1. Pant Panth Maharaj was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family to Ramachandra Pant and Sitabai on the 3 September 1855 in Daddi on the auspicious day of Krishna Janmashtami.
12 Facts About Panth Maharaj
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Panth Maharaj spent much of his infancy and early years in his father's ancestral village of Balekundri and after his upanayana at the age of eight, moved to his mother's ancestral village of Daddi for primary school, living with his maternal uncle.
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Pant Panth Maharaj's life was marked by poverty and struggles to provide for his family members.
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Panth Maharaj is considered to be great Hindu saint who founded a philosophy in which the nine gurus of the Avadhut sampradaya are attributed to Dattatreya.
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Panth Maharaj is considered by some devotees to be an incarnation of Dattatreya.
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On 27 October 1892, Pant Panth Maharaj met with his contemporary, Swami Vivekananda, during the latter's 13 day visit to Belgavi, where they conversed for several hours.
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The main ashram and temple dedicated to Pant Panth Maharaj is located in the village of Balekundri on the outskirts of Belgavi.
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Datta Prem Lahari, meaning waves of love from Pant Panth Maharaj, is considered to be his most seminal work.
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In 1885 and 1886, Pant Panth Maharaj wrote a series of essays narrating his experiences of self-realization.
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Panth Maharaj compares his experience to that of Arjuna in the Mahabharata and Uddhava in the Bhagavatam seeing the Vishvarupa of God.
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In 1901, Pant Panth Maharaj authored a story referred to as Prembhet or Bhaktodgar where a devotee approaches Balmukund with the desire to attain moksha through self-realization.
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In Balbodhamrutsar, Pant Panth Maharaj authored an entire guidebook based on Balmukund's simple advice that devotees should be of few words and behave as self-realized persons in society.