Story of Baba ji - Mahashivaratri
Story of Baba ji - Mahashivaratri
After covering the body with black aghori cloth and the skin with a thick sheet of smoke-ash, everything looked the same. But my eyes were on the blue eyes that looked different from those in South Asia. I came in front of the jogis who were begging in the guise of a jogi and the jogis who were smoking marijuana in various guises. Aghori and my eyes were meeting and the distance was decreasing. The smoke coming out of the firewood provided by the Pashupati Area Development Fund is painful. He leaned down a little and started to 'fu'. I was close. The tongs lightly tapped a part of the wood that had already become charcoal. It's a little dusty. The old woman dropped her finger and looked at me and asked, "Tika?" I asked instead of frowning. ‘Baba where are you from?’ He nodded, nodded, and patted his thumb. "Baba, where are you from?" He repeated the same words over and over again, ignoring me and looking at the end. Her accent and actions brought me closer to my guess.
I took a turn and reached the back of the seat. He rolled his eyes and looked at me. Suddenly Jurukka got up and came right next to him and said, 'No question, nothing'. My guess turned out to be correct. These are the sages of the western countries. ‘What happened?’ Another Indian Aghori arrived. I looked to the west and said, 'Tika!' "Tika," the West looked at me, urging the Indians, and said again in a rage, "No Koischan."The Indian monk brought a little ash and rubbed it on my forehead. Stating that he also has a teacher in the West with him, he urged him not to be confused. I started trying to know something even from the 'disciple'. "My name is Bhatkeshwar Nath," the Indian said in his own language. "I come from Khatu Shyamji Math in Rajasthan." Bhatkeshwar Nath, who was born in Panipat, Haryana, lost his mother in an accident less than eight years ago. "Since then, I have been feeling unhappy," he said.
At first I glanced at the black robe and then I fixed my gaze on his eyes. Then I asked the difference between Aghori and the other Baba. "We, the Naths and the Nagas, were born because we felt that organized power was needed for the supremacy of Shaivism, apart from the Vaishnava sadhus," he said. According to him, this karma is completely connected with Masan Ghat. Vaishnava saints do not eat or drink indiscriminately. However, he revealed that they are free to consume whatever they like.
He did not like my other question as to why so many saints gather at Pashupatinath during Shivaratri. ‘The question of why this is so bad,’ he added, ‘is a practice and that’s why we’re continuing. This world was not started by you and me today. Just as you are following what your ancestors believed, so are we, the saints, following our own tradition. Why question such a thing? '
Bhatkeshwar Nath, who arrived in Nepal for the second time in six years, was also a follower of another Aghori Tyaginath living in Nepal. Tyaginath Baba, who was living at Bhashmeshwar Ghat, passed away last year. Baba Dr. Tyaginath who has just arrived in Nepal. Ramnath was a disciple of Aghori.
During the reign of King Tribhuvan, Engineer Ramnath Aghori came to Nepal from Bengal. Having worked as an engineer in a construction project of the Indian Cooperation Corporation, he got bored while working in Nepal and never returned to India. Pashupati's bhasmeshwar sat awake. For the establishment of Tribhuvan University in the year 2013, Dr. Many still remember the important contribution of Ramnath Aghori. Aghori Baba Dr. Both King Tribhuvan and Mahendra used to visit Ramnath's ashram at Bhashmeshwar regularly.
Later, around 2022, he returned to India. He died there. He wanted to be buried in Nepal which was not fulfilled. It is said that he was later buried here by bringing biguts. Aghori Baba Dr. reached them. While living in Nepal, Ramnath had three main disciples. The eldest of them was Tyaginath. Tyaginath was also a homeopathic doctor.
Dr. Ramnath's eldest disciple was Chunchun Baba. Chunchun Baba came from Sri Lanka. He came to Nepal as a tourist guide and stayed there as a recluse. Chunchun Baba is still remembered in the Pashupati region as the Aghori Baba who loved creatures. He was considered the epitome of compassion. A large number of cows used to raise and feed the dogs. He also lovingly cared for the insects in the house. No one has ever seen Chunchun Baba take off his clothes, believing that it affects insects and other insects in his body
Dr. Ramnath's youngest disciple Pagla Baba was from Uttar Pradesh. He had attained Yoga Siddhi. He always seemed to be drinking. He called himself 'God Intoxicated'. Some people who went to visit Pagla Baba have said that he would put the cigarette in the mouth of the khapper which he was smoking and at that time he saw the khapper smoking a cigarette. However, Pagla Baba never made such a public demonstration.
As the southern form of Pashupatinath is Aghor, it is said that Aghoris have been coming here since ancient times for Aghor Siddhi Tapasya. At the same time, the most effective Dr. recently. Ramnath is Aghori. Now all his disciples have passed away. Chunchun Baba died 15 years ago. Then Pagla Baba. And, last year, Tyaginath Baba also died in Bhashmeshwar. After Tyaginath's death, his tomb was not allowed to be built there at first. Later, under the pressure of the locals and his disciples, that permission was also obtained.
According to Bhatkeshwar Nath, there are many such Aghoris in India. He informed that the accounts of the elders of his family will be kept by all the Aghoris wherever they are. Apart from Ram Nath who came to Nepal, gurus like Kinnaram and Ganesh Aghori are the leaders of their community, according to Bhatkeshwar Nath, all of whom have been buried. During the conversation, he said that the name of the person sitting next to him was 'Ganganath ji'. "He is a French citizen who has been moving around India for ten years," he said. "If I am a pain, he is a bigger fakir than me."
He also informed that the French teacher came to Nepal for the first time. What was his name in France? Who are What did you do? "I do not know, I do not know," he said, adding that he was "shocked" to hear that you were trying to ask such a question. Why do such foreigners come to become saints? Bhatkeshwar Nath gave me a long answer to this question: "It doesn't matter who is a native or a foreigner. Only those sitting above know the circumstances under which a person becomes a sadhu or a householder. Everything works as he wants. Because of sitting on top, they have made me a sadhu till today. Tomorrow, if he wants, he will immediately put me with a woman. He is the one who has been conquering the fascination of all beings till today. If I told you to take off all the clothes you are wearing right now, would you take them off? (He asked repeatedly) Can you take it off? (Again he answered himself) Don't blow it. Because you are in love. While being free from it, we have become saints. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. At such a moment, these foreigners have also become saints. '
He said that they came here because all the saints belonging to Hindu religion want to visit Pashupati during Shivaratri. "This is the land of the Himalayas," he added, "coming to Nepal and meditating has been a tradition of saints since time immemorial. After Pashupati's visit, Muktinath, Kamakshadevi of India, Tarapith, many temples and shrines to return to the monastery in Rajasthan may take years, he said.
He said that while walking like this, sometimes you can get sweet food and sometimes you have to go to bed hungry for a few days. "I have been starving for 41 days," he said, adding that "there is no telling what will happen when I reach the place I want." ‘Pilot Baba used to come for Shivaratri till yesterday,’ said Dr. Krishna, who has a doctorate in animal husbandry. Govinda Tandon was saying, "It is a tradition for great saints to come here on this occasion." Our conversation now turned to Shivpuri Baba and Khaptad Baba.
In March 1926, just after Shivaratri, an ordinary-looking Baba arrived in Kathmandu. Babas in such simple attire walk on the streets as usual. However, even though no one else knew how unusual he was at that time, Wilkinson, a British resident in Nepal (at that time India was under British rule and his ambassador to Nepal was called a resident) was well known.
Govindnath Bharati (later Shivpuri Baba) was the person Wilkinson suddenly saw in the crowd as he was going somewhere in a buggy. He was the Shivpuri Baba who was the first influential Indian monk to be known closely by the West. Britain at the time and Queen Victoria at the time. That imperial power can only be estimated now. According to a book written about the South Indian monk's closeness to the Queen during his visit to the UK, there were more than eighteen formal meetings.
During that visit, Baba's conversation with the then powerful British creator George Bernard Shaw was also discussed.
‘You Indian jogis spend years meditating. You should not value time at all. Very purposeless people. 'Even Shivpuri Baba did not keep quiet when an influential person of the twentieth century said this in the office of the Prime Minister. "I see you as a slave of time. We are the people who will live forever. 'The British envoy knew that innumerable such references were connected with Shivpuri Baba. So he got out of the buggy and reached in front of Baba who was walking on the streets of Kathmandu. ‘Baba, what can I do for you?’ The British envoy asked during the conversation. At that time, outsiders had the opportunity to visit Kathmandu only once a year. On the same Shivaratri. That too on a seven-day visa only. I could not move around even for a day. "I really like this place," said Baba, who had just returned from a visa expiration. "I have always wanted to build an ashram here."
That was during the Rana rule and the man who listened to Baba's wish was an equally powerful British envoy. So Baba was allowed to build an ashram in a forest north of Kathmandu. Baba, who has been in Kathmandu for a hundred years, then spent his entire life in this valley. Baba lived to be 137 years old. He became acquainted with the name of the forest where he meditated and did penance, 'Shivpuri Baba'.
Another interesting reference is also connected with Shivpuri Baba. The then President of India Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan had arrived in Kathmandu as a guest during the ascension of King Mahendra. Such an important guest suddenly disappeared from the airport. The race was over. Later he was found in the ashram of the same Shivpuri Baba. President Radhakrishnan went to meet Shivpuri Baba with only one question. The short answer to that question was so effective that the president returned satisfied. The question and answer to that question about spirituality, morality, and the body are described in detail in the book Long Pilgrimage, later prepared by his English disciple John Bennett. Khaptad Baba was another Indian Mahatma who came after Shivpuri Baba on the occasion of Shivaratri. Both of them had entered Nepal with the army of Baba Sadhu Sanyasi. And, spent the rest of his life here.
Born in Kashmir around 1880, Baba was initially a medical doctor. However, he retired because he wanted to renounce worldliness and enjoy meditation. He took initiation from Swami Gyan Ashram on the banks of Bhagirathi river. Thus Swami Sachitananda Saraswati entered Nepal on the occasion of Shivaratri. After that Ilam, Kalinchok, Swargadwari, Musikot, Chandannath and finally he spent the longest period (50 years) in Khaptad. Not only did his name remain from that place, but due to his influence, this highland spread over Doti, Bajhang, Achham and Bajura was also declared a national park.
At one time, the worship of Pashupatinath was done by these sannyasis who used to gather on Shivaratri. Referring to the Licchavi period, Dr. Tandon says, ‘At that time, even among the worshiping saints, there were sects like Nashrukhalik, Shrikhalik and Pasupat. Which sect is not mentioned in India. 'The sannyasis here are also being revised and added new at different times. "The sadhus associated with Pashupatinath's temple are the Dashanamis," says Tandon, "and the ones added later are the Nagas."The inscription mentions a monk who built a wall around Pashupatinath during the Licchavi period. At that time, Pashupatinath's name was also called Rajyavardhandev. Since then, the importance of this temple has been shown to enhance the state or increase prosperity.
Thus, the tradition of worship by the Sannyasis has been going on and later the tradition of Bhatts started after the Guru of the Amaddhak Agni Math tradition came in 1199 BS. In the meantime, the Bhatt tradition was stopped again and the monks started worshiping. This sequence went on. During the time of Raghavdev, there was a little quarrel. Later that tradition also ended and the southern Bhatts started.
"Even in the south, the kilns from Vindhyachal to the south have been lined up," says Tandon. It is said that the Hindu Brahmins of Uttarakhand have been carrying on their tradition uninterruptedly due to the lack of expansion of Mughal influence in South India. That is why Tandon says that Dakshinatya (South Indian) Brahmins are considered pure and pious even in virtue.
"Besides, it was customary in Nepal not to eat Shivaswa," he added, "so the tradition of bringing priests from India to the famous Shiva temples has started." In this way, people talk about the arrival of Adi Shankaracharya in Pashupati, which was once worshiped by the Sannyasis. However, according to Tandon, no evidence has been found to substantiate that.
"Acharya Math mentions that Adi Shankaracharya came here based on genealogical tradition," says Tandon, "while there is no mention of Pashupatinath in the book 'Shankar Digvijaya' prepared by Adi Shankaracharya himself. Despite this, Tandon says that the only important temple of Pashupatinath mentioned in the Veda Purana is nowhere else in the world except here. "In the Mahabharata, there is a reference to Pashupatinath coming to Taurus and offering the Taurus flag," Tandon adds.
He informed that due to such importance, the tradition of gathering of great sages and saints in Pashupati has been going on during Shivaratri. "We don't know how many saints and saints do penance and come back at their own pace," he says. Doesn't the Pashupati Area Development Fund make any effort to identify and respect the Babas who come and go on their own without revealing their identities? In response, Tandon, who is also the member secretary of the fund, said that such fathers do not want to be respected. Some of them look like crazy or some of them are very dirty. No one wants to get close in a hurry. It is a little difficult for anyone to get acquainted with such people. Seeing all this, Tandon says that the discussion that 'God comes in different forms in Pashupati area' is spreading. "Most of the Babas are now grown up after being highlighted by the media rather than renunciation and penance. The crowd is also flocking to them," says Tandon.
Such saints may have come this year as well. However, even those who have lived around Pashupatinath and have a good knowledge of saints, such Mahatmas are hard to find. That due to the Corona epidemic, the number of visitors to the Pashupati complex is much less than in previous years.
