He organized ‘sthans’ at a number of places and a number of times, where he had his official camps, but two camps deserve special mention. In the year 1976, he was on a tour of Himachal Pradesh and decided in May 1976 to hold a ‘sthan’ at Kathog, near Jwalamukhi, for rendering sewa to the local people. It was a period of emergency. He called some ‘shishyas’ from Delhi. To our utter surprise, 14,000 to 15,000 persons converged at a small place with a variety of problems. He gave and sprinkled charged (mantrit) ‘Jal’ on this huge congregation. People were completely overwhelmed when they were relieved of their problems.

Then, in 1979-80, Guruji held an official camp at Nahan near Renuka, in Himachal Pradesh (Renuka was the name of Shri Parshuramji’s mother, and the area is said to be under his domain) and decided to render sewa to the people of that place.

The total population of Renuka consisted of about 500 families. On one Bara Guruwar, he called some ‘shishyas’ from Delhi and said that his voice had gone beyond the mountains and he expected a large gathering; and as per his indication, quite a few thousand persons converged at the camp. On the next Bara Guruwar, he again called some shishyas to Renuka, and this time many thousand persons (nearly 25,000) came from the neighbouring states. On the last ‘sthan’ at Renuka, Guruji called eleven ‘shishyas’ and more than 50,000 persons thronged the place (where just 500 families were living) and sewa continued round the clock. There were people descending from the mountains from all directions. People came from neighbouring states in overloaded buses of Haryana Roadways, Punjab Roadways Himachal Roadways, Rajasthan Roadways, private vehicles or whatever means of transport they could manage. The queue stretched to 2-3 kilometres and did not seem to diminish throughout the period of sewa. Saintly persons also descended from the mountains to have Guruji’s darshan. Top political figures of the Himachal Government came to see what was happening at a small place like Renuka. The charged (mantrit) ‘Jal’ was taken and tested in the laboratory and was found to be of immaculate purity. Newspapers carried many stories of the miracles that happened during this camp.

One singular supernatural happening that took place during Guruji’s stay at Renuka was that Shri Parshuramji (who is said to be chirjivi) appeared before Guruji thrice, but their conversation is strictly confined to themselves.

As time passed, people visiting Gurgaon ‘Sthan’ multiplied from a few hundred to hundreds and thousands. Especially on the occasion of Guru Purnima and Mahashivratri, the congregation often crossed the one lakh mark. The devotees patiently stood in the queue that stretched to 2-3 kilometres and waited sometimes for 12 to 14 hours to have Guruji’s darshan. Guruji would come out to bless every individual. One had to see to believe wherefrom these young and old, men, ladies, children, patients, invalid persons, etc., got the strength and courage to stand for hours in the queue under the sweltering sun or braved the chilling cold to have Guruji’s darshan and his blessings. The most interesting part was that each one claimed that Guruji loved him more and that he was closer to Guruji than any other. What an abundance of love, affection and compassion he used to shower!

Down the memory lane, I recall another awe-inspiring happening. It was one of the Bara Guruwars. Sewa was being rendered. Devotees were patiently standing in more than a kilometre long queue waiting to have Guruji’s darshan and to receive his blessings. Suddenly dark clouds appeared in the sky and it seemed as if it would start raining heavily. One of the sewadars rushed to Guruji to inform him of this development. In the event of down-pour, there was a strong likelihood of the public running helter-skelter, resulting in a stampede which could injure men, women and children. Receiving the information, Guruji remained absolutely composed, looked at the sky and simply said, “Don’t worry, I will tell these clouds to pour in the nearby areas so that the public here does not get disturbed. Hardly a few minutes had passed and the news came that it was raining cats and dogs beyond a 2/3 km. radius. The public, however, enjoyed the cool weather, with hardly a drop of water falling on them.

Innumerable examples are available when Param Pujya Guruji exhibited his control over nature. He also had the courage and authority to say, “I am not bound by time; in fact, time is bound by me”, and he proved this claim on many occasions.