Background
He was born on 26 October 1870 (Second day of bright half of Kartik month, Vikram Samvat 1927) at Vadodara, Gujarat.
He was born on 26 October 1870 (Second day of bright half of Kartik month, Vikram Samvat 1927) at Vadodara, Gujarat.
He is also known as Punjab Kesari. He was a disciple of Vijayanandsuri. He worked for the religious as well as improving the social life of people.
He worked actively in Punjab.
He was named Chhagan. In Vikram Samvat 1981, he was conferred the title of Acharya on Magshirsh Sudi 5 by Sumtivijay at Lahore.
Vallabhsuri was in Gujranwala for Chaturmas in 1947. Due to the partition of India, Gujaranwala fell in Pakistan.
There was widespread communal violence across both nations.
He wrote some books and religious texts in Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi Languages. He supported Mahatma Gandhi"s non-violent movement for independence of India. He died on 22 September 1954 (Asoj Vadi 11, Vikram Samvat 2011), Tuesday at 2:32 am in Byculla, Mumbai.
A memorial dedicated to him was built there later.
His disciples are now a part of Atam - Vallabh Samudai, an ascetic grouping. Their leader is known as Pattadhar.
Successors of it in chronological order are:
Vijayanandsuri
Vallabhsuri
Samudrasuri
Indradinnsuri
Ratnakarsuri
Vijay Vallabh Smarak, a Memorial in Delhi was erected to honour him. India Post issued a postage stamp of Vallabhsuri on 21 February 2009 which depicted his image along with Vijay Vallabh Smarak as a background image.