Shree Swami Ji Of Peetamabara Peetha was a
Hindu
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ascetic who lived for most part of his life(??-1979) at the temple complex of
Pitambara Peeth
Shri Peetambra Peetha is a complex of Hindu temples (including an Ashram), located in the city of Datia, in the Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It was, according to many legends 'Tapasthali' (place of meditation) of many mythological as ...
of
Datia
Datia is the district headquarter of the Datia District in north central Madhya Pradesh,a state of Central India. It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata ruled by King Dantavakra. The city is 78 km from Gwalior, 325 ...
, in the
Madhya Pradesh
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state of the central
India
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.
There is no knowledge with certainty about his birth, real name, community, native place and other information nor did he reveal it to any one symbolizing the greatest sort of sacrifice (a practice very common within Indian Ascetics). He was a devotee of the Goddess
Bagalamukhi
Baglamukhi or Bagalā ( sa, बगलामुखी) is the female form of a personification of the mahavidyas (great wisdom/science), a group of ten Tantrik deities in Hinduism. Devi Bagalamukhi smashes the devotee's misconceptions and delusi ...
and is said to have performed a great many miracles for his devotees and others. He stopped in
Datia
Datia is the district headquarter of the Datia District in north central Madhya Pradesh,a state of Central India. It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata ruled by King Dantavakra. The city is 78 km from Gwalior, 325 ...
on 9 July 1929 after a nationwide journey. He then established the main deity, Bhagwati Baglamukhi, in 1935 and observed penance for a period of 50 years until he left his earthly body (''samadhi'') on 2 June 1979, this time period was marked by a large number of events that showed his extraordinary knowledge way far over and above any intellectual human capacities. He is also famously remembered for the organization of the ''Brahm Yagna'', a vaidik ritual which is believed to be performed on earth after ''
Yudhishthir
''Yudhishthira'' (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: ''Yudhiṣṭhira'') is the eldest among the five Pandava brothers. He is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata. He was sired by King Pandu of the Kuru Dynasty and his first w ...
''. His affection for the country was openly observed during the
Sino-Indian War of 1962 to save India from a foreign attack.
Shree Swami Ji Maharaj was a scholar of music. Shastriya Sangeet or the Eastern music was well known to him.
He presented the real form of Shakt Sadhana before the world.
He was well versed in Vedas and ''
upnishads
The Upanishads (; sa, उपनिषद् ) are Vedic period, late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy.Wendy Doniger (1990), ''Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism'', 1st Edition, University of Chic ...
''.
References
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Hindu ascetics