On returning from there he spent his time with Siddha-Yogis in and around Vriddheshwar (near Nagar) which is known as the center for meditation of several Nath Siddhas in the past. He went to the Himalayas where he did a very hard penance. Maharaj stayed with him for six months during which he gave him all knowledge and instructed him to go on pilgrimage. Thus Maharaj got “ Sparshdiksha” or initiation by touch of the Yogi, who was no other than Swami Samarth of Akkalkot. He become confused but the sanyasi smiled, kept the deer down, came near and fondled him. It hit him but became blunt and fell down. He said “My child, why do you kill the innocent animals? If you want to hunt, hunt wild animals, but don’t kill this” nevertheless he shot the arrow at the deer in the sanyasi’s arms. When he was about to shoot the arrow a large sanyasi came, lifted the deer and held it in his arms. He followed it and soon reached a Shiva temple. The deer entered the forests on the banks of the river Chandrabhaga towards a place called Machnur. Once, when he was seven to eight years old, he went chasing a deer.
Maharaj agreed with him and told him that he was born in about 1800 at Mangalwedha (near Pandharpur) in the family named Upasani. Dhaneshwar judged his age to be more than 125 years. Instead of answering, he asked him to judge his age from physical examination since he was a medical doctor. Nagesh Dhaneshwar of Nagar, about 200 kms from Pune.
But the following story of his birth and initiation by his guru appears to be most authentic, having been told by Maharaj himself to his prime disciple Dr. Shankar Maharaj was a Perfect Master in the tradition of Nath Siddhas.ĭifferent stories are told about the birth and early life of Shankar Maharaj.
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