Shankar maharaj biography
Shankar maharaj biography in urdu.
YOGIRAJ SHRI SHANKAR MAHARAJ
CHAPTER I
A REMARKABLE YOGI
Shri Shankar Maharaj was undoubtedly one of the greatest Yogi saints of Maharashtra in the modern age.
He was an Auliya or Avadhut, a term used for yogis who have reached perfection and have achieved Siddhis (occult powers). He belonged to the Nath Panth (Sect), though he did not follow its their dress code or mannerisms.
Shankar maharaj biography
He was born at the beginning of the nineteenth century and took samadhi in Pune at the age of about 150 years on April 28th, 1947. (This falls on the 8th of the bright fortnight of Vaishakh, the second month of the Hindu Lunar calendar).
His physical body rests in the Samadhi Mandir situated near Padmavati on the Pune-Satara road, about 10 Km from Pune Railway station and couple of kilometres from the Swar Gate State Transport Bus Terminal.
In 1947, when Maharaj took samadhi, the area around the Samadhi Mandir was a forest.
People dared not go there alone for fear of dacoits and other