m., Meherabad 10:30 a.m. 1940 Aug–Nov at Meherabad Ceylon Tour, 1940 dep. Meherabad 2 p.m. to Ahmednagar Station; dep. 5 p.m. by Bombay-Madrass Express to Dhond; on by 1940 Nov 1 train at 8 p.m. 1940 Nov 2 on the train: Raichur, Guntakal, Arkonam (Arakkonam, arv. 4:45 p.m.; dep. 8 p.m.), Chinglepet & on arv. Tanjore 5:30 a.m., Trichinopoly (7 a.m.), Dindigul, Madurai, Ramnad, Mandapam (3 p.m.), Dhanushkodi 1940 Nov 3 (5 p.m.) by boat to Talaimannar (7:30 p.m.) & on by train 1940 Nov 4 arv. Veyangoda 5:15 a.m. 1940 Nov 5 visit Colombo, Panadura, Kegalle, Kandy; arv. Veyangoda 6:25 p.m. 1940 Nov 8 visit Kandy 1940 Nov 13 visit Kandy (7 a.m.–4:30 p.m.) 1940 Nov 14 visit Colombo 1940 Nov 16 dep. Veyangoda 8:30 a.m. to Kandy, arv. 10:30 a.m. 1940 Nov 24 dep. Kandy 7:30 a.m. to Dambulla (10:30 a.m.), Anuradhapura (dep. 1:45 p.m.) to Kandy, arv. 4:30 p.m. 1940 Nov 30 visit Colombo & Negombo 1940 Dec 5 dep. Kandy 7 a.m. by Blue Bus & car to Mannar (arv. ~3:45 p.m.; dep. 5 p.m.) board a boat at 11:30 p.m. 1940 Dec 6 dep. by ship to Dhanushkodi (arv. 11:30 a.m.) to Ramnad, arv. 3 p.m. 1940 Dec 8 dep. Ramnad 7 a.m. by Blue Bus & car to Madurai (11:30 a.m.), Dindigul 1940 Dec 9 dep. Dindigul 6:30 a.m., to Palni, Pollachi (noon), Palghat 1940 Dec 10 dep. Palghat 6:30 a.m.to Calicut, arv. 11 a.m. 1940 Dec 23 dep. Calicut 3 p.m. train to Shoranpur, Podanur & on 1940 Dec 24 Arkonam, Madras (arv. 7:30 a.m.), Vijayawada, & on 1940 Dec 25 arv. Nagpur (8:30 a.m.), Itarsi, Agra & on 1940 Dec 26 arv. Mathura 5:30 a.m.; dep. 7 a.m. to Achnera, Bharatpur, Bandikui (1 p.m.), Jaipur, arv. 5 p.m. 1941 Jan 6 Jaipur by train to Jodhpur 1941 Jan 8 Jodhpur to Jaipur, arv. noon 1941 Jan 14 dep. Jaipur 4 p.m. to Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Morvi, Junagadh, Jamnagar 1941 Jan 20 Dwarka & on 1941 Jan 24 ret. to Jaipur 1941 Jan 27 visit Alwar by car; dep. Jaipur at 7 a.m., ret. at 1:20 p.m. 1941 Jan 28 dep. Jaipur 7 a.m. to Alwar, Ismailpur; ret. to Jaipur at 8 p.m. 1941 Feb 1 visit Alwar Two-Week Mast Trip, 1941 1941 Feb 5 dep. Jaipur 10:30 a.m. by morning express to Alwar, Delhi 1941 Feb 7 dep. Delhi 12:10 p.m. train to Saharanpur to Lucknow 1941 Feb 8 Lucknow to Benares 1941 Feb 10 Benares to Calcutta 1941 Feb 11 Calcutta to Jagannath Puri 1941 Feb 12 Puri to Khurada, Waltair, Madras 1941 Feb 13 dep. Madras to Villupuram, Trichinopoly (9 p.m.), Dindigul, Madurai arv. Kilakkarai 8 a.m.; dep. 9 a.m. to Ramnad, Madurai, Dindigul, Trichinopoly, Villupuram, Madras 1941 Feb 14 (at midnight) 1941 Feb 15 dep. Madras by train 1941 Feb 16 arv. Chanda & on to Nagpur 1941 Feb 17 arv. Nagpur & on 1941 Feb 18 to Delhi & on 1941 Feb 18/19 arv. Jaipur midnight Quetta Trip, 1941 1941 Feb 25 dep. by car Jaipur 6 a.m. to Agra, arv. noon 1941 Feb 26 Agra by car to Fatehpur Sikri, ret. to Agra 9:30 a.m. 1941 Feb 27 dep. Agra 5:45 a.m. by car to Delhi, arv. 10 a.m. 1941 Mar 2 dep. Delhi 5:10 a.m. by car to Panipat, Ambala, Sirhind, Ludhiana (4–7:30 p.m.), Jullundur, arv. midnight 1941 Mar 3 dep. Jullundur 5:30 a.m. by car to Amraoti (9:30–10:30 a.m.), Amritsar, Lahore, arv. 11:30 a.m. 1941 Mar 5 dep. Lahore 7:50 a.m. by car to Pakpattan, Montgomery, arv. 11 a.m. 1941 Mar 6 dep. Montgomery 7 a.m. by car to Multan, arv. 11 a.m. dep. Multan 7 a.m. by car to Sher Shah, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan (10:30 a.m.–noon), Sakhi Sarwar, 1941 Mar 7 Khar (Ft. Munroe), arv. 5 p.m. 1941 Mar 10 dep. Khar 7:20 a.m. by car to Rakhni (8:30–11:30 a.m.), Loralai, arv. 6:45 p.m. 1941 Mar 11 dep. Loralai 7:45 a.m.