Until 2016, Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu would walk from the entrance to the main stage before the Thursday discourse and from the main stage to the entrance while departing from Shree Harigurugram.

The footprints left by His sacred feet upon the soil came to be lovingly known as the Pratyaksha Padukas. After Bapu had passed by, many Shraddhavans would bow with deep reverence before these sacred footprints.

Looking at Bapu's feet, Chaubal Aajoba said to Maheshsinh Gadkari (the son of Chaubal Aaji's sister):

Today, Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu arrives at and departs from Shree Harigurugram by car. Yet the love and devotion of the Shraddhavans remain unchanged. With profound reverence, they lovingly gather the dust touched by the tyres of Bapu's car, for they believe that wherever their beloved Sadguru sets His feet, every particle of dust becomes sanctified by His divine presence. To them, that sacred dust is none other than the dust of Bapu's lotus feet, the Pratyaksha Padukas themselves.

In one of His discourses, Bapu explained that Bharata is the Acharya of Vandan Bhakti. In Marathi, we often hear the expression “Bharat-Bhet” (भरत-भेट). But what does it truly mean?

Without the slightest concern for his status, his ritual purity, or his position as a magistrate and a judge, Hemadpant immediately prostrated himself in the dust at Baba's sacred feet. He rolled in that sacred dust until his entire body was covered with the dust from the Guru's feet.