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BABAJI’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
BABAJI’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
Babaji’s Birth
Babaji’s Birth
In the year 562 B.C on the Tamil month of Karthigai, when Moon was transiting Karkataka rashi at 140-48’ Babaji was born in Parangi Pettai “Porto Nova” now a small village near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, South India [3]. Babaji was named Nagaraj by his devout parents, which means king of serpents. Nagaraj’s father was a temple priest at the local Shivan Koil (Shiva temple). In the background of dedicated and devout priestly duties of his father the early formative years of child Nagaraj was greatly influenced by the spiritual practices, public ceremonies and festivities associated with temple.
Babaji’s Birth Place
Babaji’s Birth Place
Parangi Pettai is situated 7 kilometers from Chidambaram, one of the greatest pilgrimage centres of Southern India, which has Akash as the Tatwa / primordial element. Chidambaram derives the name Chit Ambaram, which literally means the sky permeated with an atmosphere of intelligence and wisdom. Lord Nataraja is supposed have emerged from the sacred space, ether and performed his cosmic dance before his two devotees, Vyaghrapada and Pathanjali. This is the place where great Siddha Thirvmooolar attained Soruba Samadhi thousands of years ago. Chidambaram has thus become surcharged with the spiritual vibrations of this experience to millions of devout pilgrims from those times. Needless to say that Nagaraj’s pilgrimages to Chidambaram along with his parents added a new impetus to his spiritual growth.
Once when Nagaraj was a young lad of 4 or 5 years, his mother procured a jackfruit and left it in the care of Nagaraj. It was Nagaraj’s favourite fruit. When she left the house on some errand, Nagaraj relished and ate the entire fruit. On her return, his mother noticed that the entire jackfruit had been eaten. She flew into a blind rage and stuffed a cloth down Nagaraj’s mouth, almost suffocating him and killing him. Nagaraj though a young lad forgave his mother and thanked God for showing him that she was to be loved unconditionally without attachment or illusion.
Babaji’s Childhood and his Separation from his family and wandering
Babaji’s Childhood and his Separation from his family and wandering
One day when Nagaraj was over five years old, he was standing near the Shiva temple watching the crowd gathered for a religious ceremony. A foreigner rogue from Baluchistan suddenly seized the child and carried with him. Seeing the potential of the child, for sale as a slave, due the handsome features of the young boy, he took Nagaraj in a sailboat northwards by sea for more than a thousand miles. They reached a port, which could be the modern Kolkata. There he was sold to a wealthy man. The man who purchased Babaji being kind hearted freed him soon thereafter. Thus Babaji Nagaraj was set free from the duties and limitations of a householder. Then he never returned home.
Like many sanyasins and renunciaters, Nagaraj becomes wandering Saadhu, by joining a small group of wandering sanyasins. He studied the sacred scriptures of India, such as the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics Mahabharatha, the Ramayana, and the Bhagawad Gita. Soon grew as a scholar and his reputation reached far and wide. He was often invited to debate with other pundits and leaders belonging to various metaphysical schools of thought. The young Nagaraj could clarify points and resolve disputes with such erudition that astonished everyone.
Nagaraj was conscious that his erudition did not take him anywhere closer to self-realization. His dissatisfaction grew by the day and as the days passed, he understood that a permanent change in consciousness was required to bring in fulfillment. He was thirst to get enlightened. But alas, he had no Guru or any method to help him reach his goal.
Our journey to Mahavatar Babaji Cave at Dunagiri in Uttara Khand State added another experience to all the participants. The female Deity Durga Devi as Jhula Devi at Choubattia in Ranikhet Kamoan regiment area at 6500 ft above the Mean Sea Level is so powerful and with divine attraction gracing the devotees. Reaching Kukuchina was not an easy task in itself. With dangerous U turns, with several narrow kacha roads brings us to remind the Divinity is so close to us in guiding and protecting each member of the tour. More to know about the spiritual experiences
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