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 Swami
Tenu Ram Maharaji Ji were born on 6th July 1887 in the
village Khandu [presently in Pakistan] of Hyderabad Sindh.
Mother Krishnadevi and father Chelaram both were of the
religious nature and always feel pleasure and pleasure and
pride in serving Sadhu, Saints & spiritual masters, who
are looked by masses as the people nearer to God. This
family atmosphere proved the child to develop a great
attraction for spirituality and life filled with divine
light. Childhood of Swami Tenuram was not alike the other
children as he was feeling more pleasure and enjoyment in
singing the devotional songs instead of going to school.
His Melodious voice impressed younger brother Gwalanand
but the elder brother Tahilram was unhappy with these
activities of him. At the tender age of 14 years he met
with famous sufi saint of Sindh, Sant Shri Asuram sahib
and was blessed with Guru Mantra from the Santji. Swami's
couldn't progress much on spiritual roads at that time as
just within two years after of this when he was of 16
years, he lost the sheltering shadows of father Shri
Chelaram and was forced to take the responsibility of
looking after the family.
The born attraction for the spiritual progress proved much
stronger as even during the days of looking after the
family affairs Swami ji kept on helping poor and feeding
the cattle as the part of day to day life. He started to
write devotional poem and with time become popular as the
Sant Kavi [Poet Saint] of Sindh. To progress further on
the spiritual paths swami ji started to make self free
from the family responsibilities, he left the house and
settled at Tando Aadam in the Nawabshah district, where he
established Prem Prakash Mandal. Prime object of Swami ji
was to fill the life of masses with Prem [Love] and
Prakash [Light] so the journey of common people from the
darkness of ignorance towards the destination of
spirituality filled with divine light may become speedy.
The place Wari Jo daro" at Tando Aadam where the ashram
was started initially, is famous today as the Amrapur
Asthan and is the most auspicious pilgrimage for the
followers. In those days, among the saints of sindh, the
place Wari Jo Daro become famous as the place for having a
dialogue about the eternal God and meet with the need of
spiritual diet. The symbolic words Satnam Sakhi of Prem
Prakash Mandal are also the creation of Swami Tenu Ram
sahib.
Prem Prakash Mandal started to provide assistant and help
to common people during the "Kumbh Mela" and other
pilgrimages. Swami ji were of the strong opinion that
human beings, birds and animals belongs to same class of
living hence killing the birds and animals for flesh food
is unnatural and non humanitarian. Swami ji were strong
supporter for the vegetarian food habits in the human
beings. according to him
"TIL BHAR
MACHALI KHAT JO, KOT GAU KARE DAN |
KASHI KARVAT JA MARE, TO BHI NARAK NIDAN ||"
[In those days it was
tradition that old aged people like to stay at most scared
Hindu city Kashi for their last respire on earth and this
act was known as the "Kashi Karvat"]. On the Saturday the
sixth day of Hindu Month Jeth [corresponding to May 1942]
at Hyderabad's Prem Prakash Mandal swami Tenoo ram respire
for last. His disciple Swami Sarvanand took the charge of
Ashram and Prem Prakash Mandal. |