It was around this time that Gopalanand Swami was on his way to Junagadh. He made a brief stay at Gadhada. Here, during the course of his discourses in the assembly he said, "Maharaj appointed Mahants for different temples, but it must be said that the Mahant of Junagadh, Gunatitanand Swami, has stolen a march over others for the reason that he completed the work of the temple despite obstacles from Nagars; streamlined the temple administration and spread the satsang in the whole of Sorath. He made sadhus observe the rules properly, pleased Acharya Raghuvirji Maharaj and above all, he has never forgotten even for a moment the form of Maharaj, and remained constantly busy with holy stories. So there is no sadguru like him in the entire satsang. He is omniscient, omnipotent and is like dhanvantar vaidya." After some time Gopalanand Swami reached Junagadh. Here he broke the fast of Harinavami and addressed an assembly of saints and devotees and said, "All of you have not known the true identity of Swami. Maharaj Himself has told me about his glory and has said, "Gunatitanand Swam is real Akshar." After saying so he made the devotees of Bhadra such as Dosabhai, Ratnabhai and Vashram Suthar relate the incident when Maharaj Himself had for the first time, in Bhadra, talked about the glory of Swami. In this way Gopalanand Swami used to spread the infinite glory of Swami.
After the departure of Maharaj to His own abode, Naja Jogia had become a sadhu and had assumed the name Ghanshyamdas. He was impressed by Swami's talks at Vadtal so he used to come to Junagadh for samagam with Swami. But so far he had not been able to realise the true glory of Swami. Once Ghanshyamdas was meditating in the auditorium, Swami was sitting nearby. After sometime Swami told him, "Are you meditating or just bungling ?"
"Swami, it is an unfair allegation," said Ghanshyamdas when he woke from meditation. Swami smiled in reply and said, "Were you meditating or stroking the buffalo with a white mole at Gadhada ?" Ghanshyamdas was stunned when he heard this. During the meditation he really had reached Gadhada; so he stood up suddenly and touched Swami's feet and said in an overwhelming tone, "Swami! In the inner recesses of my heart I was under the impression that you were like a feudal chief but today I have realised that you are an emperor and Maharaj incarnated. You are really Akshar." Swami smiled and blessed him.
Swami had arrived at Vadtal on the occasion of samaiya of Chaitri Poonam. Acharyas of both the regions had also come there. In the assembly Gopalanand Swami and other senior sadgurus garlanded Swami. Swami was loaded with garlands. Seeing this Mulji Soni of Bhoyka asked his Guru Gopalanand Swami, "Who is this sadguru ?" Gopalanand Swami then replied, "I had told you that I'll show you Akshardham. This Gunatitanand Swami is Akshardham incarnated. So recognize him properly." On hearing this Malji Soni was convinced about the identity of Swami. (Shastriji Maharaj had met this Malji Soni and had heard the above incident from him. After that Shastriji Maharaj took many aspirants to Malji Soni at Bhoyka and made them listen to this incident.)