He came on tank and the muzzle of the barrel showers rose petals! In 15 minutes a tweet of his can fetch 20 thousand retweets. He honoured indian sportsperson with diamond crusted gold medals. His transformation from a spiritual guru to a rockstar just took twenty minutes, and in between according to his estimates 25 million people have finished their dinner served in his grand pandals of Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa. Gurmeet Ram Rahim is a man of action. In last twenty years we have seen so many things around him, and now we can judge him unbiasedly.

Today is his 50th Birthday. He started the one week long celebrations with mega tree plantation drive.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim is third in the lineage and wore a No.1 locket and teaches mediation in a big hall, which flashes the sign of No1. His passion for social work and youth engagement now is on top of his agenda. Dera Saccha Sauda head quarters in Sirsa has swelled with masses whenever he called his followers and they make him super confident to announce his 67 world records including few guinness records for his feats. Surely his admiration has more value than anything in the lands of his followers. People come by foot, bus, tractors, cars and trucks. Tents and parking have same occupancy. Houseful. A clear instruction was given to every devotee, come with your own quilts and bedsheets to stay. Arranging this level of engagement surely need some self-help attitude. His large army of green peacekeepers give a feel of police with humble behaviour. As told they are 70,000 in numbers and dance for every thing, their guru said.

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim is not a common man. He is a religious figure who is admired by millions in Punjab and Haryana. When he was in horns with Sikhs highest body Akal Taqt, something happens which change him a lot. In 2015 and later in 2017, Akal Taqt has pardoned him. And today he become a political force and social universe. His 129 social initiatives ranges from community marriages to find a boy who can marry a prostitute. On his appeal his followers can donate blood, eyes and organs. He has a vision to developed skin bank, blood bank and now working on a bone bank. His scientific flavour make him more popular on social media.

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Pitaji, as his followers called him, has a soft side, he adopted a girl and fondly praises girls in his open sessions. He rubbishes superstitions and mock any ritual that seems orthodox. His followers, who mostly comes form lower castes of Haryana and Punjab find him a leveller. His simple talks with an infusion of short stories can inspire millions to clap, vigorously. But his skill to challenge norms and fight for alcohol and drug addiction make him more popular in hinterlands. Punjab and Haryana embraced him for his addiction campaigns. But now he has more big aspirations. His fascination is youth.

MSG, is now synonym to Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim. A name which comes from his first film, Messenger of God. Today his followers, specially youth knows him as Dr MSG. He fondly accepted it and now relish it. Films become his second identity. He conceived, scripted, sings and directs his own world of fiction. His fourth film, Hind Ka Napak Ko Jawab is released on in feb, 2017. His daughter co-directed the film and he surpassed Jackie Chan in the number of credits in one film. His illusionary world of cinema can astound anyone. His fifth film, Jattu Engineer, is a comedy with a dobule role and raises the issue of drug and alcoholism. 

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A saint can be a reformer. Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Dayanand Saraswati was remembered for their contribution to wash out social evils by their tireless campaigns. They also establish institutions to carry forward their thoughts. Gurmeet Ram Rahim somehow mingle two contradictory sphere to shape his vision. The clapping he garnered on his filmy adventure also boost the morale of his followers. This is something bemusing for a new visitor. Around 100 journalist attended his mega show and mostly bewildered. They can understand faith and illogical behaviours, but they can’t digest few fusions. Gurmeet Ram Rahim has weave a new world of die hard followers and developing new lands of realities for them. His appearance and work are two poles of his persona, but he want to reach the maximum by using every popular vehicle. His followers loves his every act of showoff. His transformation from a sect guru to a most popular star is complete. Hopefully his desire to serve the society get more attention soon, which finally make him a legend and a person who changes the life of millions.