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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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