Neem Karoli Baba
Kainchi Dham Sthapana Diwas 2026: Today i.e. on 15th June, the Foundation Day is being celebrated with great enthusiasm and devotion in the world famous Kainchi Dham located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. Like every year, this time also lakhs of devotees from India and abroad come for the darshan and blessings of Baba Neem Karauli Maharaj. Kainchi Dham Have arrived. The special thing is that this time, the seventh Big Mangal is also falling on 16th June, the next day of the Foundation Day, due to which the enthusiasm among the devotees has increased even more. Neem Karauli Baba is counted among the most famous saints of the 20th century. His devotees consider him the incarnation of Lord Hanuman. His fame has spread not only in India but also abroad and even today millions of people take inspiration from his teachings and philosophy of life.
Kainchi Dham was established in 1964
It is said that Baba Neem Karauli Maharaj had reached this place for the first time in the year 1961. Impressed by the natural beauty and spiritual energy of this place, he decided to build an ashram along with his great devotee and friend Purnanand Ji. After this, Kainchi Dham Ashram was formally established on 15 June 1964. Since then, every year on 15th June, a huge fair and Bhandara is organized on the occasion of Foundation Day. On this day lakhs of devotees reach the Ashram to have darshan of Baba and receive Prasad.
There is a unique belief associated with Bhandara.
The Maha-Bhandara organized on the foundation day of Kainchi Dham has a distinct identity of its own. There is a belief among the devotees that there is never any shortage of Prasad in this Bhandara. No matter how large the number of devotees is, everyone definitely gets Prasad. The Malpua Prasad found here is especially famous. Devotees coming from far and wide accept it as a blessing from Baba.
Who was Neem Karauli Baba?
Neem Karauli Baba is believed to be born in Akbarpur village of Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh. His childhood name is said to be Lakshmi Narayan Sharma. At an early age, his mind got attracted towards spiritual practice away from worldly life. Baba spent most of his life in service, devotion and spiritual guidance of people.
Blanket Baba
True saints are identified by their simplicity. Because he always stayed away from any kind of show off. Neem Karoli Baba also never sat on high thrones or decorated platforms, but often sat on the ground or on a simple wooden stool. Instead of wearing any expensive clothes, he always used to wear a simple blanket, due to which people in India and abroad came to know him by the name of Blanket Baba.
Neem Karoli Baba (File photo)
Miracles related to the life of Neem Karoli Baba
When the water in the pan became pure desi ghee
This incident is most popular in the history of Kainchi Dham. Once a huge bhandara was being organized in the ashram. The servants were busy preparing Malpua and Prasad when suddenly the ghee ran out completely. Seeing the Bhandara stopping, the servants reached Baba in great distress. Baba smiled very casually and said, don’t worry, just fill the pan with water from the river flowing nearby. Believing in Baba’s words, the servants brought river water in canisters and as soon as it was poured into the hot pan, the ordinary water miraculously transformed into pure desi ghee. All the Prasad was prepared with that ghee and the Bhandara was completed without any hindrance.
train miracle
Baba’s real name was Lakshmi Narayan Sharma, but there is a very interesting and miraculous incident behind how he got the name Neem Karauli. Once Baba was traveling in the first class compartment of a train without a ticket. When the ticket check came, he did not recognize Baba and citing the rules, he got him down from the train at the next station. Baba got down silently without any argument and sat on the ground near the station.
What happened after this shocked the railway administration. The driver used all his strength to move the train forward, but the train did not move. Even after a lot of efforts and technical checks, when the train did not move an inch, a local railway employee told the officials that all this was happening because of the unloading of that sadhu. The officials immediately admitted their mistake and respectfully requested Baba to board the train again. As soon as Baba came back and sat in the compartment smiling, the train immediately started moving without any effort. After this incident, he came to be known as Neem Karauli Baba.
Ordinary water was converted into Ganga water for a sick devotee.
Once a great devotee of Baba became seriously ill. Doctors had also given up hope. When Baba came to know about this, he asked one of his servants to bring ordinary tap water in a pot. Baba held that water pot in his hand for some time. After this he gave that water to the sick devotee to drink. As soon as the devotee consumed that water, he actually got the taste and fragrance of Ganga water. As soon as he drank that divine water, positive energy was infused in the devotee’s body and he became completely healthy within a few days.
Also read: Malpua is distributed on the foundation day in Kainchi Dham, know why this special prasad is made in Bhandara.
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