Whenever devil activities intensify, God to be true to
His vow, appears in human form. God has to incarnate to bless all the righteous
living beings and to show the right path to the mankind. The time and place for
His incarnation is regulated according to the intensity of circumstances. For
protection of pious and elimination of evilminds, He selects time, place and
also the receipient of His human body, just as Lord Rama selected the Raghu
dynasty of Ayodhya and the supreme God Sri Krishna, Yadu dynasty of Brijbhumi.
Baba's Appearance and Place for His Spiritual Actions:
Lord Baba Gangaram selected Jhunjhunu, a district town
of Rajasthan, as the place of His appearance and Safdargunj, in the district of
Barabanki of Uttar Pradesh as His Karmabhumi (Place for Selfless Action).
Baba descended in this transitory world as incarnation
of Lord Vishnu on the 10th light lunar day of the month of Shravana (Year 1895
A.D.), in the abode of Sri Jhutharamji and mother Laxmidevi, in the family of
Vaishya dynasty. While at Jhunjhunu, Baba spread the doctrine of devotion and
religious discourses and then left for Safdargunj. Apart from regular prayer,
tarpan and other rituals, meditation at the bank of holy river Kalyani was one
of Baba's daily ritualistic ceremonies. While at Safdarganj, manytimes, few
fortunate followers of Baba had glimpses of Chaturbhuj Lord Vishnu in Baba's
shadow, in the waters of holy river Kalyani. As such people gained some idea
about His transcendental powers and divine glory. But as shastras describe that
God prefers to dictate religious activities incognito, Baba prefered to
manifest His spiritual games from Vishnulok.
Hence, in the year 1938 A.D., Baba relinquished His
human body beneath a banyan tree on the bank of river Kalyani and ascended to
his own abode at Vishnulok. Safdargunj, now recognized as a place of
pilgrimage, have the temple of Radhakrishna, consecrated by Baba, holy river
Kalyani, holy Laxmi-well, dedicated Banyan tree, temple of Kunteswar Mahadeo
and the mysterious Parijat tree.
Just after Baba left for Vishnulok, the incidental
miracles began to appear before His devotees. Ultimately, His divine ordain to
construct a temple revealed before His devoted son Sri Deokinandan through
dreams, which is transcribed hereafter on the basis of his own admission.
"A supernatural cosmic ray was prevailing on all
sides and many people were standing around a pit. At my request, the pit was
excavated and out came the idols of Lord Shiva, Hanuman, Godesses Durga and
Laxmi and then appeared the idol of Lord Baba Gangaram. Thereafter with endless
cosmic rays glittering all round, the throne, with the idols, started ascending
slowly. Showers of flower from heaven together with recitals of hymns, praying
Baba, illuminated the horizon. Immediately thereafter an oracle flashed -
"I have descended in this Kaliyug for the bliss of the universe. Let a
temple be constructed and engage your mind in worshipping and meditating into
me, also propogate among people for larger interest of mankind."
Gopuram of the Temple
After this divine revelation, the mysterious temple of
‘Shree Panchdeo’ was constructed at Jhunjhunu and the invocation ceremony of
the temple was celebrated with rigid Vedic rituals on Ganga Dasahara, the 10th
day of light fortnight of the Jestha (Year 1975 A.D.) The idol of Lord Baba
Gangaram, alongwith four other deities, was installed and as such the dream
came true and the devotees visiting Shree Panchdeo Temple feel delighted in
their heart, and they remained standing in obeisance before that splendid glare
"Baba" - the nickname
Baba at the bank of River Kalyani
Lord Baba Gangaram was a grehastha (householder)
incarnation like Lord Rama and Lord Sri Krishna and not a hermit or sage. But
someone may confuse with the name "Baba". Infact "Baba",
"Babaji" and "Balaji" are the nicknames often used to call
deities, akin to "Sir" and "Lord". These nicknames are
respectful addresses popularly used in North India. Such as the devotees of
Lord Shiva and Hanuman address them as "Bhole Baba" and "Baba
Hanuman" respectively. Similarly, Lord Venkateshwara of Tirupati is widely
called "Balaji".
Gracefulness in the name "Gangaram"
In each incarnation, Lord appears alongwith His own
Shakti (Consort). Such as Sita-Ram, Radha-Krishna. Similarly Baba appeared
along with Ganga and thus assumed the name `Gangaram.' In Kaliyug, mere
chanting the name Ganga and Ram unison, liberates from worldly bondage and one
can get rid from continuous cycle of birth and death.
Thus, if a devotee surrenders totally before Lord Baba
Gangaram with true faith, devotion and complete dependence, he can realize
himself the spiritual
potency of Baba and gets shelter under His lotus feet.
Baba manifested many such miracles which reposes complete faith in Him. The
immense purpose of Baba’s incarnation is the bliss of the mankind. He gives all
the boons, who worship Him. Devotees find a ready and immediate response to
their prayers and as such they visit the temple and rejoice in praise of glory
of Baba.
