Birth: Barmurikana village in Nalbari District (Assam). He was born on the day at the juncture of Guru Purnima & Pratipada in1932. Haladhar Sarma was his name in the mundane world.
Education: Matriculation under Calcutta University, Diploma in “Govid” from Wardha, Graduation (IDD degree) from Bangalore, Diploma in Apiculture (as Apiarist) from Mahabaleshwar, Basic education in Sevagram and Dimploma in Dairy (with the Best certificate) from Madras.
Government Service: Started as a founder Teacher for a Primary School and a secondary School (with English Medium), served as a honorary teacher in the Animal Husbandry, as a Principal in the staff training center (for training 2nd class APSC officers) in Guwahati, Assam and as a Joint Secretary under central Government in the “Central council of Go Sambardana” during the period of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Politics: He was actively involved with the Congress party and politics for 8 years.
Social Service: He took the prime role in establishing the foundation of the Savodaya movement in Assam. He accompanied Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Jay Prakash ji in the foot-march in 8 states of India. In the state of Assam, he initiated Agriculture and desi Cow breeding with a new vigour for achieving a self-reliance and self-employment in an active manner. He started the work of indigenous control of selective cattle-breeding which had been tried in different places in the state. Under the guidance of R K Patil, a training course, in Kora gram udyog kendra at Borivali, on “Japanese method of Paddy cultivation” was taken by him who in turn gave this agricultural training to many people in different states. In the state of Assam also it got widespread dissemination. He had worked in the multifaceted project mooted by Sri Anna Saheb Shasrabuddhe and the Chief Minister of Orissa, Sri Nibaran Chaudhury at Koraput district towards imparting training and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Agriculture, cattle-breeding and Apiculture (rearing Honey bees).
The Honey revolution in Assam: He was the founder of Honey Bee-keeping industry in Assam. He started the “Bee-keeping project” in the state of Assam under the Khadi Gramudyog commission and opened its training centers at different places. He gave training to as many as 2200 trainees, opened 900 Honey production centers and achieved a huge level of production. The centers of the Khadi Board Industry department were established under each Block Development and employees were recruited and administered by him. In this way, he brought the “Honey Revolution” and awakened the people of Assam. Within 4 years it rose to a height of a Profit-making industry and at this stage he left the Government service for his next destined work.
Writer, Publisher & Journalism: He used to write poems and dramas and took part in acting even from the age when he was in class 8. He was considered to be a gifted one in this field - showed superb performance in many dramas. One such drama got so popular that it was staged in many places in Assam. The name of this Drama was “Khandav Dahan”. This Drama was translated into Bangla and was staged at Dhubri and Cooch Behar in West Bengal also.
The first Assamese bilingual (Assamese & Hindi) journal, “Na-Jeuti” (new Light), was published from Calcutta and continued for 6 years. The “Panchakanya” – the monthly Sanskrit Journal was also published by him. He also worked as the editor for the “Bhoodan” weekly Newspaper. He was a regular writer for 4 years for the journal “Sadhana” which was started by Sri Sane Guruji of famed Kalapathar and whose editor was Sri Yadunath Thatte, a regular columnist in the weekly newspaper, “Aamaar Nagaon”. He has written more than 2000 articles in various journals and souvenirs.
Books: Mega works: Translation with commentaries (completed the Yajur and Sam Vedas). The work on the Atharva Veda is under way. The translation of the Book: “Manavta Se Jharne” of revered Dada Savalatkar in Assamese. Other translation works: “Bhoodan Deepika” of Srimati Bimala Thakar, the “Sarvodayar Itihaas–Vigyan” of Sri Shankar Rao Dev, the “chhatrar Kartavya” (the responsibility of Students) of Sri Jayprakash Narayan. More than 30 books on the subject: “Dharma-Vigyan-Itihaas” – Religion, Science and History.
Library – School – Mandir- constructions:
Libraries: For the growth & development of knowledge and wisdom it was essential to have big Libraries. This essence was there in his mind even at his childhood. At the age of 12 he led the team in the village to construct a library and created an environment with the groups for studying and learning. Seeing the requirement and its success, the other villages nearby also adopted the spirit and constructed 11 nos. of libraries in their localities.
Schools: At the age of 16 years, in 1948, he opened one school (at that time only Bangla Language) at Dhubri and taught there. During that time of 4 year stay at that place, he moved on to construct another 3 schools. With his single-handed effort, from the year 1955 onward, he established 9 Primary School, 3 High School and one Hindi High School in Guwahati. He had also taken the leading role in construction of two colleges in Guwahati, viz. the Pragjyoti College and the Beltola College.
Mandir: the Hanuman Mandir at G.S, Road, Guwahati, the Bheemashankar Mandir at Panchakanya, the Mritunjaya Mandir at Rangiya, the Mritunjaya Mandir at Nagaon, Kolkata Panchakanya, Darjeeling Panchakanya, Siliguri Panchakanya, Buniyadpur Pachakanya, the Mritunjay Mandir at Sikkim, the Vishnu Mandir at Cooch Behar.
Ved Vidyalaya: the management of two Ved Vidyalayas (Schools) at Panchakanya and Nagaon is done personally by Bhrigu Giri Maharaj himself. Further, 8 such Schools are being established in different places in the state of Assam through the help of the association: “Purvottar Sri Sri Bhrigu Giri Ved Vidya Association”.
Research works: Sri Sri Bhrigu Giri Maharaj has dived deep into the subject of Spiritual Science as propounded by the Sanatan Dharma. As per him, the whole edifice of Sanatan Dharma is based on “Atman” only. Our modern physical Science sees this Atman as “Atom”. Researches are going on to study this subject on “Atom”. Baba ji has harnessed the essence from the Vedas which is a Book of Prajnyana (beyond physical science) and showed the link and similarity with the modern discovery in Atomic Science. Baba ji’s research is still going on in deeper spiritual realms.
Pollution & Earthquake: on this subject, Babaji had submitted many reports in various Universities and the same were read out in All India Science Seminars. As per today’s modern science, the cause of the Earthquake is due to tectonic plates of the earth. But, Babaji has refuted this theory by putting his reasons that the earthquakes are caused from the sky and not from the plates beneath the earth surface – it is due to Pollution of the Sky (Space) and the Gravitation.
As a staunch Gandhian: Gandhi ji was the inspiration for Babaji in his mundane life. He took part in many seminars on the subjects related to Gandhiji. People’s ideas and visions are not so deep and clear about the Gandhiji’s philosophy of “Swaraj” (which looks to be very simple). It has both micro and macro meanings. Babaji could decipher the essence of Gandhi’s philosophy which he reproduced in his own language in a unique way for all. What was the main aim of Gandhi ji? Is it for the Political freedom? Is it for the Economic or educational freedom? As per Babaji, these freedoms and independence are essential for human lives. That is why Gandhiji insisted on these freedoms first. But, his action was mainly on exploration of Atman, the Truth. He has written his autobiography, “My experiment with Truth” on the basis of his spiritual adventures. He called this Atman as “Ram”. The Sage Valmiki also called this Atman as “Rang” or “Ram”. At the time of death Gandhiji got the self-realization, saw the “Atman” and said: “he Ram”. It was Gandhiji’s proclamation to the whole world that “I have seen the Atman and I now know that I’m the Atman”.
The Spiritual life: Haladhar Sarma became Sri Sri Bhrigu Giri Maharaj (Baba ji) in his spiritual life. It was not a simple conventional transformation into a spiritual life. A different chapter altogether has taken place in his life in an inconceivable manner. His Guru is immortal Markendeya Rishi himself, who appeared before him once in 1957 in Himalayas and then again in 1968 at Basistha and stayed with him for 9 long years. His Guru taught him everything and showed all the spiritual dimensions. Bheemashankar Jyotirlinga at Panchakanya dham, Basistha and Maha Mritunjaya Linga at Narashimha Kshetra, Nagaon were discovered by him. After completing 12 years of Sadhana, on 16th Feb, 1980, he got the enlightenment through a supremely miraculous way. The Spirit of Bhrigu Rishi entered the body of Babaji and made him cross the river of Death and made him a Mritunjaya Siddha. After this great event, Babaji has become Bhrigu Giri Maharaj (a Rishi of highest cadre) who then accomplished the Akaal Bodhan (Awakening the Devtas) and started establishing the Panchakanya Dham Ashram in the Kshobhak Parvat. The thick Jungle has been converted to a lively Ashram now; the place is highly mystical with many Shakti Peeths. There are innumerable miracles happened with and around him as witnessed and recorded by many devotees & disciples. Many books have been written on these. Presently he is leading a life of a Gupteswar (hidden one) as instructed by his Guruji, doing his universal spiritual work actively at a deeper level for the whole world.
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