Swami Adhbhudhanandha  - Sri Latu Maharaj

Pranams at the lotus feet of Latu Maharaj!

Chapter – 1

Baba Rakthuram was born in a small village Chapra, in Bihar.  He was born in a very poor family, his parents worked in the agricultural field of villagers, they find it very difficult to meet the necessities of the family; they had to keep working so hard with their poor health.  Those days’ wages were very low; this couple had no land or means of living.  Rakthuram became an orphan at the age of five; his parents were passed away due to ill health.  Therefore Rakthuram lived a dull life, no one to shower love and affection from an early year of childhood.  There was his maternal uncle who lived in the same village, he had no children, he adopted Rakthuram.  His uncle had a little piece of agricultural land, he was far better off than Rakthuram’s father.  During this period Rakthuram used to take up small jobs of the villagers, but God had some other plans for him.  Eventually, his uncle had lost the small piece of land owned due to debt and became penniless.  People of these parts usually conduct the search for a job in big cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, or Ahembadabad. 

There was an interesting story behind the name Rakthuram, once his mother with her infant rushed to the Temple of Lord Rama in her village, her only child was afflicted with small-pox, the condition of the child became critical, and she had intense faith on Lord Rama that he will save her child. She cried in front of the idol of Lord Rama “ Hey Bhagavan, kindly save my child, I have no one other than this child, kindly protect my child from this illness.  I shall visit your shrine on a daily basis.”  Shortly her prayers were answered, the child was saved from the critical condition, in this way he was blessed with the new life by the grace of Lord Ramachandra, therefore this child was named as Rakthuram who was protected by Lord Rama.