NEW DELHI, Oct. 24—A 43‐year‐old guru known as “the Flying Swami” took off in his small plane today on a peace mission to Pakistan where he hoped to drop leaflets and flowers before landing at Lahore.

When Swami Vishnudevananda left New Delhi Airport this morning, he still had not received permission from Pakistan to make the flight.

He is an Indian of Canadian citizenship whose plane, a twin‐engine Piper Apache, has been decorated by the pop artist Peter Max. He took off just 90 minutes after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi left on her tour of Europe and the United States.

It was the third flying peace mission for Mr. Vishnudevananda. His headquarters is in Quebec, and he has opened 40 meditation centers around the world. He has flown to Northern Ireland and to the Middle East.

“If I do not return from Lahore,” he told his secretary, “do not bother about me.”