LEFT SWAMI TEONRAMJI MIDDLE DADA ASURAMJI RIGHT SWAMI GWALANANDJI MAHARAJ
SWAMI GWALANAND JI MAHARAJ:
Swami Gwalanand Maharaj was the younger brother of Swami Teunram Maharaj. He was born in the month of July at Guru Poornima date, 1897, in Kandhu Village, Hyderabad, Sind. His father Shri Chellaram and mother, Krishnabai, were devotees of God and of a saintly nature. When Gwalanand was in the fourth standard, his brother, Shri Bhojraj passed away. So he discontinued his studies and helped his father at the shop. After a few months, his father expired, and he became disinterested from wordly affairs like his elder brother, Swami Teunram Maharaj. He also started chanting the name of God, and became a disciple to his brother.
Swami Gwalanand Maharaj was blessed by Saraswati Devi. His voice was sweet and melodious. Absorbed in singing devotional songs, he forgot himself completely. His mother insisted that he get married, but he refused. He prefered to progress in the spiritual path. He used to spend most of his time in the company of his Master, Satguru Swami Teoonram Maharaj. He served his Master and other saints in the Ashram, and travelled with them to different parts of Sind.
Swami Gwalanand Maharaj awakened the people and showed them the right path. He was trained in Yog Sadhana also. He studied the Vedanta philosophy thoroughly. He established his own Ashram at Hyderabad, Sind and Karachi. Swami was a good preacher. He gave discourses not only in Sindhi but Hindi, Punjabi and Gujrati also. Several people became his followers. At the age of forty five, he suffered from tuberculosis. He was admitted at the Dharampur Sanatorium near Shimla. In the month of October 1941, he left this world for heavenly abode. He was not only a saint but a poet also. He composed devotional poetry. There a mysticism and Vedantic philosophy in his poetry. It is collected in Swami Gwalanand Granth in Sindhi and Hindi.
