Hadi Das, a saint from Odisha, was born at Champapur just one km from Chhatia in the state of Odisha in 1772 Anno Domini to the parents Chemei Ojha and Devaki of a blacksmith family. His parent had lost all the children before Hadi Das was born.
Hadi Das chose for his ancestral occupation a place at Chhatia called Kalagiri surrounded by trees and bushes.
Early Actually his real name was Hadi Das (the servant of vishnu). His spiritual teacher was Mastaram Das, a saint from western India residing at Puri at that time. Hadi Das came in contact with him and was inspired by him for his spiritual and divine power and admitted him as his spiritual teacher.
The Bata or the tree under which he was working is said to be still preserved as a symbol.
The temple there carry the name of the place " Chhatia" and the name of Bata as well. His blacksmiths occupation continued wonderfully.
He had a number of disciples. He was never showy and spontaneous flow of his religious doctrines were written down by his disciples on the palm leaf and brass leaf at that time.
