Complex sentence: In 1977 Babuji travelled to the abode of Sai Baba in Shirdi, Maharashtra for the first time and then embarked on a pilgrimage to holy places in North India.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1977 Babuji travelled to the abode of Sai Baba in Shirdi, Maharashtra for the first time. After Shirdi, Babuji embarked on a pilgrimage to holy places in North India.