Thinking ofGuruji
Documentary of belovedGuruji
ABOUT GURUJI
Shri Chandrabhatla Chintamani Ganapathi Sastry garu (known as Guruji or Guruvugaru to his followers) was born on Jyesta bahula ekadasi of Pardhivanama samvatsaram (July 5, 1945). He was one of the 7 children (2 sons and 5 daughters) of Shri Gouripathi Shastri Garu and Smt Parvathi Garu who lived in Samarlakot, Andhra Pradesh, India.
As a child, he was very playful, and no one ever visualized him taking to spiritual path. He had keen interest in farming and was very entrepreneurial and adventurous. He travelled a lot across the country on two wheelers.
Neither the family nor his peers recognized his intuitive wisdom. At the age of 9, it is believed that he had a special experience of Devi. As early as when he was 10 years old, he was recognized as a Water Diviner which has gained him huge popularity. He helped hundreds of farmers and people in his own district as well as the neighbouring districts with his water divinity. For a long time, this was unknown to his family. Since his father was unaware of the purpose of his absence from home, he had restricted his movement, but people would still subtly take the young boy to help them out. This is the period, they started calling him Guruvugaru. He never charged people for his services then or ever in his life and forbade his family from accepting anything from people he helped.
Even as a child, he always liked to share his mealtimes and invited his friends,acquaintances and visitors , for a meal. This habit and generosity continued throughout his life and resulted in the family having impromptu guests everyday throughout the day. He was very fond of animals and he had several dogs, a deer, a tortoise, a monkey, pigeons and a parrot as his pets in his younger days. He also has a Goshala with a lot of cows till date.