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Gyan swami was born on 11th April 1947 in the dynasty of a very famous ex- ruling family of India. The village was Galimapur of Saran district surrounded by three great rivers, the Gandak, Saryu and the Ganges. Right from the age of two, Gyanswami would keep himself away from normal crowd of society. He would sit for hours under some trees. At the age of two and half, he forced his grand father Thakur Tapeshwar Singh to make a Kharaun (a wooden sandal normally used by monks) for him. Some times he would go to the Samadhi of Lakshram Baba( a great saint of 18th century, he is still seen by many sadhaka walking on the bank of Mahi river). Whenever Gyanswami was not to be seen anywhere for long, his grand father would find him sitting under the Banyan tree located far away from their house. At the age of nine he made a place of meditation on the branches of a Neem tree located in the Brahmsthan of the village. No body could locate him where he was and he used to meditate there for hours. Many saints used to come to meet him. Some of them wanted to take Bhiksha (Alms) through his hands only. Father Thakur Raghunandan Singh and mother Smt Paodhari Devi arranged every thing for him as he is the eldest of the four brothers. (Other brothers are: Kirtyanand Singh, Hridyanand Singh and Dayanand Singh. Kitryanand is in Indian Air Force while other two are in police services.)