Saint Mangla Ram was born in August 1858 (Shadani
Sambat 150, Shukla Paksh 7, Savan 24, at
morning 6’ O clock) in the house of Shri
Bharoram at Hayat Pitafi. He came in the
service of Darbar in 1890. He began
regularly to serve in Darbar. Due to his
utmost, selfless service and devotion, he
surpassed all the followers and succeeded to
Shadani Gaddi. He became head of Shadani
Darbar in 1909.
Mostly he prayed God in night when all the
people were sleeping. He possessed a great
power. The words uttered by him hit like an
arrow. He is commonly known as :Sankat
Mochan” (Trouble Shooter) Shadani
Saint. There are many examples he
helped his followers in the time of
trouble.
Some viallagers of Chanar village came to
Hayat Pitafi and settled there. They used to
come to Darbar for Katha and kirtan. There
was a Pipal tree on the way and from that
direction they were pelted with stones by
that tree. They narrated this story to Saint
Manglaram. Saint Manglaram took water in his
hand and threw the water in that direction
from where stones were being thrown and
addressed the Ghosts loudly “ YOU ARE HEREBY
COMMANDED TO LEAVE THE TREE AND DO NOT
TROUBLE THE DISCIPLINES OF DARBAR”. From
that day the Ghosts disappeared and no such
incident was reported there after.
In 1918, cholera disease broke out in whole
of the Sindh province. The panchayat of
Hayat Pitafi approached Saint Manglaram and
told him that in every town and village 7 to
10 persons had died due to cholera disease.
Saint Manglaram gave directions that Dhuni
of Saint Shadaram Saheb and water of the
well of the Darbar Saheb may be scattered on
the boundaries of Hayat Pitafi village. Till
today, there has been no innocent of any
infectious disease, Ghosts or any dacoity.
In December 1932 ( Shadani Sambat 224,
mangir 22, Kirshna Paksh 9 ) Saint manglaram
decided to leave for the heavenly abode. He
asked all his disciples and followers of
Shadani Darbar, to obey the orders of Saint
Raja Ram Saheb. He placed coconut and five
paisa before Saint Raja Ram. He also handed
over Gaddi (throne) of Shadani Darbar to
him. Then Saint Mangla Ram put one cotton
sheet over his body and through meditation
and prayer he went to his Heavenly abode. He
had won over everyone’s heart through
selfless services. |
