Bageshwar: Madhya Pradesh’s latest ‘miracle maker’ Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, wearing a long red-and-black robe with a rosary around his neck and a Hanuman pendant, sits on a high platform, making predictions about his life. Followers in Bageshwar Dham, of which he is the head. thousands of his followers who can’t find a place inside court Climbing walls and peeping through windows hoping to catch a glimpse of Shastri.
Recently, rationalist Shyam Manav challenges Shastri to perform it Miracle on stage. They volunteer to bring ten random people with them so that Shastri can tell the exact name of their father and give their home address as he claims he can do with the help of Balaji. In return, Shastri cut his losses and left Nagpur.
However, his followers did not care about the controversies surrounding Shastri’s claimed miracles. For them he is an incarnation of Lord Hanuman.
The train going from Bhopal to Khajuraho halts at Bageshwar Dham where there is no station. His followers pull chains and come out in a stampede-like crowd by the thousands – to reach the Balaji temple and book a meeting with Madhya Pradesh’s latest ‘miracle-maker’ Acharya Dhirendra Shastri.
