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Respected and honorable saint shri Tekchanji Maharaj wad born in the village Aalri in Shajapur district in vikram sanwat 1805 on a full moon day. Gram Aalri is situated 1.50 K.M. apart from Zoker gaon of Maxi railway station. His father’s name was Udayramji and his mother was Rukmanibai. They belong to Damoder Gujrati Kshtriya Tailor Society ( Samaj ).

At that time village Aalri was under the state of Gwalior. Shri Udayramji’s family was poor but respected. He was a cloth merchant. Their family status grew as soon as Tekchan took birth and there came happiness, and peace in their home. Tekchandji’s thinking becomes ritual since his childhood because his family background was ritual .He was sent to school at the age of five. As they were liking in the village his primary education was not satisfactory. At the age of 11 he had to worn the “Ydgyopawit”. At the age of 12 he was made to sit in the work of tailoring and his father took with him for the business.

After listening the complaint of the merchants his father asked him to leave the home. On hearing such harsh words from father he thought that in this deadly world no one would be helpful other than God. Peaceful death would not be possible without workship of the God. At that time he left the home by saluting parents in heart. At the time of leaving home he was 18 years old. He left the home in 1823 sanwat (1766). After leaving home Tekchandji traveled from village to village and spread the religious and knowledge.

In the course of his journey from village to village one day in vikram sanwat 1825 (1767) he reached in the village amid Unhel. One more saint, the follower of Kabir, saint Pars ram and lived in his Ashram and worshipped. In vikram sanwat 1828 (1768) on a full moon day Guru Parsramji Maharaj gave the teaching of saint and made Tekchand his disciple. He had been co disciple and one saint sister.

In vikram sanwat 1841 (1784) Tekchandji started his pilgrims journey from Ujjain with the Darshan of Bhagwan Mahankaleshwar and via Omnkareshwar he reached to kashi (Banaras) where he came into contact in several saints and the worshipers of God. He lived here for same time and spent his time in bhajan and sat sang and took advantage of darshan of Bhagwan Vishwanath. After that he completed his four Dhams journey of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Jagannath, Rameshwar and Dwarika. Tekchandji continued his religious traveling through Mathura, Virndavan, Haridwar, Amarnath ,Prayag, Chitrakut , Madurai , kashi,shirshelum Tirupati, Bhiwashanker ,Baijnath , Junagarh , Nathdwara ,Pushker and many more important places and rivers like Ganga ,Yamuna , sharyu ,Godawari ,Krishna , Kaveri Narmada, etc. took bath and on the day of vijayadashmi in vikram sanwat 1848 (1790) he returned to Ujjain and took bath in Kshipra river and ended his journey with work ship of Lord Mahakaleshwar. On the 11th day of kartik shukla wishing to go saint kabir’s temple via Maxi he reached Zoker. He came to know that atmosphere of that place was very peaceful saint Tekchand made his place in that temple only. Once Tekchandji for his adhayatmik knowledge took samadhi for 8 days in Zoker during navtari in vikram sanwat 1849 (1794). After a year later he returned to Ujjain and spent four months, after that in kartik shukla in vikaram sanwat 1850 he went to village Kadccha wchich was 12 miles away from Ujjain. Here also in 1856 he took samadhi for 40 days.

In vikram sanwat 1858 on Hindu New Year day i.e.”Gudi Padwa” Maharaj was sitting in a castle during pranayam for rising of atma-jyoti.his such devotion made lord Hari happy and the lord gave Tekchand his Darshan in that castle only. Lord gave him the knowledge of Ashta-siddhi and Nav nidhi also.

During the liking in kadccha, Tekchand’s routine was to get up early in the Brahma muhrat and used to go to Ujjain to take both in kshipra river he continued this for two years, while one day goddess kshipra became quite happy of Tekchanji’s devotional activity and asked him not to come there then from, the river will itself flow near his ashram .The next day Tekchandji woke up and looked that river was flowing by the side of his ashram, he happily continued his routine bhajan, pujan. At the age of 63 Tekchandji decided to take “Live samadhi “ at kadccha ashram. When the ruler of Gwalior heard this news maharaj shri Daulatraoji Sindhiya he himself came for the darshan of Tekchand Maharaj. Tekchandji’s disciples organized a procession, which returned to kadccha ashram, and then shri Tekchnad Maharaj took samadhi. In the form of his last allocution guruji described matters also.

In vikram the pupils of his samaj celebrated sanwat 1869 on Shard Purnima saint Tekchand maharaj frist Nirvana divas. In village kadccha at the samadhi of maharaj there are 6 beatitude chantries. These chattiest were built by same workers, which were come from Jhalawad (Rajasthan).

Who sent these workers no one knows-workers at saint’s samadhi by giving them money. After that under the observation of a respected person of Domoder Vansh the construction of charities were completed