Sant Devraha Baba ji Devraha Baba’s birth can be counted as around 1913-1914. According to Shri Mukherji, Baba’s age was not 800 years. In 1926, to learn Sanskrit, at the age of twelve or thirteen, he ran away from home and came to Kashi In 1930, Baba went to Haridwar along with Swami Niranjan Dev Saraswati. There, coincidentally he met his father in Kumbh Mela and he set to go back home along with him but on the way, in Ayodhya, his father died. After his father’s death, unhappy with the fight with family, he went back to Haridwar. After this, where, when and how he observed penance, no one knows but after years of penance, he started living in Maeli village of Devariya district on the banks of river Sarayu. Shri Devraha Baba never used to put on clothes but if any devotee would come to see him, he would wear a piece of loin cloth. He always lived on a scaffold. When desired would go to Mathura, Vrindavan, Zhansi and Ayodhya. He had a complete knowledge of Puranas and Upanishads. With foreigners, Baba used to talk in their language. He was a great ascetic. With the power of his contemplation, he had acquired “Eshana Shakti” (power to desire). With his divine sight, he would know about the incidences that were to happen in future and protect his devotees. Once, Gulabdasji came to meet Baba at Ramnagar along with his family. Baba blessed a five-year-old girl who had come along to speak by giving her a banana to eat  At the same time ordered them to return immediately as a dangerous cyclone was expected.Gulabji looked at the sky. The sky was absolute clear but obeying Baba’s order, they immediately returned home by boat. Moment, they crossed Ganga and reached the road after climbing steps of Banaras Ghat, the cyclone hit. There was too much of destruction due to this cyclone. After few days, the girl also started talking properly. One more devotee of Baba named Ramkrishna, native of Shivala in Banaras, once went to Baba along with his daughter and nephew. Baba told them also to go back immediately as cyclone was expected and asked them to go to the ghat in front and go home only when the cyclone stopped. Ramkrishna set out in boat and started crossing Ganga. When he was half the way, a terrible cyclone came but Ramkrishna was shocked to see that water all around his boat was still and there was no effect of cyclone on the boat. Just as the boat reached the ghat and everyone got down they fell out and the boat was carried away. Ramkrishnaji lay there unconscious along with his kids. In spite of destruction all around them, they were secured. Late in the night when they reached home it felt like they got a new life.Shri Satyanarayan Singh, in charge of Guthani police station in Saran district was worried as his daughter’s marriage was not getting fixed. He went to meet Baba but as he could not meet Baba immediately, he started fidgeting with the pistol out frustration When he went to Baba, without asking him a single question, Baba read his mind and blessed him saying, “Your daughter will get married where you wish her to get married but tell me one thing, is this pistol a real one or a toy? Satyanarayan Singh replied, “It is a real one. Why would I keep a toy?” Baba said, “in that case, fire with this pistol.” But in spite of many trials by Satyanarayan Singh, the pistol did not work. He understood Baba’s trick and apologized to him. Lovingly, Baba said, “A person should not be pompous about his powers. Now you operate the pistol, it will work now.” And this time, when Satyanarayan triggered the pistol, it worked. His daughter got married after few days. Source: Sagarworld

Swami Ramanand According to Ramananda, Lord Rama was the supreme spirit and humanity was one big family. He was a great preacher and drew big crowds wherever he went but his poems and sayings are not preserved. Only one poem is recorded in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text work of Sikhs. But this single piece advocates his profound philosophy. Saint Ramanand fought against the evils of caste system and advocated devotion to reach God “Where shall I go? The music and the festivity are in my own house. My heart does not wish to move, my mind has folded its wings. One day my heart was filled to overflowing, and had inclination to go with sandal paste and perfumes to offer my worship to Brahman. But the guru revealed that the Brahman was in my won heart… Wherever I go, I see only water and stones worshipped. But thou has filled them all with thy presence. They seek thee in vain in the Vedas! …Thou hast put an end to all my failures and illusions. Ramananda is lost in his Master, Brahman. It is the word of the guru that destroys all the million bonds of action.”