Bhagatji's tours won him innumerable disciples in Gujarat. Motilalbhai of Pij used to chant bhajans incessantly. Once Maharaj appeared in his dreams and said, "I manifest in Pragji Bhakta." His joy knew no bounds. He wrote letters to each and every town about this revelation. Lots of people started seeking communion with Bhagatji. Certain jealous saints could not tolerate this. They managed to get Bhagatji's disciple-saints excommunicated from the satsang.
Vignandasji, Yagnapurushdasji and many other saints arrived at Mahuva during their tour of Gujarat. In the beginning Bhagatji remained indifferent to them but then he made arrangements for their stay at the Gopinath temple. He scolded them for glorifying him. They used to visit the Swaminarayan temple in turn and seek Bhagatji's company. Then Bhagatji sought permission for Yagnapurushdasji and Purani Keshavprasad to stay with him in the temple. This gave the saints an opportunity to live with Bhagatji throughout the day.
Many devotees came to the temple to listen to the religious discourses. Once Yagnapurushdasji told the congregation of devotees and saints from Gadhada, citing the Vachanamritam, that Bhagatji was the param ekantik swarup (incarnation of Maharaj). One of the devotees called Vithalbhai said, "How did you come to know about these divine qualities of Bhagatji?" Yagnapurushdasji replied, "He belongs to your town and you know him better. Tell me from your experience whether he is a holy man or not?"
Vithalbhai replied, "There isn't a holier man than Bhagatji in the entire town. Although he prepares clothes for women of Nagar, Bania and other sophisticated communities, he never entertains any kind of unholy ideas in his mind. On the contrary, he wins them over to the Swaminarayan fold by explaining to them the divine greatness of Lord Swaminarayan." The saints from Gadhada endorsed his views and observed, "We too experience a kind of purifying influence in his company. If he can purify us, how can there be any impurity in him?"
Then Yagnapurushdasji said further, "Bhagatji is a jnani too (a scholar). The entire satsang with one voice praises the scholarship of Bhagatji. Whether he is praised or abused, he remains unruffled and quiet. Again, all the qualifications of a saint as described in the Vachanamritam, have been attained by him under the divine guidance of Gunatitanand Swami. Therefore, we can confidently, say that Bhagatji is a jnani in the truest sense of the term. His asceticism is also unique. He is a householder yet he remains above the attendant bindings. Whenever he receives any message from Acharya Maharaj he leaves home to see him. He has no other worries. If Acharya Maharaj commands him to renounce, this very moment he will renounce. It is not that his powers are restricted to him alone. Those who seek his company too become detached and overcome all desires. Otherwise, how is it that haribhaktas run to him from distant places, forgetting all their domestic chores and concerns."
Yagnapurushdasji talked about Bhagatji's great qualities of dharma, jnan and vairagya and asked the, gathering, "Now tell me don't you find that his faith in Shriji Maharaj is as firm as a rock?" Thus he asked the holy assembly to testify Bhagatji's qualities of an ekantik bhakta. Vithalbhai said again, "Bhagatji is a man of firm determination. Even when he was thrown out of satsang, he never gave up God He continuously sang praises of God and sought darshan of saints and devotee at the temple gate. He defeated all his enemies with his divine weapons of love and humility. He has helped many people attain the nishchaya (faith) in Maharaj, there is no doubt about his being in close communion with Shriji Maharaj. He accepts Maharaj, and Maharaj alone, as the ultimate reality, as the sovereign power, as creator and destroyer. He doesn't care for anyone else.''
On hearing this, Yagnapurushdasji said, "Thus Bhagatji possesses all the four qualities of dharma, jnan, vairagya and bhakti as depicted in Vachanamritam by Shriji Maharaj, who eternally dwells in him. This is the reason why we are following him and seeking him wherever he goes."
Then some of the saints went to Gujarat as desired by Bhagatji. During a samaiya at Vadtal, it was decided by influential saints to re admit the outcast saints into satsang but initiate them in white dress only. But the followers of Bhagatji did not agree to their proposal. They decided to work for Satsang from outside and returned to Mahuva.