Shree Bachukbhai Shastri and his descendants, the scholar, ritualistic and Shakti worshiper of Siddhapur
The name of scholar ritualistic and Shakti worshiper Shri Bachukbhai Shastri and his descendants of Siddhapur scholar ritualistic and Shakti worshiper Shri Bachukbhai Shastri is still taken with high esteem. He was well versed in the Vedas and embellished as a Shastra Tantra Martad. In Sidhpur, he guided many people by imparting education in rituals and rituals and gained a reputation outside Gujarat as a prolific scholar.
His atmaj Shri Ramanlal Shastri not only established his reputation as a ardent scholar by making the saying “baap se beta savaya” meaningful, but also successfully organized the Sahastra Kundi Havan, which is considered to be very difficult, at Vyara near Surat.
Pandit Ramanlalji unveiled the name of Sidhpur by hoisting the flag of his education and ability on the banks of ganga by performing maharudra at kumbh mela. Many of his disciples and especially his eldest son Hareshbhai Shastri mastered the Sanskrit language and earned a post-graduate degree in Sanskrit from Gujarat University, a great achievement and a matter of pride for scholars of Sidhpur. Shri Hareshbhai Shastri is an expert in both ritual and tantra and is renowned not only in Sidhpur but also in Gujarat and outside Gujarat and Gujarat, from Himachal Pradesh to other States. Many yagnas and rituals have been performed under the leadership of Shri Hareshbhai Shastri. Even today, Hareshbhai Shastri is considered a specially talented name among the pandits of Sidhpur and his name is taken with utmost respect.
His younger brother Kiran Shastri is also a well-known scholar, who is well versed in the best of jurists. Rituals and especially Narayanbali and Matrishraddha are their main subjects. It is no exaggeration to say that the former Prime Minister of India, Shri Deve Gowda, to Reliancewale Ambani, as well as Shri Praveenbhai Lahari (former Chief Secretary- Gujarat), Mahant Shri Satdhar, the Education Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, and the Great Hero of this century, Amitabh Bachchan, have been blessed with the deeds of their hands.
Rishibhai Shastri, the younger brother of Kiranbhai Shastri, also maintained the tradition of this family as a scholar and has become famous as an eminent scholar by holding the post of Acharya in Yajnayagadi in many areas like Bhavnagar, Sehore, Unjha, Kamli. Baukbhai Shastri, Ramanbhai Shastri and then his third-generation brother Hareshbhai,
Along with Kiranbhai and Rishibhai, as well as Piyushbhai – these four gentlemen Panditvaras have a very respectable place in their respective fields i.e. rituals, tantras and yagna rituals. It is no exaggeration to say that his scholarship has reached beyond the borders of Gujarat.
Janakbhai Shastri, the younger brother of Rishibhai Shastri, is also known to have a number of pandits in Gujarat and Rajasthan in the yagnayagadi. His son Kardam Shastri also follows in the footsteps of his forefathers and today holds his place as a learned ritualist in the younger generation of Sidhpur. A similar place is also enjoyed by Kiran Shastri’s son Kapil Shastri. The countless matriarchs at the Bindu Sarovar Pilgrimage area have been made by Kapilbhai through the guidance of his father Kiran Shastri by Kapilbhai, who has come from all over the country and has now emerged as an advance scholar of the region in his own right. Kapil Shakri, son of Pandit Kiran Shastri, is today firmly holding the legacy of the fourth generation of Bachukbhai Shastri and at a very young age, he is known as the best karmakandi by his knowledge for his methods ranging from matriarchal to narayan bali.
The most learned Kardam Shasri and Kapila Shastri have another accomplishment. For shasro and samhitas, they do not have to see the book, the whole samhita and shakhr is in the throat, it is their special accomplishment to sing mantras with pure Sanskrit and rhythm without a single loss which overwhelms the host.
The rituals are done by all, but the specialty of the shastri family is the specialty of the shastri family, the specialty of the vigilance shastri family is such that there is no small meaning in the physical importance behind the ritual, and whatever rituals are done. Today, the devotees who come from all over the country for the MatruShraddha at the Bindu Sarovar Teerth Kshetra are a compliment to the fourth generation of the Shastri family and their erudition, who specialises in the rituals including the ritual shradna or Narayana Bali and Uttar Kriya, with full commitment from the devotees.