OM SHRI GURUVE NAMAH I

OM SHRI KAAL BHAIRAVA NAMAH II

I EXTEND MY HEARTIEST GREETINGS TO ALL HINDU-SIKHS ON THE AUSPICIOUS JAYANTI OF THIS VERY GREAT, DIVINE SOUL WHO DESCENDED IN THIS COUNTRY AT AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT OF HISTORY.

HE WAS A 'SIDDHA SAINT'. HE WAS THE SWAMI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMHAMSA OF PANJAB. I AM NOT CERTAIN WHETHER HINDU-SIKHS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HIS DIVINE GREATNESS IN TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD.

DURING THE PHASE OF MUGHAL INVASION / DOMINATION IN NORTH INDIA, HIS DIVINE INFLUENCE IMPARTED TREMENDOUS MORALE TO THE GLOOMY, DESPONDENT HINDUS IN PANJAB. HAD IT NOT BEEN TO HIS DIVINE PRESENCE, PANJAB WOULD HAVE BECOME ANOTHER KASHMIR LONG AGO. HE TRULY FRUCTIFIED WHAT SHRI KRSNA DECLARED IN BHAGVADGITA,

"YADA YADA HI DHARMASYA GLANIRBHAVATI BHARAT I ABHYUTHANAMDHARMASYA TADATMANAM SRAJAMYAHAM II"

HE SAVED HINDUISM IN PANJAB ALONE. HE SAVED HINDUS IN PANJAB FROM BEING DRIFTED AWAY, TOWARDS ISLAM.

HE WAS THE MESSENGER OF ISHWAR WHO WAS SENT WITH A NOBLE, SACROSANCT MISSION TO SAVE HINDUISM IN PANJAB FROM THE SINISTER CLUTCHES OF CONVERSION TO ISLAM. HE ONLY SOWED THE SEEDS OF RAISING A WARRIOR CLASS AMONG HINDUS WHO LATER CAME TO BE KNOWN AS SIKHS, IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY EXISTING RAJPUTs / KSHATRIYAs / MARATHAs AND OTHERS IN ALL STATES, TO PROTECT PAUPERIZED & EMACIATED HINDUS AGAINST THE OPPRESSION OF MUGHALS & BRITISHERS. SEVERAL CENTURIES OF OPPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION BY THOSE ENEMIES OF THE NATION HAD LEFT HINDUS PITIABLE & DEFENCELESS BY THE TIME HE INCARNATED.

THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS DIVINITY WAFTED ALL AROUND, ALL OVER TO THE BENEFIT OF SO MANY.

MAY HE INCARNATE / VISIT THIS NATION AGAIN AND AGAIN TO CONSOLIDATE ROOTS OF 'DHARMA' AND HINDUISM WITHOUT BEING LIMITED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF PANJAB.

VANDE MAATARAM I

RAMAKANT TIWARI