Later he sat under a Deodar tree for tapasya. Finally, he came to the ranges of Himalayas where he enlightened many devotees. After this he took an extensive pilgrimage, covering even places, now known as Jawa, Sumatra, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia etc., relieved many people from their miseries, and guided them on the spiritual path.
He came to Akkalkot in 1856 where he continued his physical existence for 22 years. He also stayed at Mangalvedha, a town near Pandharpur in Solapur district Maharashtra, which had been inhabited earlier by famous saints like Domojipant and Chokhamela. While moving in the Himalayan region he visited places like Puri, Benaras, Hardwar, Girnar, Kathiawad and Rameswaram in the South.
Prior to his settlement at Akkalkot, Swami Samarth seems to have visited far and wide. This Yogi, in his new role came to be known as Swami Samarth. The Yogi slowly opened his eyes and consoled the dumbfounded woodcutter saying that it was the Divine Will for Him to re-appear in the world to resume His mission. He cleared the anthill and Lo, he found a Yogi in meditation. He was shocked to find blood stains on the blade of the axe. One day accidentally a woodcutter’s axe fell on the bushes grown around the ant hill. With the passage of time a huge anthill grew over him and he was lost to the outside world. In the Samadhi state He remained for about three hundred years. As per the most popular belief, Shri Narasimha Swami, after helping and spiritually uplifting a large number of people over a few decades, went away to the Himalayas for penance and went into Samadhi. The 'Guru Charitra' one of the most famous books gives lot of information about Him. Shri Narasimha Saraswati, about four centuries before the advent of Swami Samarth is believed to be the earlier incarnation of Shri Dattatreya.
Yet it does not really matter for those who have faith in them. For that matter, even Shri Shirdi Sai Baba's advent and early life has not been established. The early life of Swami Samarth like that of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba is shrouded with mystery. He stayed at Ganagapur (Karnataka State, Southern India) for a long time and then gave his "Nirguna Padukas" to his disciples and devotees, before leaving for the Kardali forests to perform Tapas. The biography of Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati in "Shree Gurucharitra", gives us the details of his work in guiding the devotees and the various miracles he performed to help the devotees. Dattatreya incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva and his avatars- Shripad Shri Vallabha, Sri Nrusimha Saraswati and Swami Samarth Maharaj