A short biography of Shree Sadguru Ramanand Beedkar Maharaj

The most ardent disciple of
Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth.

Post Parikrama

After completing successfully the Parikrama of Narmada river, Shree Beedkar Maharaj came to Pune, He was staying at Kasaba Peth. He was very much beyond the condition of even thinking of doing any business for his daily maintenance or his future. Whatever conditions available, he used to be content with his life and devote all his time in the service of God. No sooner, the accumulated wealth with him was over, the near and dear ones left him and stopped coming to his house. By observing Shree Beedkar Maharaj doing nothing for his daily maintenance and giving away to public whatever available in his house, as well as leading a personal life without any demands from anybody, the common public started calling him a crazy man. There were only few people knowing the true personality of Shree Beedkar Maharaj. On the contrary there were a number of mischievous people who took pleasure in calling him mad, vilifying him, and bringing disgrace to him, out of jealousy. To specifically mention in this mischievous group were one landlord Shri Thosar and one pensioner by name Shri Waknis, under the guise of politeness, used to vilify Shree Beedkar Maharaj. Inspite of their attempts for his vilification, Shree Beedkar Maharaj never uttered a single word of objection and continued his unflinching devotion in the service of God. Just like the fragrance of a flower on blooming, cannot be concealed and spreads automatically in all directions, so also the true personality of Shree Beedkar Maharaj which remained hidden from the publicity of fame and popularity, was being recognized by other yogis.

Shri Beedkar Maharaj used to go daily and sit in the Someshwer temple (temple of Lord Shiva) for half an hour to one hour. One day a lustrous dark coloured great ascetic, who can play flute with sweet tunes, had come to the Someshwar temple. This great ascetic recognised the true personality of Shree Beedkar Maharaj and asked him not only to sit near him but also allowed him to use his small smoking pipe (chilim). Further, this great ascetic informed other ascetics present in the temple, regarding the true personality and worthiness of Shree Beedkar Maharaj. All the ascetics present there, got the personal experience about the divinity & worthiness of Shree Beedkar Maharaj.

The mischievous pair, Shri Thosar and Shri Waknis, did not change their opinion. On the contrary, both used to come to Shree Beedkar Maharaj and trouble him. They used to start some unnecessary idle chat on any subject and then introduce Shree Beedkar Maharaj to some religious heads of the village for discussion, with the main purpose of enjoying the fun indirectly. Interestingly as a result of these discussions, many credulous religious minded people got benefited. And further due to the grace of Shree Beedkar Maharaj, some of their works, surprisingly used to get completed, and these people started to look after the welfare of Shree Beedkar Maharaj.

One Shree Martandmama was behaving like a great yogi with just oral knowledge of yoga, without any deep practical knowledge. Shri Martandmama could not stabilise his sitting posture even for half an hour, when the same could be successfully done instantly, by Shri Beedkar Maharaj. Thereby Shree Martandmama learnt about his drawbacks and later on Shree Beedkar Maharaj and Martandmama became good friends.