Nanua Chaprasi (26 June 1920 - 7 July 2009) was a

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spiritual

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and saint from Ramghat near Atrauli in

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. He was born in a landholder

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family in 26 June 1920 as Vishnu Dutt Dikshit at Ramghat,

Bulandshahar district Bulandshahr district (also spelled Bulandshahar) is a district in the Meerut region in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), situated between the two rivers Ganga and Yamuna. It is a part of the National Capital Region of India, and Bula ...

.His maternal village was

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. He became an enlightened soul ( a

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) after 14 years of Sādhanā under a Banyan tree. The tree is now named as 'Sidhha Bari' located near the bank of River

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in Ramghat and site of pilgrimage now for his disciples. He preached that one's past sins are reasons for one's present sufferings. He formulated and advised the rites needed to get rid of our bad

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, which are cause of our present sufferings. Further, he also preached that in present era of

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, one has to also worship powers of Kaliyuga for one's well being. He also preached the people should not kill even a small insects. He did not believe in differentiation in name of caste, creed or religion and preached all human beings are same irrespective of religion, caste or race. He died on 7 July 2009 at Ramghat. His main temple housing his

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and

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is located at Ramghat. Further, he spent lot of time meditating at an island in middle of the pond at Pesri, where his idol and temple is located and managed by Nanuaji's disciples. He has many followers mainly from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and also in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, who visit his ashram especially on day of

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, when special arrangements and

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is held at the ashram established by him. Another large temple dedicated to him has opened in 2020 in Talbehat, by his disciples from

Jhansi district Jhansi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Jhansi is the district headquarters. The district is bordered on the north by Jalaun District, to the east by Hamirpur and Mahoba districts, to the ...

and Lalitpur District.

References

{{Reflist 1920 births 2009 deaths Indian Hindu saints People from Bulandshahr district