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The Sri Sampradaya was started by none other than Lord Sriman Narayan at the behest of the almighty Mother Mahalakshmi and it still continues as the Sri Sampradaya, but when His Holiness Sri Ramanujacharya appeared in this tradition it also got the name of Ramanuja Sampradaya, or tradition.
To give an introduction to Guruji is like showing a candle to the sun in broad daylight. His holiness Srimadjagadguru Ramanujacharya Swami Sudershanacharyaji Maharaj, or as he is fondly called as Guruji or Gurumaharaj by most of his followers, was born in the state of Rajasthan, District Savai Madopur, Village Padla, in a prosperous brahmin family who worked as farmers. He was named as Shiv (shambu) Dayal Sharma.
Since childhood he was an ardent devotee of Lord Narayan and had a fire inside him for helping others. When he was a mere three and a half years old he heard a saint sing the words "liy a diy a tere sang chalega, dharam karam ka naata hal, sai naam ki chinta kar le, dene wala daata hal" (whatever you give and take will go with you, religion and deeds are your associates, worry about taking the name of God, Lord is the giver). The words had a tremendous impact on his mind and that diverted him to the path of devotion and the words of that saint had such an impact that no material thing or desire ever touched his mind thereafter.
When he was a mere seven years old and was in Mendipur Balaji's famous balaji temple under the eye of the temple head priest Baba Ganeshpuriji, their occurred another incident from where he got the inspiration to help the world and to follow the path of devotion of the lord. The incident was that, in that temple a lady who was troubled by spirits used to come daily to the temple and for about a month sat quietly in a corner of the temple. When Guruji saw that lady he got the thought of helping her and he prayed to Baba Ganeshpuriji to cure her of her problem. Baba replied that the condition of the lady was due to her past deeds. Seeing no improvement in her condition he again prayed to Baba to cure her, Baba replied "her condition is so because of her past deeds, rest, leave it on Hanumanji let him decide." When he saw the pitiable condition of the lady the feeling of helping others got deep rooted and he took the pledge to help the world. Under the influence of the pledge he requested the Baba once again to help the lady. At the insistence of Gurui, Baba Ganeshpuri]i threw some ash on the body of the lady and as soon as the divine ash touched her body the lady started shaking and started talking. The spirit inside the body of the lady told them that the lady was a fifty-fifty partner with it in business and she had taken three and a half lac rupees that belonged to the spirits. He called him to her house one day and she poisoned him to death.
Since then the spirit had vowed to destroy her whole family. It had already killed two of her children and she was the only one left. Baba asked the spirit that what would he do with the money now, to which he replied that it was his problem what he would do. The lady returned the money and she got cured. At the behest of the spirit the priest got a dharamshala (a place where people stay for free) constructed. After the incident Guruji asked Baba that what was the cure to all such problems? Baba replied "help the world". Gurui asked how could he help the world? Baba replied "learn sanskrit and study the scriptures". With the aim to help the world of all its problems Guruji started out to find a suit able Guru to teach him. And finally in Bada Khatla, Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh), which is one of the oldest schools for sanskrit students teachers and scholars, he found the right teacher in his holiness Guru Sri Govindacharyaji who was a guru in the Ramanuj tradition. He was formally initiated as a disciple of his guru and completed his study under his expert guidance. After completing his study he went to Kashi in quest of further knowledge. He read the vedas, shastras, purans, Darshanshastra etc, and obtained a tremendous knowledge of religion from its root. He not only got a test of the powers of holy mantras, but also got them under his control.
With the inspirition he got from Baba Ganeshpuriji, and the order of his Guru Sri Govindacharyaji, he went to the deep forest of Bangarh about 200km from his village and started severe penances. He continued his austeries and penances for 12 years. During his period of penances he made and stayed in huts near Todabhim at Panchmadiarayanimata, Bhartuhariji and Pandupur. During the final stages of his penances one Saint, who appeared to be Muslim by appearance (Lord Narayan) came to him and said "My devotee you are hungry since three days;I have bought you three rotis (flour made eatable); eat it" . But Guruji said "No dear Saint, I wont eat them". Then the Saint said "You eat two, I will eat one". Guruji refused. The saint said "Fine, you eat one, I will eat two". Gguruji refused once again. So in front of Guruji the Saint ate all the three himself. After eating them he said "Looking at your penance, your divine aim and your pledge of helping the world I had come to give you all the three worlds but you refused. But never mind, tomorrow before nine in the morning another Saint will come to you and dont refuse to take food from him" Next day at the given time a Saint came and insited Guruji have food. Guruji, on the advice of the Saint who had come a day before, took the food which was offered to him. The saint gave Guruji a benediction that whatever Guruji will want he will get. Since that day the world has been benefitted in all the possible ways from Guruji and this tradition will continue.
The condition that the Saint put was that, dont expose yourself to the world for some time. Start your work of helping others in a quite manner. Guruji stayed in Delhi and in an invisible manner he started his work of helping the world. With the permission and the insistence of Lord Sriman Narayan he laid the foundation stone of Siddh Daata Ashram on the Surajkund-Badkhal Road, Faridabad, in 1990. The place is in itself a place where many Saints have done austerities in the past and is divine. This time Guruji started exposing his real self and powers to the world. He pledged to make the Ashram a divine place for the common man. The Ashram is spread over nine acres of land. In 1996 on the holy occasion of Dasharra, the foundation stone of Sri Laksmi Narayan Mandir was laid by Guru Maharaj himself.
Previously it was a belief, but now it is a proven fact time and again that anyone with true belief comes to the Ashram has all his wishes fulfilled. Here for the service of devotees and to guide all devotees into the true path of righteousness, Guruji is always their to solve their problems of any kind. Not only people if India but from the world over their have been devotees & have witnessed with their own eyes the power of Guruji and his dedication and love towards humanity. Guruji has proved to be a jewel in the crown of the Ramanuj Sampradaya and the Vaishnav world, for which all the Saints of the Sampradaya, to acknowledge his devotion to God, love for humanity and his dedication to help the entire world, unanimously gave him the highest respect and position in the Sampradaya, the position and level of a JAGADGURU. At the holy banks of the river Ganges and the divine occasion of the Mahakumbhmela in Haridwar in the year 1998, in presence of Jagadurs of other Sampraday's, Peethadeeshwars, Tridandi Swami's, Guruji was bestowed with the honour of JAGADGURU . This was truly a splendid function which people will never forget and those who missed will always regret. Since that day Siddh Datta Ashram came to be known as Siddh Datta Siddhpeeth. "Sri Sriyeh Namah,Sri Ramanujayeh Namah, Sri Saryo Serve Siddayeh Namah"
