DETAILED LIFE SKETCH OF SHEHANSHAH MASTANA JI MAHARAJ. His holiness Shehanshah Mastana Ji Maharaj carried out the awareness of the true name with full flow for the period of twelve years. In this significant period he distributed gold, silver, rupees, clothes, quilts, etc. openly among the public in abundance. He showed some strange spiritual charismatic miracles that people from far away in India and the world started coming to Sacha Sauda. Shehanshah Mastana Ji was born on KARTIK POORNIMA in the year 1891 at Village Kotra,Town Gandheya,Sub district Kullait,Balochistan,Pakistan. His Father’s name was Shri Pillamal Ji and Mother’s name was Mata Tulsa Bai Ji. He belonged to a kashyatriya family. His Parents initially named him as Shri Khemamal Ji. Later on his holiness Huzoor Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj honourably named him as ‘Shah Mastana Ji’. This pure name was given by Huzoor Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj keeping in view his true devotion,love and dedication towards the Satguru that is "The God". He further honoured him by saying "Mastano ka Mastana and Shahon Ka Shah "Shah Mastana Ji". From the early childhood Mastana Ji had great inclination towards God, that is why at the small age of 13-14 years he left home in the search for the perfect master (Satguru). In his search Mastana Ji met almost every famous saint of northern India but couldn’t find complete satisfaction to his desire for a perfect master (Satguru). Almost every saint used to tell him that they could help him to some extent over the holy eternal plains but can not make him see the complete lord within. So like this after searching for almost nine years Mastana Ji reached BEAS a district in Punjab state (INDIA). There he met his holiness the Supreme Satguru Huzoor Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj. After regularly listening to the spiritual Satsang, Mastana Ji got complete satisfaction and finally got NAAM DAAN (The Holy Word) from Baba Ji and finally surrendered himself in the pure shelter of Baba Ji. Mastana Ji Maharaj with the order of his Satguru carried out for 25 -30 years various satsangs in different provinces of Pakistan (Balochistan,Sindh,Sialkot,Multan,Mintgumri etc.,) and also carried out the same awareness of the holy word (Naam) in various cities of Punjab. After this came the most prestigious time when Huzoor Baba Ji assigned Mastana Ji’s duty at Bagarh and then later on made him his successor and sent him to Sirsa,Haryana,India. This is how his holiness Shehanshah Mastana Ji Maharaj with the order (Hukum) of his sweet self God Baba Ji established Dera Sacha Sauda and carried on the blessings and awareness of the true name (Ram Naam ) among the masses. Complete Spiritual Saints and true Master Saints who are God in themselves come in the form of this human body and with time to time by the order of the almighty they pass on their duty to their successors and later go back to the their original shell "The home of the lord". Similarly his holiness Shah Mastana Ji Maharaj completed his assigned duties of Dera Sacha Sauda and his holy family and further handed over this prime task to his successor his holiness "PARAM PITA SHAH SATNAM SINGH JI MAHARAJ" on 28th February 1960 and himself left for his eternal holy abode on 18th April 1960.
--- A page by Balwant Singh
