The Sadguru of our current Babaji i.e Brahmrishi Shri Devaraha Baba had left his body on the day of Yogini Ekadashi in 1990 . As we believe , his soul transmigrated into Hans baba and his devotees christened him as Brahmvetta Shri Devaraha Hans Baba.On this day of Yogini Ekadashi every year, a Bhandara ( offering respect to saints along with food , clothes and dakshina - money offering to facilitate their livelihood ) is organized at Tikari Mandir of Vrindavan . This temple was constructed by a Queen of Tikari estate in Bihar state of India in 1830's and has remained one of the most important temples of Vrindavan since then.Till 2002 , it was being managed by successors of the Queen .However the maintenance and operation of this magnificent temple was in a bad shape due to inability of the managing family to devote time and resources for the temple. The current family successor entrusted management control of the temple complex to venerable Babaji in 2002.Babaji has renovated this temple and restored its old glory .Lord Krishna in child form is the main deity and owner of this complex and it is now being managed by the trust headed by babaji.
The name of Lord Krishna in this temple is Thakur Radhender Kishore ji .About 200 cows live in the goshala of the temple complex and and all these cows came to the temple only after 2003 .According to Babaji Lord Krishna cannot be achieved or even felt without the prescene and service to cows.A large number of miracles keep happening around the deity and Babaji . Photos of the deity , Babaji sitting on his machan(a hut on elevated platform) , temple etc are uploaded for your view.The saints participating in the Bhandara do not follow any worldly profession and their only objective is to achieve God through chanting name of Lord Krishna and through spiritual activities only.The Bhandara enables devotees of Babaji to show their respect to these saints , who are unique and found mainly in India alone.It is believed that physical and financial participation in these Bhandaras on these important spiritual days brings both physical and spiritual good for the participants.
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