About Saint Balumama Adampur
Year of birth: 1892
Place of birth: in Village Akkol, Taluka – Chikkodi, Dist – Belgaum in Karnataka, INDIA
Parents: Father – Mayappa and Mother – Satyavva | Nationality: Indian
Brief Information about Sadguru Saint Shri Balumama
Devavtari Sadguru Sant Shri Balumama was a shepherd belonging the Kuruba Gowda/Dhangar community.
He is considered a saint and has many millions of followers in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
A shepherd, by the very nature of his job, has to come in contact usually with people who are at the very low status of society, whose life is sunk in vices and bad habits.
A shepherd cannot remain unaffected by them. Not so Balumama, who was not an ordinary shepherd.
It was these men of vices and bad habits, who could not remain unaffected by him, their life was completely changed almost beyond recognition by him.
He was a practical guide and counsel to them.
Their wretched and immoral life was transformed into a civilized and spiritual one.
They could not thank God sufficiently for their good fortune to have such a spiritual guide.
Saint Balumama was born in 1892
Saint Balumama was born in 1892, in a village called Akkol in Chikkodi taluka of Belgaum district in Karnataka. His father was Mayappa and mother was Satyavva. He spent his childhood with his parents but was always lost in meditation and was a quiet boy.
He later went on to live with his sister and was married to her daughter against his will. The marriage did not last long. He was given about 15 sheep by his in-laws which he started to tend.
While shepherding his sheep, he was known to have performed several miracles and help lots of poor and downtrodden people.
It is written in his biography after meeting several people who have actually seen the Balumama and his miracles.
He used to travel long distances with his sheep including parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He was fluent in both Kannada and Marathi. Whatever he said came to pass without fail.
So had a huge disciple group among the rural poor, who began to worship him as a saint.
The seeps which Balumama had were considered as holy as well. If the herd of Balumama’s sheep stayed or passed through a person field, he was bound to have had happiness, health and wealth.
Balumama died at the age of 74 in 1966
Balumama died at the age of 74 in 1966 at a village called Adamapur in Kolhapur district of Maharastra.
A temple was built in his memory in Adamapur which lies between Nipani in Karnataka and Radhanagari in Maharashtra. The Temple is looked after by the “Shri Balumama Trust”.
The sheep numbers have now grown to lakhs which are looked after by the temple trust.
Margudevi Mandir
Margudevi Mandir is the place where most of the time Shri Balumama spent his time. I have visited this place and found huge peace and silence. This temple is renovated but during earlier days it was a very simple temple. I am posting the picture of this temple.
Currently, it is occupied inside government school premises as you can see the ground in front of a temple.
Balumama Wada (house)
I came to know that there is house made of stones in Adamapur called as Balumama wada (house) where Balumama use to live. I have visited this place and found Balumama’s chair, sleeping bed, footwear etc.
I am posting few pictures of this place.
Balumama Clothes and utensils
Shri Balumama’s clothes and utensils and other materials which he used during those days are preserved and kept in Prasad hall. Prasad Hall is the place where food is served daily to everyone at the minimal cost of Rs 5. Below are few pictures.
Pictures are not clear as there was a light shadow on the glass of the cupboard where the items are displaced.
