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22. THE TWO SAINTS MEET
When Mahatma Gandhi, during the quiet India movement came to Sukkur,
Saint Kanwarram was also invited for the meeting at Sukkur. There were
thousands and thousands of people to hear Gandhiji, the 'Saint of
Sabarmati and Sewagram' and a politician. There was a lot of hustle and
bustle and noise from the audience. So the organizers asked Kanwarram
for a 'Bhajan'. As soon as Kanwarram got up there was a pin drop silence
amazingly by the spiritual spell and divine grace of Saint Kanwarram and
then Gandhiji started his speech. People heard Gandhiji in a rapt
attention. In the end Gandhiji talked about wearing of 'Khadi'. He
started with the note that what I am going to talk about - your
Kanwarram is already wearing it. Kanwarram used to wear 'Khaddar' (hand
woven rough cloth) a 'Kurta', a 'Dhoti', 'Pagri' on head and Sindhi
'Juti' (shoes). This example of wearing 'Khadi' by Kanwarram and
powerful appeal by Mahatma Ghandhi pierced into the ears and hearts of
people and thousands people started wearing 'Khadi' afterwards and thus
was the first and last meeting of two Saints Kanwarram and Mahatma
Gandhi.
"Give me a knowledge that is fertile
in performance for theories,
without effects are but nothings in
the dress of things".
Thomas Vaughan
When Kanwarram was shot dead his blood soaked dress that a 'Kurta' made
of 'Khadi', 'Dhoti' made of 'Khadi' and his 'Pagri' (turban) and the
'Juti' (shoes) are kept in the house of Khemchand Jethwani at Khar,
Bombay. Khemchand was a staunch devotee of Saint Kanwarram.
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