He joined his owner Kamalesh Kumbhar on a 250-kilometre pilgrimage to the sacred site of Pandharpur, in the neighbouring state of Maharashtra, but had gotten separated from him in the crowd.
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Maharaj was at his door the next day though, having navigated home by memory.