Shree Sahajanand Swami was born on the ninth night of the lunar month Chaitra of time Vikram Samvat 1837, (2nd April1781A.D) on the auspicious occasion of Ramnavmi (the birthday of Lord Shree Ram) in a small vill called Chhapaiya near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. His parents were called Dharmadev and Bhakimata.
In agreement with Indian customs on the sixth day after birth he was given the name Ghanshyam. At the tender age of eight he started studying the Vedas (Hindu Good Book) and in lower than two times, he’d learned all the four Vedas, Upanishads and the Puranas a feat that would take an ordinary person numerous times to negotiate.
Ghanshyam’s mama, Bhaktimata passed away when he was just 10 times & 7 months old just after a farther 7 months his father also passed away. Ghanshyam had no desire for worldly effects and decided to renounce his family. So at the tender age of 11 times 3 months & 1 day. he left home early in the morning on 10thday of the bright half of Ashadh in the time Vikram Samvat 1849 .
He took the name Nilkanth Varni as he embarked on his trip. He took with him Mala, Shaligram, spare dhoti, Kamdad, Marge Charm, Good Book, Bhramin thread, Palasdanda, his charge was to find an Vihara which rehearsed the correct understanding of Hindu doctrines of Vedanta, Samkhya, Yoga and Pancaratra. Whilst traveling in the Himalayas, Nilkanth encountered over yogis during his seven time trip Nilkanth learned the art of Ashtang