“Since it is common knowledge that dreams ‘can’ be prophetic, since rajas were known to own a lot of gold—and Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh who was killed by the British might not be an exception—and since anyway the area was already demarcated as worthy of excavation since decades, why was there this fury from anchors and their guests on TV? If nothing else, the Baba has only catapulted the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) into action that was long overdue.’ – Maria Wirth
The panel discussions in the English news channels in India are amazing. It keeps amazing me how panelists manage to reply at length to a straight forward question without giving an answer. Usually, the anchor shifts his position, asking the questions that would make 
the person targeted most uncomfortable. However, on 18th October 2013, the anchors of both Times Now and Headlines Today did not shift their position. They took a clear stand on whether there is merit in following up on the dream of a Baba. The stand was: definitely not!
Usually anchors talk a lot, but on this occasion they were truly fired up, almost hysterically laughing and shouting. Their verdict was that it is absolutely ridiculous, even outrageous, to dig for gold because a ‘Baba’ had a dream that there are tons of gold hidden under the earth in the old fort at Dondia Khera village. It was an irresponsible waste of tax payers’ money. The way they pronounced ‘Baba’ brought up the typical portrayal of Babas in Bollywood movies—vile and evil with a big red tilak on their forehead. Even a sane question from a panelist about the track record of the Baba regarding other prophecies was at first acknowledged as valid, then however the laughter resumed.
“What will the world think of us?” they asked and came to the conclusion, “We will be a laughing-stock in the eyes of the world.” They reminded the viewers that the founding fathers of the nation wanted Indians to develop a scientific temper and here we go again— back to superstition. They made however one point clear: they, the anchors and several of their guests, do not belong to these superstitious Indians. The world should take note. There are progressive Indians in India, but unfortunately, the masses still have a long way to go to reach their level.
In their zeal to be seen as persons with scientific temper they overlooked a few points. Scientific comes from ‘knowing’ (Latin scientia, meaning ‘knowledge’) and knowing is not restricted to reason and logic. In fact, the Indian rishis explored thought and consciousness deeply. Inspiration comes from beyond thoughts. So developing a truly scientific temper might just mean that Indians should become more spiritual and follow the advice of their rishis.
The reason why Indians are considered intelligent and are doing exceptionally well in science compared to people from other countries might well have to do with the fact that many Indians are still rooted in their spiritual tradition and therefore are, in all likelihood, more satvic than others. From my own experience, I am convinced that vegetarianism for example is beneficial not only for a cleaner body but also for a cleaner mind. Not eyeing ‘others who don’t believe what we 
believe’ with suspicion (so typical of societies with Abrahamic religions), and having trust in Bhagawan / God (so typical of Indians) might also help to create space for inspiration from that great intelligence that is in all of us, irrespective of country or religion.
Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920), the great Indian mathematician, openly credited his talent to the family goddess Namagiri. Imagine he would show his notebooks to all those ‘modern’ Indians who claim to have a scientific temper that everyone should cultivate, and explain, that he received in his dream visions of scrolls of complex mathematical content unfolding before his eyes. I wonder whether he would emerge a broken man from the TV studio. Probably not, as he knows it is true what he experienced.
Indians often don’t realize that the world is actually greatly interested in the knowledge and power of genuine Indian yogis or sadhus, often called ‘babas’. And yes, the police in western countries do occasionally employ the services of clairvoyants to locate missing persons. Consciousness studies are considered the next scientific frontier and have taken off all over the world and sadly, least of all in India, where the principles on which those studies are founded originated. It is acknowledged that certain yogis have remarkable abilities that were considered impossible in the west. Tests have been done on Indian yogis and Buddhist monks already since the 1970s. Typically, the western researcher, who measured the feats of the yogis, will be 
remembered as a great scientist, whereas the yogis who actually did the impossible, fall by the wayside. One can be sure that the west will try to exploit Vedic knowledge for its own advantage and not for the benefit of all humanity.
Back to the Baba Shoban Sarkar, who had the dream. It certainly would be worthwhile to find out whether he is genuine and a good person. The people around seem to be certain about it. It is said that since the 1980s, he has done great community service by building eight inter colleges and one polytechnic. He renovated a temple and built several new ones, and even sourced all the building material for the Buxar bridge, when the government had refused to take up the project.
Since it is common knowledge that dreams ‘can’ be prophetic, since rajas were known to own a lot of gold (and Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh who was killed by the British might not be an exception), and since anyway the area was already demarcated as worthy of excavation since decades, why was there this fury on TV? If nothing else, the Baba has only catapulted the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) into action that was long overdue. The west probably considers those modern Indians as a laughing-stock, who would, if they could, forbid the digging, and nonchalantly forego a chance, however small, of finding a treasure. Meanwhile the west may hold its breath and hope the dream of the Baba does not come true.
» Maria Wirth lives in Uttarakhand. She studied psychology at the University of Hamburg and her articles are published in various German and Indian media. Many of her articles are available on the Maria Wirth Blog.
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BHARATA BHARATI 
just to make it sure that it is all about the Hindu temple funds just go through these two articles below.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/india-gold-uttarpradesh-idINDEE99E06P20131015
http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/holy-man-shobhan-sarkars-dream-sparks-50b-treasure-hunt-in-india/story-e6frfmd9-1226742822880
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the dream of 1000 tonnes of gold, there is one more aspect of the dream of Baba Shoban Sarkar in this Gold hunt which went unnoticed by everyone including the writer of this article.
According to this “alleged” dream by the Baba a certain King named Raja Ram Rao instructed him to unearth the treasure and HAND IT OVER to the union government. The union government would then utilize this treasure to help revive the economic crisis of India as India was facing an economic COLLAPSE in near future.
The dream is of two parts.
1. the possibility of finding the treasure
2. the prophecy that Indian economy will collapse in the near future.
I understand the writer of this article has rightly observed and deeply anguished about the fact that the media is ridiculing the 1st part of the dream [of 1000 tonnes of gold] of BABA just because he his a Hindu. Why doesn’t she mention anything about the 2nd part of the dream i:e the prophecy made by BABA in this very same dream that INDIA will be collapsing economically.
India may or mayn’t collapse economically, but the actions of the present incumbent government at the center is certainly responsible for the economic problems the country is facing. They have big ticket spending programs like the food security bill, MGNREGA, farmer loan waiver etc, and with no increase in the revenue to justify the spending, no economic stimulus for export oriented economy that would earn the revenue. In fact the government is focusing all its efforts to make India just a “market” for imported goods from the western capitalistic multinational companies thereby increasing the trade deficit. Indian import bill biggest contributor was petroleum imports, this is set to be overtaken by electronics goods imports by the year 2020, there is no incentives for manufacturing or agri-based food processing industries, or no focus on infrastructure development or no effort to have a semi conductor manufacturing capability [kapil sibbal has just given verbal assurance with no sincerity, Benguluru city municipality just recently thwarted the proposal to set up a semiconductor manufacturing industry sighting huge water resource requirement, but no city ever objected for coco cola bottling plant as they also are huge water guzzlers]. The government is certainly responsible for this economic situation and therefore is liable to to be held accountable by the people of this country.
Naturally one would have suspicion of this “dream” if both parts of the dream is considered together. There is a clear attempt here to hide the non-performance of the government in matters related to the economy and then trying to salvage their mistakes by going after some “alleged” treasure hunt. As if that would solve all the problems. What happens when the treasure found is completely utilized? would you start looking for another treasure? Why don’t we create such an atmosphere where no treasure hunt is so desperately required?
Also the timing of this dream is suspect. One would do well to remember that the newly appointed governor of Reserve Bank of India Mr. Raghuram Rajan wanted to know how much gold is present in the vaults of temples in India. He also suggested to utilize that gold for reviving the Indian economy, to wipe off the current account deficit, etc. This happened after the treasure was found in the vaults of Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala, and everyone including the so called “secular” coalition government called “UPA” went after this treasure. But the royal family of Travancore made it absolutely clear that the treasure belonged to god Himself and government cant claim it for themselves, and certainly cannot claim the treasure for covering up their mistakes and non-performance. This latest incident of the Dream of Baba Shoban Sarkar might be the perfect opportunity for the government to put pressure on the Royal Family of Travancore for letting go the treasure. Their point of argument would be that If a certain Raja Ram Rao [who came in the “alleged” dream of certain Baba Shoban Sarkar] was so eager in trying to help the government in reviving the economic crisis, it would be morally binding on the Royal family of Travancore to go by the same principle. And the government then would utilize the pliant media in initiating a debate in public sphere for just the same purpose. And the government would certainly not stop at the Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala their next TARGET would be the Tirupati Devasthanam Temple, and followed by other temples. It would be easier to EXTRACT the wealth of temple funds because all the Hindu temples in the so called “secular” India are under government trust. It is just the matter of putting the moral obligation on them and then the loot of Hindu temple wealth will start. To place the record straight no other religious worship places are under government control in our so called “secular” country. Our so called “secular” government didn’t try to inquire about the wealth of other religious institutions. It is known fact that the Church is the biggest land owner in India second only to the government, and the church got it all free from the erstwhile colonial British empire. Why don’t the so called “secular” government attempt to evaluate the current market price of the church land ownership and the percentage of land they own vis-a-vis the percentage of their population in India. Similarly the so called “secular” government should also evaluate the waqf assets of Islam. Otherwise the so called “secular” UPA government of our so called “secular” country should openly and publicly declare with clear intent that they only want to use the Hindu religious funds to revive the economy of our so called “secular” country belonging to every religion. It would then trigger the demand for “Hindu-rashtra” which would be certainly a good sign for our country which belongs to our GREAT CIVILIZATION
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It has been stated by one media source that “At least one kilo of gold ornaments are found every morning in the backyard of the seer’s ashram in Shobhan.”
If this is true—and it can be verified—then either Baba Shoban Sarkar or another agent are aware of where the treasure lies. Very probably Baba Shoban does know and is biding his time before revealing the source of the jewels that are placed in his back yard every morning.
It is also possible that the jewels are being delivered by the spirit of the raja. Spirits are able to transport goods but not create them. Therefore whether the agent is human or spirit, the location of the treasure is already known to somebody.
The ASI are advised not to abandon their search. Professional American treasure hunters will be watching the conduct of their work very closely. They will also be doing background research—treasure hunts start with a folk story or local legend or vague references in old history books. If the ASI abandons the search, the Americans are sure to come in and finish the job. They will make a deal with the government, asking for a percentage of the find in return for revealing its location. This is how the treasure hunting business works internationally.
But Baba Shoban Sarkar probably can provide all the answers to the questions being asked—including the location of the gold. It is for him to decide when he will reveal the whole truth instead of just part of it.
After all, his reputation is at stake as he has said—and so far it is a very good reputation.
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