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Ram Kishor was the 13th head of the Ramsnehi Sampradaya (headquarter Shahpura, Bhilwara).
He initiated the setting up of temporary centres of Ramsnehi Sampradaya at the Kumbh Melas at Ujjain, Prayag and Haridwar.
He was responsible for starting the Sri Ram Snehi Bhaskar Magazine for improving the outreach of the Ramdwara.
.Ramsnehi Bhaskar – September 2012 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3IfnJ2-9DiicFp6RUlrRmgwMTA/edit?pli=1 Ram Kishor Ji Maharaj is also the founder of the Ramsnehi Sanskrit Vidyalaya, a school which specializes in Sanskrit education, situated at Shahpura.
Ram Kishor has worked for upliftment of women, tribals as well as downtrodden castes.
Early life and Sannyasa initiation
Ram Kishor was born in 1918 at village Dhabar, districtPali, Rajasthan
Pali is a city and capital division in Pali district in Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Pali district. It is on the banks of the river Bandi and is south east of Jodhpur.
History
Pali (formerly known as P ...
, in a Rajpurohit family to father Bhaironsinghji and mother Kesharbai.
At the age of 9, he was initiated into Sannyasa
''Sannyasa'' (), sometimes spelled ''sanyasa'', is the fourth stage within the Hinduism, Hindu system of four life stages known as ''ashrama (stage), ashramas'', the first three being ''brahmacharya'' (celibate student), ''Gṛhastha, grihast ...
by the Ramsnehi saint Kaaraj Ram at Gangapur, Rajasthan. Thereafter he committed himself to studying the scriptures of the sampradaya, as well as Hindu scriptures. He resided at Ramdwaras of Khurja (Bulandshahar
Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr district and part of Delhi NCR region. According to the Government ...
) and Charkhewalan, Delhi. He was under tutelage of Gyani Ram at the latter place.
Philosophy
Along with religion and spirituality, his focus was on national issues as well. He participated in the Delhi Shiv Mandir Satyagraha in 1939 and was subsequently jailed for 2 months. He was also an active participant in theArya Samaj
Arya Samaj () is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda Saraswati founded the samaj in the 1870s.
Arya Samaj was the first Hindu ...
Satyagraha at Hyderabad in 1938.
Leadership of Ramsnehi Sampradaya
He was designated the head of Ramsnehi Sampradaya onChaitra
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Shukla Asthami Vikram Samvat
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2016 (1960 A.D.). He succeeded Darshan Ram.
He is credited with changing the Ramsnehi Sampradaya to a more contemporary one. Till 1972, all Ramsnehi saints followed the founder's dictum to travel exclusively on foot. Ram Kishor, on the earnest request of devotees, started travelling by car and plane. This enabled a wider reach for the Sampradaya in India as well as abroad. Ram Kishor travelled to Bangkok, Singapore, Malaya, Australia and Fiji for spreading Indian culture and teachings of Ram Charan Maharaj.Ramsnehi Bhaskar March and April 2005 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3bUXrI1MZN1LVQ4R1RvYlQzQkU/edit?usp=sharing
He initiated the setting up of temporary centres of Ramsnehi Sampradaya at the Kumbh Melas at Ujjain, Prayag and Haridwar.
He was responsible for starting the Sri Ram Snehi Bhaskar Magazine for improving the outreach of the Ramdwara.
.Ramsnehi Bhaskar – September 2012 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3IfnJ2-9DiicFp6RUlrRmgwMTA/edit?pli=1 Ram Kishor Ji Maharaj is also the founder of the Ramsnehi Sanskrit Vidyalaya, a school which specializes in Sanskrit education, situated at Shahpura.
Ram Kishor has worked for upliftment of women, tribals as well as downtrodden castes.
Death
Ram Kishor expired on 8 January 1994. He is succeeded by Ram Dayal. Hissamadhi
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is '' Shanti-Sthala'' located at Shahpura Ramdwara.
See also
* Ram Charan Maharaj *Shahpura, Bhilwara
Shahpura is a city and tehsil headquarter of Shahpura tehsil in Bhilwara district, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was made a district on 17 March 2023. But was cancelled by the state government later.
Governance
Shahpura is a Municipali ...
* Ramdwara
References
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