Gora Kumhar started lightly slapping the stick on everyone’s head in order to test them. In the meantime Gora tapped Namdev’s head too with the stick. Namdev was very angry. Gora said: All saints are ‘baked’. Only one saint is not. It is none other than Namdev. O Namdev! You yet do not have a Guru. Hence you are half baked. Your ego has not yet left you. A Guru’s hallowed feet are worshipped so as to bid adieu to the ego. There one bows down one’s head in reverence. Namdev said: I do not agree with you. In Pandharpur I will ask my idol Vitthal (Pandurang). In Pandharpur Namdev asked his idol whether he was half baked spiritually. For all 24 hours you reside near me. You always fulfill my tasks. You overcome my hardships and hence why should I get initiated by an embodied Guru? Lord Vitthal replied: Child! It is my command that you go to an embodied Guru Visoba Khechar. Without a Guru you are half baked.
Mahamandaleshwar Bhagwandev Paramhans- Popularly known as ‘Guruji’ among his disciples was born on 23 July 1932 at Kakdoli, a small village in Bhiwani District of Haryana (India). He received degree in M.A.L.L.B. and Prabhakar. Before taking Sanyasa he has been an MLA from Haryana. He did penance for several years under the guidance of his Guruji HH Gurudev Yogiraj Swami Yogeshwaranand Saraswatiji Maharaj who resided at Muni Ki Reti- Rishikesh in Yoga Niketan Ashram and attained Self Realization there.
He is founder of ‘Akhil Bhartiya Dharam Sabha’ (ABDS) which works for the uplifting of whole of humanity and establishment of righteousness. He has devoted his life to the welfare of people, to the refinement of the moral, cultural environment and to spread message of Yoga in various parts of India as well as abroad. He strongly believes that Yajna is Father and Gayatri is Mother of our culture. He believes that Yajna helps in eradicating pollution, cleans the environment, kills harmful germs and thus helps in eliminating diseases.