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SWAMI GURDIP GIRI of PATHANKOT
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wrote about Swami Gurdip Giri of Pathankot in my
earlier blogs too. I have had the chance to meet the
great Swami again on August 31 at the residence of
my brother Krishan Lal who keeps regular contact
with the Swami for various social and spiritual
activities. Swami Gurdip Giri is a real saint
without false assumptions. That is, inter alia, the
appealing trait of his personality which I like the
most. My first meeting with him happened in Delhi in
1998-99 when he went to the UK for his spiritual and
social mission. It was our pleasure to host him for
a couple of times in our small flat in Kalkaji. We
found him a simple and honest man with high
thinking. My next meeting with him was at the eve of
the marriage of my daughter Vaishali in December
2001 at our home in Bootan Mandi when he visited us
on our humble invitation to bless my daughter. I
vividly remember that he invoked and recited a hymn
of Guru Ravidass “Seh Ki Sar Suhagan Jane“and
advised my daughter to respect her husband and his
family and abandon false pride and enjoy the
pleasures of life. It was an apt message to the
young lady to start her life. Swamiji is so humble
and down to earth that he has the charm to win over
people by his simple and easy demeanor. Yesterday he
immediately recognized my wife Vidya and my son
Rupesh and said that we met here itself some years
before at a marriage and it was a pleasant
coincident that we were meeting again here. Over the
years, Swami Gurdip Giri has attained, by his own
right, a much larger persona and status in the
society by his lofty deeds and message but
personally he remained a simple and humble man. Here
lies his greatness. I would like to associate myself
with Swami Gurdip Giri and his Dera Jagat Giri
Maharaj. I
may add that Swami Gurdip Giri is the Head of the
Dera Jagat Giri Maharaj in Pathankot. Swami Gurdip
Giri and the Dera is actively engaged in spiritual,
social and educational well being of the poor masses
in and around Pathankot, Jammu, and also many more
cities of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
Swami Gurdip Giri enjoys a considerable following in
many countries abroad. He came back only a couple of
weeks before for a month long tour of Australia.
Swami Gurdip Giri informed that he was much
interested in providing facilities for education to
the rural masses and weaker sections of the society
besides their daily and routine social and spiritual
services. In fact, he has invited me to a meeting in
Pathankot towards the last week of September for the
purpose. It would be my privilege to go and attend.
I wish Swami Gurdip Giri all the very best and
further success in his mission.
tAn Article by Retired senior
Diplomat Mr. Ramesh Chander ji |
