Once Baba Harnam Singh Sahib was sitting in
meditation under a tree, some distance to the North of a village called
Siriewale. He used to keep his face covered. Some young boys came that side and
sat near Him. They requested Him to uncover His face. They also questioned Him
as to why He was keeping His face covered. On their insistence, Baba Ji politely
told them that the time was not yet ripe to uncover his face, because everything
dry that came under His gaze would catch fire. Not realising, the implication of
this remark, a couple of boys removed the cloth covering Baba Ji's face. No
sooner was this done, than the whole village, and all the the dry crops stacked
in it instantly caught fire. The Boys ran helter skelter in panic as did the
villagers who knew not the cause of such a devastating fire. When errant boys
told the elders the strange tale, they came running to Baba Ji and falling
prostrate at His holy feet, begged for forgiveness. Most compassionate Baba Ji
just looked at the sky. The sky thundered with a frightening sound of lightning
and instantly followed a ferocious heavy downpour. Now the villagers ran to the
village to salvage their belongings from heavy rain. Later when they went back
to thank Baba Ji and to pay their homage to him, they found the place deserted.
Baba Ji was no more there. He had already left. It was many years later that one
of the villagers came to Bhuchon and recognised Baba Ji. Such was the intensity
of the divine glow on His holy face. God of Rain and God of Fire rolled at the
holy feet of Baba Harnam Singh Ji Maharaj in total submissiveness. Such was the
Glory of the powerful sage of Bhuchon Kalan.
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