Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj

Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj
 Guru of Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu and Sant Sri ManohardasJi Maharaj (Ajmer). He practiced celibacy throughout his life.
Swami Lilashahji was born in Hyderabad, Sindh in March 1880. His father's name was Topandas and his mother's name was Hemibai. Swami's birth name was Lilaram. At the age of ten, his parents died; he was subsequently raised by Lakhumal. Swamiji was religious during his childhood. He refused to marry and opted to live like a sant and pray to God. He decided to work in favor of the people living in Laad, south of Sindh, for they were illiterate and living in poverty. Lilaram was made president of Bhagat Ratan Darbar, but he left the post in search of truth. He learned Hindi, studied religious and Vedic books, and lived amongst sants. He became a disciple and student of Vedic Acharya Sant Shri Keshavaram, who named him Lilashah.
Thereafter, Swami Lilashahji Maharaj travelled in North India and visited Haridwar, Rishikesh, North Kashi, Kashmir, Tibet and the Himalayas. During these travels, he lived in caves, meditated, and did bhakti (devotion and practise). Swami had started publishing a religious monthly magazine called Tatwa Gyan. After the partition of India in 1947, he assisted the Sindhi community by going to places in India such as Ahmedabad, Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Agra, Bombay, Baroda, and Gandhidham.
He established schools, dharmshalas, gaushalas, hospitals, vridhshrams, libraries, and satsang halls. By the initiation of swamiji, a religious book was started on Atama Darshan from Ajmer. He propagated against the dowry system and encouraged group marriages. Swamiji's capital was religious book and a bed of Tat. On 4 November 1973, he died at the age of 93 years. Sant Lilashahji's Samadhi is situated at Adipur.
He studied Vedanta and was the editor of a philosophical work named "Atmadarshan"
संक्षिप्त जीवन 


सिंधु देश समय समय पर ऐसे लालों को जन्म देता रहा है, जिन पर मनुष्य जाती को गर्व है| एक सौ तेरह वर्ष पहले एक ऐसा लाल सिंधु ने उत्पन्न किया, जिन्होंने अपनी सुगंध केवल सिंध और हिन्दी में ही नहीं, अपितु विदेशों में भी फैलाई| उन पर संधियों को गर्व है| आज भी वे अपने ह्रदय के भीतर स्वामीजी के लिए विश्वास, सम्मान एवं श्रद्धा रखते हैं और उमंग एवं उत्साह से उनकी पवित्र स्मृति में मेले लगते हैं और उनके नाम पर कुर्बान जाते हैं|
स्वामीजी का रहन सहन बिल्कुल विचित्र एवं आकर्षक था| कुछ समय पहाड़ों पर बिताकर, निचे उतरते थे और तत्पश्चात् एक शहर से दूसरे शहर तक रटन करते रहते थे| वे चेले बनाने के लिए चक्कर नहीं लगते थे और न तो धन दौलत बटोरने के लिए रटन करते थे| उन्हें अपनी कोई इच्छा तमन्ना अथवा लालच न थी| वे शिष्य तो किसी को कहते न थे| भाई शब्द उनकी जिव्हा पर था| धन दौलत इकठ्ठी नहीं करते थे, जो पैसा उन्हें मिलता, वह परोपकार के कार्यों में दे देते थे|

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For further information visit :
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Jeevan Sourav - Biography of Swamiji