"MAANO YA NA MAANO"

Here i m narrating a story which i didn't believe myself..since i haven't witnessed it even once!!
and i think you too won't believe it thinking of it as superstitious..but people of north-east india have firm faith regarding this.It had also been depicted in the serial "MAANO YA NA MAANO" anchored by irfan khan on star one
Believe it or not but it is true, one of its kind of story in the world - a man from an Indian army at Nathula border is still doing his duty even after his death some three decades back..


Born in Brondal village of Kapurthala, Punjab - Harbhajan Singh joined the 23rd Punjab Battalion on February 1966 as sepoy..
The year of 1968 when the states of Sikkim and North Bengal was under the rage of great natural catastrophic where landslides, floods and heavy rain had taken thousands of lives across the two states..
in those times training was going on for these armymen..
one day while travelling from his battalion headquarters in Tekula to Dengchukla, he fell into a fast flowing stream and drowned..
search 4 him was made with no results..ultimately an envious fellowman declared him as "bhagoda" which was a serious blow to the baba's soul
somedays later one of his colleague dreamt of baba informing him about the location of his dead body and his desire to made a samadhi for him..he didn't believe it until baba's body was found at the same location. To this he was taken aback..and to pay respect to him a samadhi was constructed near Chhokya Chho.Even after his death he warns about the dangerous activities near the border through the dreams of his fellow personels..

60 km from Gangtok towards the panoramic view of the Nathula landscape a road leads towards the valley of Kupup..Here is the shrine of Baba Harbhajan popularly known as Baba Mandir.
Baba Harbhajan has been guarding the international boundary of the two Asian giants the China and India over the last three decades.
But believe me he does it alone, Even the army men on the other side of the international wall confirms that they had seen a man riding a horse all alone patrolling the border.
Today he's the honorary captain and his samadhi is reconstructed at the junction of Kupup Gnathang road and the pathway leading to Menmoichu Lake as apart of the watershed memorial complex. He's more or less like an invisible man..and he used to get his salary which was sent 2 his family..he's respected and worshipped by the people residing in and near sikkim who believe dat baba would forecast the accidents in the valley much before it could actually happen.
every 4th october is celebrated by the armymen there as a special ceremony..on dis occasion puja is observed at the baba mandir and free meals are distributed among the devotees
Obviously these are the best days to visit baba mandir..
wen baba goes on an annual leave from September 15 to November 15 an extra caution is sought of at the border..and even the leaves of other armymen are cancelled these days.
Every year he leaves for his hometown on amritsar express where his family receives him..