Association with Param Pujya Raghubar Dayal ji Maharaj (Param Pujya Chachaji Maharaj)

In quick succession to the divine meeting of Pujya Babuji Maharaj with Lalaji Maharaj , Babuji Maharaj got the opportunity to meet Param Pujya Chacha ji Maharaj , who had come to Fatehgarh to meet his elder brother. Pujya Chachaji Maharaj was only about two and a half years younger to Pujya Lalaji Maharaj , but he held Pujya Lalaji Maharaj in great deference. On several occasions Lalaji had remarked that there is absolutely no difference between “Nanhe and me”. (Lalaji Maharaj used to call Chachaji Maharaj by the name of Nanhe lovingly). Lalaji Maharaj used to say “Me and Nanhe are two sides of the same coin. If you see on one side you’ll find me while on the other you’ll find Nanhe.”

Since 1919, when Pujya Babuji Maharaj was in Lucknow for the training of health officer, Pujya Babuji and Pujya Chachaji Maharaj used to frequent each other quite often. Since Kanpur, where Chachaji Maharaj resided, was closer to Lucknow, Babuji used to visit Pujya Chachaji Maharaj every weekend. Between 1925 and 1928 when Babuji was posted in Gazipur, he made sure that he visited Pujya Chachaji Maharaj at least once every month. His sons Pujya Brij mohan Lal ji, Pujya Radhey Mohan Lal Ji, & Pujya Jyoti Mohan Lal ji, used to accompany him on these visits to Babuji and their mutual respect and regard grew in leaps and bounds. Incidentally, one day the maid who used to cook for Chachaji Maharaj could not help sharing her observation that Pujya Babuji Maharaj ’s devotion to Lalaji was heartwarming. To this Pujya Chachaji Maharaj replied that he is no different from my own children. Such was the relationship of Pujya Chachaji Maharaj and Babuji Maharaj . All these and many more such experiences lace the book “Anmol Sant Charitra”, a life history of Pujya Babuji Maharaj.

In a letter to Babuji Maharaj , Chachaji Maharaj had stated that he was entitled to impart spiritual knowledge and that this had been predestined. He proclaimed this to some other satsangis also, and soon after, a few satsangis started coming to Babuji Maharaj to perform the rites of Puja. The contents of this letter are also revealed in Anmol Sant Charitra, in which Chachaji Maharaj has given Izaazat to Babuji Maharaj. The Samadhi of Pujya Chachaji Maharaj became a holy site for Babuji which he would visit frequently. Even in his extreme illness when Babuji came to Lucknow to attend the Grihapravesh of Chhote Bhaiyya Ji (Pujya Dinnu Bhai Sahab) in June 1986, he paid his last visit to the Samadhi of Pujya Chachaji Maharaj in Kanpur. The second day of the four day annual dussehra bhandara in Ghaziabad is attributed to Pujya Chachaji’s fond memory by Babuji Maharaj . The satsang parivar is benefiting from the divine blessings of Pujya Chachaji Maharaj till date, all due to the efforts of Pujya Babuji Maharaj.

Pujya Babuji Maharaj dedicated a day for his Gurudev, as well as for Chachaji Maharaj who was very much dear to Pujya Lalaji Maharaj and a full day for his Gurubhai, Pujya Tauji Maharaj which remains unique till date.