The humble healer

Bhagavan Das was a healing saint, who was always wandering in the forests in the Tehri Garhwal district of the Himalayas. People used to come to him from all parts of India and take some vibhuti (sacred ash) from his hands, which would cure all diseases (including cancer) by its mere application on the body of the patient for ten days.

There was an old lady at that time in Indore whose only son was suffering from an incurable eczema in his entire legs and hands. She went on searching by foot in the forests of Garhwal for more than a year as there was no fixed place for Bhagavan Das, the healer. One day she came across an old man with an unkempt beard and disheveled hair. When she enquired from him the whereabouts of Bhagavan Das, the old man enquired why she was searching for the latter. When the lady told him about her ailing son, the old man replied:- ‘‘Never again take the name of that bogus rogue Bhagavan Das who is a cheat and a scoundrel. I shall give you some sacred ash and you apply it on your son daily. I guarantee he will be cured within ten days.’’

After receiving the ash the lady asked the old man his name. The latter replied – ‘‘People call me Kallu Das’’.

The old man was none other than Bhagavan Das himself. Real saints do not go after name, fame, money and building ashrams & they do not like to have their names advertised.