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Father: Rambhai
Mother: Amratba
Birth Place: Sukhpat (Saurastra State)
Birth Name: Lalji
Birth: 1822
Caste: Gurjar Suthar (carpenter)
Lalji's family were very religious. They were the
devotees of Atmanand Swami, Guru of Ramanand Swami. He
spent most of his time serving Ramanand Swami and also
at night travel to Bhadra and had discussion with
Mulsharma.
Lalji went to Bhuj to express his feelings of Lord
Swaminarayan being more popular than Ramanand Swami when
he was a small child. Ramanand Swami explained that Lord
Swaminarayan has greater powers then him. Lalji came to
Loj and did danvat pranam to Lord Swaminarayan and his
belief that Lord Swaminarayan is the Supreme God became
strong.
On the day at Jetpur, Lalji brought gifts to Lord
Swaminarayan. On several occasions, Lalji had the chance
to serve Lord Swaminarayan and obtain His blessings.
Once Lord Swaminarayan came to Loj and stayed at Lalji's
house. After a few days, Lord Swaminarayan decided to go
to Kutch. Lord Swaminarayan asked to find a good guide.
Lalji took opportunity and acted as a guide. Only Lord
Swaminarayan and Lalji set on to go to Kutch. They only
took food and 12 Kori (hid in Lalji's shoes). On way
they met a hungry beggar and gave all their food to him.
Some thieves came but they did not touch Lord
Swaminarayan as he was a sadhu but inspected Lalji. They
found nothing but Lord Swaminarayan showed 12 Kori in
Lalji's shoes. Lalji asked Lord Swaminarayan why did He
do that and Lord Swaminarayan replied that He wanted
relive Lalji from a very big obstacle/hindrance. Then
they came across a very old sage. They gave him all the
water and soon Lalji very thirsty. Lord Swaminarayan
showed a small of sweet water in salty sea water. They
came to a small lake and Lord Swaminarayan took a rest
under a tree. Lalji removed some thorns from Shree
Hari's feet and saw 16 'chins'. Lalji asked who was that
Mahapursh, Ramanand Swami and he is the one who made
water sweet for you. They came to town called Aadhoi.
Lord Swaminarayan said to go to town. People know him if
we change appearance, shaved head and moustache and gave
a cloth around the waist. Lord Swaminarayan requested
Niskulanand Swami to preach in Adhoi and write a
scripture called Yamdund. Shree Hari stayed here for two
days and went to Bhuj.
Niskulanand Swami's relatives came to ask him to return
home. They accused him of living home because of home
trouble.
Lord Swaminarayan thought of giving Gadhda Temple Mahant
hood to Niskulanand Swami. Niskulanand Swami got up
early and went away to Gadhada town but Lord
Swaminarayan called him back as He changed His mind.
Niskulanand Swami stayed most of his time in Dholera. He
helped in the building of Dholera Temple as Niskulanand
Swami was a good sculptor. In Vadtal, he built a 12 door
Hindola.
A high officer of British Empire wanted to meet
Niskulanand Swami. They came to Dholera and saw
Niskulanand Swami working at an age of 80 covered in
white dust of stone. The officer was very pleased.
Niskulanand Swami wrote 23 scriptures in Sanskrit,
Hindi, Gujurati and Kutchi. He also knew about music, as
he was a renowned poet a wrote numerous poems. He kept
on writing scriptures until his death. |
