 Initially he performed 12 "Avadhāna" in public in Morbi but later he performed 16 "Avadhāna" in audience of two thousand in Wadhwan, which was praised in newspapers.He performed 52 "Avadhāna" in Botad in a private meeting with his friend Harilal Shivalal Sheth which included playing "Chopat" game with three players; playing cards with three players; playing chess; keeping count of the sound of a small gong; mentally computing arithmetic sums involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (4); keeping count of the movement of beads along a thread; solving eight new problems; composing verses on eight diverse topics selected at the time and in the specific metre chosen by various members of the audience (16); rearranging 400 words of various languages spoken in random order including Greek, English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Arabic, Latin, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Maru, Jadeji, in the right order of subject, predicate (16); teaching a student; contemplating various figures of speech (2); all at one time.He performed "śatāvadhāna" (100 "Avadhāna") at Sir Framji Cowasji Institute in Bombay on 22 January 1887, which gained him praise and publicity.