Swami Har
Kak Ji
Param Gyani Shri Swami Har Kak
ji Maharaj of Bamhama (Kupwara), Kashmir alias
Shri Swami Hari Ram ji Dhar was affectionaley
called as Swami Har Bab ji by the simple masses of
Northern Kashmir. Swami ji was born in a village
Bamhama in Kupwara district in B. Samat 1960 on
Asuj Krishna Pakshi Triyadashi (1903 B.C.) in a
common Kashmiri Pandit gharana of Dhar - his
father being a farmer who served as an ordinary
employee of PWD. 
Swami Harkak ji
Swami ji's path of Parmarth
started at a very early age of 5-6 years. It so
happened that cholera epidemic struck Kashmir and
swami ji at this tender early age of 5 years was
also affected by the epidemic. Since there was no
reliable treatment of the disease at that time,
Swami ji was left on God's mercy. One day, swami
Shiv ji Putoo of Sopore, a renowned saint of those
times and a relative of the family, visited them.
Swami ji's father who had lost all the hopes of
his recovery requested the saint to whisper some
mantras which would provide eternal peace to the
poor soul of the dying child. The revered saint
whispered some mantra to swami ji and asked him to
repeat it without any break and assured him of his
recovery. Swami ji did as directed and chanted his
mantra throughout the day and night. It so
happened that swami ji recovered miraculously.
Swami ji continued chanting the same mantra
thereafter. After a year or so, swami ji came
across the same saint and narrated his progress to
him. The saint was surprised and pleased on
hearing his progress in the line at such a young
age. He was thereafter adopted properly by the
saint as his disciple.
Swami Har Kak ji Maharaj with his intense tapasya
attained the grace of Bhagwati Mahamaya and he
became poorna yogi at very young age of 18 years,
and as per Kashmiriyat heritage he was conferred
the title "Illaqadhari" (Illaqadhari was
a mutual spiritual bondage of all the saints,
rishis, sufis, mastanas, farzanas of Kashmir
without any caste, creed or religion).
Swami ji's guru belonged to the Mushkhil Kusha
Shree Rashpeer Maharaj heritage. He hailed from
Sopore and was a great scholar of Hindu
philosophy, especially Shaivism. Swami Har Bab ji
Maharaj remained out of limelight in the early
period of his life, but as per the wishes of
Jagatshree Mahamaya the great saint of Kashmir
Mastana Shri Kash Kak ji Maharaj of Manigam
started to direct the needy people to him so much
so that in the year 1960-61 Shri Kash Kak ji
Maharaj sent a message to Swami ji to his house at
Manigam on Magh Shukala Chutra Dashi. Kash Kak ji
Maharaj was ill due to paralytic stroke. How Shri
Har Bab ji reached Manigam when it was snowing
heavily in the whole valley conttinously for three
days was a miracle in itself. Anyway Shri Kash Kak
ji Maharaj handed over his charge of Illaqadhari
to Shri Har Kak ji Maharaj. SOon after Shri Kash
Kak ji Maharaj attained nirvana.
Swami Har Kak ji's teachings were so simple in
Kashmiri language that his art of narration would
leave the audiences spell bound for hours together
without any break. We have been in his Satsang for
nights together. It used to be so sweet and
convincing that even a hard-core atheist got
moulded. He has satsang of great saints like Swami
Nand Lal ji, Swami Sadmolu, Swami Aftaab, Ram ji,
Baba ji of Chandigam, Swami Agast Muni of Gofbal,
Swami Shri Dayal Gobind Koul of Vanpoh, Shree Aima
Sahib Yaaru, Shri Qadir Sahib of Hiri, Kupwara and
other spirituals of Kashmir.
Swami Har Kak ji Maharaj attained Nirvana on 4th
April, 1975 (Chaitra Krishna Paksha Saptami,
2032). He was a grehasti saint and did not approve
an ashram in his name and considered his house at
Bamhama as an ashram for all his disciples. His
jayanti and yagnaya were previously performed at
Bamhama and now in Jammu an Asthapan in his name
has come up at Priya Darshani Lane No. 3, Talab
Tillo, Jammu. For any details, refer to Shri Madhu
Sudan Pandit, House No. 309, Hazuri Bagh, Talab
Tillo, Jammu, J&K State, India (Phone:
0191-2553853).
Courtesy:
Sudhir Rangroo
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