Saint Shri Jalaram popularly known as Shri Jalaram Bapa was a Hindu

Hindu

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 saint from Gujarat, India

India

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. He was born in Virpur, Rajkot district

Rajkot district

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, Gujarat, India

India

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 in 1799, on the seventh day of the Kaartika

Kartika (month)

Kartika , is a month of Hindu and Bengali calendars, named after the Hindu god, Kartikeya....

 month. Names of his father was Shri Pradhan Thakkar and mother was Smt. Rajbai Thakkar, who belonged to Thakkar

Thakkar

Thakkar or Thakrar, thakkur is a Lohana surname found primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, and also among Odichya in the Malwa and Nimar regions of Madhya Pradesh, U.P....

 sub-group of Lohana

Lohana

The Lohana also referred to as Luvana are an Indian caste,largely classified as merchants and are categorized as Vaishya or Bania caste although their ancient history proves that they are Kshatriya of Suryavanshi descant, claiming their lineage from Lava, son of Rama...

 clan of Hindu

Hindu

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 community.

Shree Jalaram Bapa was a devotee of Lord Ram.

Jalaram Jayanti

Even today Jalaram Bapa's birthday (the seventh day of Kartik month) is celebrated as Jalaram Jayanti. On this day various groups of Jalaram devotees feed the food as prasad. Jalaram Jayanti is observed on the seventh day after Diwali.

External links

• Jalaram Bapa - Life story, Paracha
• Jalaram Bapa : Complete Life Story
• www.jalarammandir-alandi-chotila.com : Jalaram Mandir at Alandi, Pune, Maharashtra and Chotila, rajkot, Gujarat.
• www.jaijaliyaan.com : Jay Jalaram
• www.jalaramonline.org : Has list of Jalaram temples in India