Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: The 168th Jayanti Diwas of the Parmisht Guru Trikacharya, Swami Ramji Mahraj,the famous and greatest Scholar Saint and Shaiva philosopher of Kashmir was celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety at Shaiv Trika Ashram Trilokpur Golegujral today.
A large number of devotees took part in the celebrations and paid obeisance to Swami Ji on the occasion.
According to Opinder Ambardar this great Shivacharya was born on 1854 at Habbakadal, Srinagar to Pt Sukhdev and his spiritual Guru and Shiva philosophy teacher was Swami Manhkak Mongha,who was also a renowned Shaivacharya of his time.
He said Swami Ramji Mahraj had a vast multitude of admirers and devotees, who would throng his Ashram for solace, bliss and spiritual retreat from all corners of Kashmir. The then ruler of J&K State Maharaja Partap Singh was also one of his ardent devotee and would come to his Ashram to pay obeisance to Swamiji. Swami Ramji had also deputed his Pradhan disciple Swami Mahtabkak to teach Shaivite scriptures to Swami Laxman Joo , who is globally known and recognised as a Saint and Shaiva Philosopher.
This great Shivacharya attained Nirvana and Mahasamadhi to be one with the Supreme reality on Magh Shukla Paksh Chaturdashi in 1915 at his established Swami Ram Shaiv Trika Ashram, Fateh Kadal, Srinagar. Mahamaeshacharya Swami Ramji is credited for having reintroduced Shaivism in Kashmir at a time when it was pushed to the periphery and marginalized due to the onslaught of the traumatic and unstable times. In a way it can be aptly said that Paramsidha Swami Ramji Maharaj gave a new birth to Kashmir Shaivism, Ambardar said.
The great Shaivite philosopher, scholar saint and preacher of Kashmir Shaivism had inherited the Shaivite Trika tradition in a direct line of the spiritual succession of the famous Guru Shishya parampara. Due to his extensive spiritual and learned disquisitions, Swami Ramji Maharaj had incredible mastery over all the philosophical and esoteric aspects of Kashmir Shaiv Darshan.
Swami Ramji Maharaj has rendered voluminous services in the revival of Kashmir Shaivism by propagating and teaching the Shaivite philosophy and Shaivite scriptures to his devotees.
The Shaivite Ashram established by Swami Ramji Maharaj himself at Fatehkadal Srinagar in May 1884 is the oldest celebrated Shaiva philosophy teaching centre of Kashmir in contemporary times. His disciples Swami Mahtabkak, Swami Gash KoulJallali, Swami Govind Koul Jallali , Swami Vidayadhar Ji n Swami Tarachand Ji who, later on became renowned saints and helped immensely in the spread of Kashmir Shaivism.
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