Bhagat
Kanwar Ram Sahib is the name which is
very closely related to
Sindh and Sindhis.He
was a Holy man, a messenger of
God
who would always sing in his melodious
voice in the praise of
his Creator.
He
was born in the month of April by the blessings of Saint
Khotaram Sahib,
who was the man with Godly powers and was
the
Father of Saint Satram Das Sahib Guru of Bhagat Kanwar
Ram Sahib.
Bhagat Kanwar
Ram Sahib's mother was a great lady. She wanted
a son and she learnt
from somebody that she could have a son only if she
gets Saint Khotaram
Sahib's blessings and then there came that great day
when she got the
blessings from Saint Khotaram Sahib. He asked her if she
has any desires
when she told Saint Khotaram Sahib that she wanted a son,
Saint Khotaram
Sahib told her that God will definitely fulfill her wish and
then after
some time Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib was born. It was a wonderful
day,
13th of April. It is a well known fact that Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib
made Sindh and Sindhis proud of themselves in the whole world. He had
a sweet melodious voice, it is said when Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib sang
people
would forget about everything. They would leave their work and
remain where
ever they were, to listen to him. People loved him, adored
him, as he was
man of God. He always spoke the truth and asked people
to speak truth, as
he believed that if a person is honest to himself
and to the society he can
achieve success in his work and can get more
closer to God almighty as God
always listens to those who are honest
and kind. People from all walks of
life old, young, rich, poor, men,
women everyone used to come to listen to
the sweet voice like a nightingale
of Bhagat Sahib from even far-off places
as people believed that they
will be blessed if they listen to Bhagat Kanwar
Ram Sahib touching voice.
People say that his voice had so much of power
that even once he made
a dead child alive by singing a lullaby to Him. People
used to offer
lot of money and jewels to Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib while he
sang but
Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib never kept even a penny for himself or for
his
family out of that money. He would instead distribute it amongst the
poor and needy people because he believed that his touching voice was
a gift of God to Him so what ever the money he is getting by the people
after
listening to his Bhajans he shall use it for the betterment of
the children
of God. Many stories are told about Bhagat Sahib. It is
said that when he
sang Raga Sarang which is the Raga of rain, clouds
gathered and it rained
heavily. Many people who suffered from different
deadly diseases got cured
by his blessings. He would pray for people
to get their wishes fulfilled
by singing Ardas sahib and Palavs for
them. Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib had magic
in his voice; he had a marvelous
voice which was audible even at a long distance
in the silence of dawn.
He held people spellbound for hours together during
that period of time
there was no microphone and loud speakers. Saint Satram
Das Sahib transmitted
his spiritual power to Bhagat Kanwar Ram Sahib. Bhagat
Kanwarram Sahib
always helped his father and at the same time he would sell
boiled grams
in the streets. Bhagat Sahib's mother would give him some pots
of boiled
gram and in exchange of those gram pots, he would get equal number
of pots of corn.
Once Bhagat Sahib on his way to Raherki Sahib carried some wood blocks as a token of service to Saint Satramdas Sahib. Since the wood blocks got some black colour on them, while carrying them even the turban of Bhagat Sahib got some black spots. When he reached Raherki Sahib, Saint Satramdas Sahib said, “While carrying the wood you did not even take care of your turban.” Kanwar replied, “Saint Sai, the dignity of my turban is from serving at Raherki Sahib. If I don’t serve you not even a trace of my dignity will remain. On hearing these words Saint Satramdas Sahib blessed Kanwarram by saying that from today onwards your life will be pure and free from any bad things. You will become a complete dignified man and will attain the spirituality and your life will become the true guideline for the human beings.
Sacho Satram