Jagadguru Rambhadracharya ji was born as Giridhar Mishra, on Jan 14th, 1952 on Makar Sankranti, Magh Krishna Ekadasi in the highly religious Brahmin family, in the village
Shadi Khurd, Distt Jaunpur U.P. His mother Smt. Shachi Devi and father the revered Pt. Shri Rajdev Mishra felt themselves blessed to have him. As a child as well the saint bewitched not only the members of his family but also who so ever came to see him for the first time. He had an unfailing beauty, sweetness and charm on his face that comforted the distressed ones. His board and glowing forehead gave a clear indication of his being enlightened. Just after two months of his birth the child was deprived of his eyesight on account of an eye-disease - 'rohua'.
This sad incident seemed to be a curse to his family but in fact it proved to be a great boon in disguise for the newborn child. The Supreme God had blessed his child with divine eyes to realise the spiritual world and his own self. Since then the great soul made the full and the best use of his heavenly blessing. He began to remain in close intimacy with god and dedicated himself fully to his creator. The child developed a wonderful intellect and memory. He could learn by heart even the most difficult shlokas and poetry after listening only once. To the utter surprise of the pundits and scholars the saint learnt by heart the whole of Shrimad Bhagawad Gita only at the age of five years and the whole of Shri Ramcharitmanas composed by Goswami Tulsidas at the age of eight years with the efforts of his great grand father the honourable PT. Surya Bali Mishra. Now he became one with Shri Sitaram having no separate identity of his own.
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