Lalgiri was the propounder of Alakhiya Sampradayaa. He was born in the village Sulakhaniya in a cobbler family in the early years of the 19th century. In the boyhood he was taken by a sadhu belonging to the Naga branch of Dadu Sampradaya. After about fifteen years he returned to Bikaner in 1829 and started preaching. Many became his disciples. He was instrumental in the construction of the famous gigantic well of Bikaner known as Alakh Sagar.
His available vani is in easy Rajasthani and consists of only 29 sabads. It deals with the swarup of God, means of realizing God within one`s own self by sadhana, illusory nature of the world and Nam smaran. He reproached idol-worshippers, impostors, deceivers and the exhibitionists. To him Alakh, who is Nirakar, Nirlep and Niranjan, is the only ultimate truth. Upasana of this Alakh alone is worthwhile. Hence the Sampradaya was named Alakhiya. He has used the Nath style and terminology and is inclined towards the sadhana of Hatha Yoga. The accepted system of deferential salutation is `Alakh-Maula`. The Sampradaya was popular in Bikaner and the adjoining regions. His followers mostly came from the backward classes of the society.
Hence it can be concluded saying that all the sections of the society were included within the Lalgiri Sampradaya irrespective of caste, creed or social status. Lalgiri had inspired all his followers to seek the Absolute Truth.
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