!! Shree Gajanan Prasanna !!
About Gurubaba
"Shree Sadguru Gajanan Maharaj
Sewashram", Paliwal Nagar, Indore's huge temple of "Shree
Gajanan Maharaj" is a major place for devotion and bhakti for
people in MP, Maharashtra and other states. We are very honored to
have "Shree Anant Vishnupant Behere" as Sewashram and
Mandir's custodian. "Shree Anant Behere" our
Gurubaba is the main and critical pillar of this sewashram and
mandir.
Gurubaba was born in 1950 in
extremely devotional and cultured family in Indore. Gurubaba was born
on the auspicious day of "Ananth-chaturdashi" and thus
was named "Anant" by his father "Shree Vishnupant
Behere". Gurubaba's father Late Shree Vishnupant Behere
had got dikhsha from Shri Sitaram Onkarnath. Gurubaba's family
shifted to Ujjain in 1954. They stayed in Ujjain for 13-14 years.
Gurubaba had to learn and follow strict traditions, rules and values
of Dharma and Karama-kand from very young age. Gurubaba's
thoughts started changing drastically from the age of seven after his
"Threading ceremony".
Gurubaba used to bathe in extremely
cold mornings of December and January and then fetch water in Kalash
in wet clothes at least two to three times from River Kshipra for
Swamis who used to come to their home in Ujjain. This was one of the
extreme exams of patience and courage of Gurubaba in his childhood.
Such initial hardships and exams made Gurubaba's mind and body
extremely mature and pure. In addition to this, Gurubaba also got
company and blessings from Shree Mukund Swamy, Shree Nana Maharaj
Taranekar and Shree Bhaktraj Maharaj from a very young age.
Gurubaba's qualities were seen
from a very young age. Whatever he used to speak, used to become true
and many such similar things started happening. His mind's
connections or threads started getting attached to the ultimate
divine shakti. Gurubaba's father wanted Gurubaba to become an
expert in Astrology. However Gurubaba's inner self told him
that his path and goal was ahead of Astrology.
Shree Ganeshji is Gurubaba's
Kul Devtaa. Shree Gajanan Maharaj from Shegaon is Gurubaba's
Guru and everything. Shree Gajanan Maharaj first met Gurubaba at a
very young age of 7-8 years in a small Shiv temple on the banks of
Kshipra river in Ujjain. Gurubaba got his life's real path and
his life's real goal after enlightenment (Sak-shatkar) from
Shree Gajanan Maharaj. According to Gurubaba once you see "The
maker of 2+2=5 or 3", you can truly understand the core meaning
of Dharma. And once you know this, there is nothing left for you to
understand or know in this world.
Gurubaba has followed three basic
principals of Bhakti, Love and Service to Humanity and has also
fulfilled his family responsibilities very well. He has a devoted
wife and three daughters. Gurubaba life's goal is to serve
Shree Gajanan Maharaj. Gurubaba seeks Shree Gajanan Maharaj's
order at every step every day.
It is amazing to see Gurubaba's
Bhaktibhav every Thursday in the evening, when we see him involved
with full mind and body in Maharaj's Aarti and Bhajans in the
temple. We feel waves of Blessings and Love being showered over
everyone in the temple. Such is Gurubaba's amazing personality
in short. All we can say is "Hari Anant, Hari Katha Ananta"
Jai Gajanan
