Lord Matangdev is the founder of ‘Barmati Panth‘. It is believed that Matangdev was born some 900-1000 years ago near present day Bihar (India)  on the banks of holy river Ganges . His mother’s name is ‘Jasdedevi’ and father’s name is ‘Matra-rakh’ and he is maternal grandson of renowned ‘Gautam-rakh’. He is widely regarded as 10^th incarnation of God in Kalyug.

After attaining spirituality on wearing ‘Karam-Vindhi’ (Gold ring) handed over to him by Aspar Pandya (Satgur), he decided to remove sorrows and sufferings from the life of common man. On his journey towards bringing peace, prosperity and happiness in the life of people of all walks of life, he noticed that a large chunk of Indian Society is deprived of basic necessities of life including religion. He observed that ‘Jhankhriyas’ (untouchables) and ‘Simbhriyas’ (tribals) have been prohibited to profess religion due to religious ban coerced upon them by high caste Hindus. Thus, he determined to devote his life for the welfare and upliftment of downtrodden people and founded a messianic religion called ‘Barmati Panth’ on the solid foundation of equality & brotherhood. His first message was ‘Dharmachar’ and ‘Karamjwar’ which means to practice tenets of religion (Barmati Panth) with utmost faith and devotion. His collections of discourses are known as ‘Genan’.

On his initial solitary journey from Bihar to the western parts of ancient India, he congregated hundreds of thousands of people and assimilated them into his newly formed religion known as Barmati Panth. Presently, lakhs of followers of Barmati Panth are professing religion founded by Matangdev with great enthusiasm and complete faith in his teachings. All his followers, known as ‘Meghwars’, are spread all over India but its population is predominant in Kutch, Saurashtra and Sindh regions.

Barmati religious discourses (Genan) reveals that Lakho Ghuraro, a very first ancestor of Jadeja clan (princely ruling class of Kutch region), urged Matangdev to bless him with supernatural powers to have his own ruling state in Sindh/Kachchh. Revered Matangdev blessed Lakha Ghurara that one day his descendents would be able to form their own princely state in Kutch region. Interestingly, history of Kutch reveals that the descendants of Lakha Ghurara i.e. Jadejas were able to form their own ruling in Kutch for more than eight centuries. It is said that Matangdev performed 12 years meditation at Chandrua Hills (Bhuj).

History of Kutch owes much to Matangdev for his sheer valour and gallantry shown while protecting motherland from brutal attack of ‘Haidarkhan Pastan’ (a Pathan warrior from Sindh). This feat of Matangdev is unparalleled in Indian history as no other religious guru (teacher) has ever attempted to lift sword for safety of its people. Eventually, while fighting with Haidarkhan on the outskirts of Kutch/Sindh region, Matang Dev died a martyr death alongwith ‘Abda-Jiyani’ (a warrior of Kutch). However, before leaving for heavenly abode, he called upon his son ‘Ludangdev’ for timely help in the battlefield. As soon as Ludangdev arrived, Matangdev could not survive longer and this great messiah left this world leaving behind a gigantic task of uniting people and preaching holy sermons.

Witnessing martyrdom of his father and brave Abda-Jiyani, Lord Ludangdev gathered all his strength and attacked Haiderkhan with full force and killed him. Thus, the attacker was prevented from entering Kutch soil else he would have ruined motherland with tears.

Body of Lord Matang-Dev is buried at ‘Seni-Thar’ near Badin-Sindh (now in Pakistan), which is the foremost pilgrimage place of all ‘Maheshwary Meghwars’. Every year, holy pilgrimage is performed at ‘Seni-Thar’ in the month of Vaishakh (Indian Calender) with utmost faith and devotion.

Source: The above article is written on the basis of facts narrated in Barmati Panth religious discourses known as ‘Genan’.

At the outset, let us all congratulate all the Mag-Sananis (2009), who have demonstrated their utmost solidarity and devotion towards our religion. As per statistics received via email as on date, there were total 562+ mag-sananis from Kutch, Saurashtra and Karachi. These numbers are based on input received from persons accessing internet. We apprehend that some figures from remote areas have escaped this tally of 562. However, the same will be incorporated as soon as additional data is received from time to time. Nevertheless, this figure of 562 is not a small figure considering the strenuous exertion to be endured by the disciples for the whole month. Apart from this, this figure also depicts true passion for religious observance of mag-sanan.

We the maheshpanthi.net team wholeheartedly commends the efforts of these mag-sananis as true love for our revered Gurus and respect to our Barmati Panth. Needless to say, venerated Mamaidev has rated this one month spiritual period as a magnanimous opportunity to attain salvation. We all know that in his religious discourses, Mamaidev has assured guaranteed returns of spiritual reward for observing mag-sanan. We, on behalf of all our community brethrens, pray Alakhdev to give strength to all the followers of Barmati Panth, so that more number of persons, especially youths, can join this caravan of Mag-sanan in the years to come ahead. We are hopeful that day-by-day our congregation shall proliferate, so that teachings of our revered Gurus are practiced and professed by all Maheshwaris with complete faith and wisdom. We take this opportunity to thank all the Mag-sananis for demonstrating courage and readiness for our religion, which is based on truth, equality and emphasizing special attention for downtrodden people.

During this observance of Mag-Sanan, considerable numbers of preaching programs were held at various places. The layman disciples were gathering in great numbers to listen the sacred discourses of Mamaidev. There appears a general feeling of intense desire amongst common man to listen the sermons of Mamaidev with great enthusiasm. It is necessary for all of us that we should not restrict ourselves to remain spiritual only during this one month period but all efforts should be taken to uphold this intensity of religious longing for prolonged period. Facts and figures from big cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, etc. are very discouraging. We are very sorry to say that not a single person has kept mag-sanan in Mumbai and position of other such major cities is alike. Therefore, it is need of the hour that youths must come forward and shoulder the responsibility of religious observance.

On the conclusion of 30th day of Mag-sanan, huge Rallies (Samaiya) were organized on 12.02.2009 at different places in Kutch/Saurashtra region. Our maheshpanthi.net team have visited Rally at Gandhidham and noticed that Gandhidham stood foremost in all respects i.e. in respect of number of mag-sananis (71) and conducting huge Rally comprising more than 50 thousand people. At all the prominent places, Samaiyas were followed by Genan (Sermons) by Matang-Gurus in the evening and on the following day ceremonial Barmati Panth pooja were conducted to conclude the Mag-Sanan observance.

In addition to above, we, the maheshpanthi.net team, intends to unite youths of maheshwari community. Our effort is to do something extraordinary for the betterment and welfare of our community in the educational, religious and social field. We would also like to impress upon that our effort is to restore the sanctity of our religion – its precepts, discourses & practices in true sense. It is believed that Mamaidev has categorically restricted for publishing our religious discourses outside our community. Recently, we have come across one website wherein religious discourses of other religion have been posted on internet under the title ‘Ginan’. This Ginan is precisely similar to our Genan of Mamaidev. As such, it is our moral duty to ensure that our Genan is not hijacked by other outside people.

Our maheshpanthi.net team, therefore, urge all our community brethrens, matang-gurus to restrain from publishing our Genan on internet as far as possible. Only historical facts and events should be depicted for professing our religion.

At the conclusion, we once again thank all our Mag-sananis, Mukhis, Har-maisar, Sevadharis and all maheshwari brothers for taking sincere efforts during the Mag-Sanan (2009) and making this ceremonial event a Grand Success!!