THE OMKAR ECHO OF SHIVOHAM
In 1918, Shree Appaji More was married to Akhand Saubhagyalakshmi Chandrabhagatai. The couple were blessed with their first child, a daughter. Later, when Sau. Chandrabhagatai prayed to their Kuldaivat, the family god Shree Khandoba of Ratangad, village Dindori for a son, they were blessed on May 21, 1924 with a child whom we today rever as Sadguru Moredada. Sevekaris may note that Swami Maharaj entered Akkalkot (Mah) by first visiting a Khandoba temple. After leaving that body, Swami began His divine work through Sadguru Moredada and now His Holiness Gurumauli.
Akkalkot, where Swami Maharaj spent 22 years, was earlier known as Pradnyapur literally meaning the centre of supreme intelligence of knowledge which can be identified with the Sahasrar Chakra at the back of the head where supreme divine consciousness resides. To realize Swami Maharaj one has to travel to Akkalkot meaning the journey for the realisation of the self (Adhyatma) and the Supreme (Parmaarth) through regular and constant chanting of the mantra Shree Swami Samarth and readings of Swami’s biographical verse, Shree Swami Charitra Saramrit.
During his 22-year stay at Akkakot, Swami Maharaj created several accomplished sages (Siddhas) and preceptors (Gurus) and sent them to different parts of the country to help the poor and the needy, the helpless and the miserable. Some of them are Shree Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon, Shree Sainath of Shirdi, Shree Anandnath Maharaj, Shree Dev Mamledar of Nasik, Shree Shankar Maharaj of Pune, Shree Manikprabhu of Humnabad, Karnataka, among others. Among those whom Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj chose to further His vision of the idea of India was Sadguru Narayandasji Pithle Maharaj who mentored Sadguru Moredada.
Swami Maharaj gave diksha, spiritual initiation for carrying forward the spiritual lineation, to Sadguru Pithle Maharaj at Narsobachi Waadi, a holy shrine created by Him while in Shree Nrisinh Saraswati form. Waadi is 22 km from Sangli in western Maharashtra and 45 km from Kolhapur, the seat of Goddess Mahalakshmi. Swami Maharaj got Sadguru Pithle Maharaj to conduct rigorous penance in the Himalayas for 12 years and then for 36 years on the banks of river Godavari at Trimbakeshwar.
For the next 22 years Sadguru Pithle Maharaj continued carrying out the vision of Swami Maharaj through a small temple near the Pethe High School in the Raviwar Peth Karanja area of Nasik. Bhagvan Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj had conveyed to Sadguru Pithle Maharaj that He is grooming Him to create a disciple who will guide people, society, nation & the entire world in a unique way. This was the time, Sadguru Moredada was mystically directed to go to Sadguru Pithle Maharaj to get enlightened. In fact, Sadguru Moredada had been an ardent devotee of Bhagvan Shree Shriram. However, Bhagvan Shriram appeared to Him in vision and confirmed that He should go to Sadguru Pithle Maharaj and be ready for future course of action.
The divine mission was to spread Swami Seva since Kaliyuga’s principal deity is Swami Maharaj who has earlier appeared as Bhagvan Shree Shriram, Shree Krishna, Shree Pandurang, Shree Venkatesha, as part of His MahaVishnu incarnations. After Sadguru Pithle Maharaj left His mortal coil, Sadguru Moredada brought the Swami Darbar to His farm at Dindori and initiated Swami Seva from there. It has since been known as the Dindori Darbar. The way these events took place only affirmed that Swami Maharaj had again changed shape and form to carry out His vision of reviving religion and helping the poor the hapless and the downtrodden.
From 1974, the year Sadguru Pithle Maharaj left body, Sadguru Moredada continued helping lakhs of distraught people who came to Him for recourse by prescribing them simple and easy-to-do Swami Seva. Like Swami Maharaj Himself did while at Akkalkot, Sadguru Moredada also created several dedicated sevekaris in this spiritual fold from different parts of Maharashtra. In this way, hundreds of Dindori Pranit Shree Swami Samarth Seva Centres were started to help others down the chain. A huge spiritual network was mystically built as per the vision of Swami Maharaj Himself. With the help of ordinary sevekaris, many of whom were from the lowest rung of society, Sadguru Moredada conducted various Vedic rituals with a message for peace and prosperity, for unity and integrity in this country.
These included thousands of chantings of the Rudra Namakams and Chamakams, the Saptashati Chandi Path of Goddess Durga and lakhs of Swami Charitra Saramrit readings at Dindori and Trimbakeshwar and other centres. Thousands of sevekaris participated in these and have been taking part in various activities since then. Sadguru Moredada also got sevekaris to start collective programmes for the benefit of the poor and then for the nation as a whole. Lakhs of sevekaris who are part of this Seva Marg and work voluntarily for it today are a living testimony to this.
Sadguru Moredada toiled through the length and breadth of Maharashtra to spread Swami Seva always with His own money and often without a proper mode of transport. Sadguru Moredada accomplished this monumental task even as He continued to be an ordinary farmer in His fields. Only Bhagvan Dattatreya, the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, can rid mankind of its sufferings, something that which the Dindori Pranit Seva Marg has been doing for the past several decades. And without the rigorous penance and the blessings of the Sadguru this is a task impossible to achieve.
On Vaishakh Shuddha 12, Shaka 1910 (May 21, 1988), Sadguru Moredada left His body minutes after handing over the spiritual lineation to His Holiness Gurumauli Shree Shriram alias Annasaheb More, the eldest son. Sadguru Moredada’s Samadhi Mandir is part of the Dindori Durbar premises in the form of a snow-white Shivlingam. Sadguru Moredada also adorns the central hall of Shree Gurupeeth as part of the AshtaSiddha Mahashaktipeeth.
