PACHMI PARKASH - Global Sikh Studies

of the Sikh Temple, so please take them and give me leave, as time is of the essences
because it waits for no one. So please grant me leave.”
The devotees were shocked and taken back, leaving them sad; some of them asked
why he was leaving. Asking if there was a problem or anything that he needed, may
be they could solve it. Whilst some thought he was upset with them.
But Ragi Lal Ji replied, “I neither need anything nor am I upset all I ask for is leave.”
The devotees tried to persuade him but eventually realizing he had made his decision,
they presented him with gifts and money and then respectfully accompanied him to
the train station to see him off.
Ragi Ji returned back to his home village of Akodi via Kamalpur and it just so happen
that after he had left, the situation at Toderu had worsened. The reason for this was
that one group had called Brahmins to the Sikh Temple and began fire rituals of
Havan whiles the others did not want this happening. But the group doing Havan
insisted that they should be allowed to do this, as this was the Lords house. The
situation got ugly and the police were called resulting in the Government closing the
Temple. After which the devotees of the area realized, saying that the Priest Ragi Lal
Singh Ji was very sensible and intelligent to leave before things got to this extent.
In this way the Temple stayed closed for quite sometime. During this time Ragi Lal
Singh Ji had been invited to a wedding in the Lahore village near by. But whilst
making his way there he passed via Tuderu at which point he heard of this news. He
meet with some of the devotees who suggested that on his return journey he should
pass through the area and try to get the two parties together and resolve this situation
and reopen the Sikh Temple. So on accepting their request when returning back he
stopped here and called everyone together and got them to come to agreement. That in
order for them to do fire rituals a separate Hindu Temple should be made away from
the Sikh Temple. And so Ragi Lal Singh Ji returned back to his village and the
devotees at Toderu were united again. All due to the blessing of Baba Aaya Singh Ji
Maharaj.
Visiting Haridwar and the Ardh Kumbh Mela
The spiritual scent of the Hoti site had spread through out the country, even people
from outside the other lands had heard of Baba Karam Singh Ji Maharaj’s fame. With
the influence of meditation and service to mankind, and with the on going serving of
all visiting Saints and devotees, had left everyone singing the praises of Hoti.
In 1966 of the Bikhrami calendar (1909 Christian calendar), one month a head of the
Ardh Kumbh Mela, all the spiritual Saints and scholars along with their students and
devotees had gathered together at Haridwar even the great Nirmala Saint, Pandit Ishar
Singh Ji Maharaj Dhoudhar Wale (whom within Nirmala sect was accepted as a high
spiritual soul and a wise intellect) was present. He also had gained respect for Baba
Karam Singh Ji Maharaj and had visited them. They all had heard that Baba Aaya
Singh Ji Maharaj had now succeeded them, and so all these Nirmala Saints along with
Pandit Ishar Singh Ji Maharaj had decided to request Baba Ji’s presence at the Ardh
Kumbh Mela. With the consent of all the Saints and scholars, Sant Tara Singh Ji
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