Mahant Shri Naresh Puri Maharaj was born in the village of Udaipura (Dausa) Rajasthan. Due to the family rituals and the religious tendency of the parents, Maharaj Shri’s trend turned towards reading devotional religious literature and devotional music. His mother passed away when he was very young. Mahant Shree Nareshpuri Maharaj, who had a very religious nature and strong personality, took Guru Deeksha from his Gurudev, Mahant Shree Kishore Puri Maharaj Maharaj, and it was in the company of respected Gurudev that he developed spirituality in his life. At the same time, he got engaged in the service worship of Lord Shri Ram and Shri Balaji Maharaj. Due to his special interest in devotion to the Lord, Maharaj Shri Naresh Puri, at a very young age, dedicated himself to the virtue of serving his Shri Balaji Maharaj and determined the purpose of his life to be devotion to the Lord, service worship and welfare of the people.
Shri Nareshpuri Maharaj has been doing service, worship, and public welfare work of Shri Balaji Maharaj for the last 42 years. Maharaj Shri Naresh Puri got conducted and completed very well all the works by the trust. The level at which Mehandipur Shri Balaji Maharaj Ghata Mehandipur Trust is functioning today, the entire credit goes to Maharaj Shri Naresh Puri.
With the visionary thinking of Maharaj Shri Nareshpuri, facilities like cleanliness, fire-fighting facility, toilet and drinking water arrangement in the temple and its surrounding areas, and distribution of daily lunch to all the pilgrims in the temple premises are also done by the trust itself. Apart from this, another college has been started by the trust itself for the computer course PGDCA program. Apart from free Sanskrit education, an incentive amount of Rs 1000 has also been started for the promotion of Vedic culture. Renovation of all schools and colleges with modern computer labs in PG college, library, and other facilities are enriched. In addition to this, day scholars of primary school have started giving food facilities and scholarships for Vedic education.
Modernization of the Sawmani process with food packing, renovation of the temple including renovation of Aarti hall with a modern inquiry office with 24 hours call center for the convenience of devotees, queue and crowd management, are other notable works carried out under the guidance of Maharaj Shri Nareshpuri. The building has been made earthquake-proof and equipped with air-conditioned modern facilities. The railing has been arranged in a systematic way in a 10000 square feet area near the temple for the smooth operation of all the devotees coming in huge groups to visit the temple. An air-conditioned waiting room with 200 chairs has been constructed for the passengers and devotees to sit, as a result of which the devotees can sit to receive the Prasad of Savamani.
Mahant Shri Naresh Puri Maharaj is making unprecedented contributions in the field of education, medicine, cow service, social service, and spirituality. He has always had special attention to education and health. Along with this, many works are being done by Maharaj to take eternal religion and culture to the masses. During the global pandemic Covid 19, many works were done by the Trust for the benefit of public welfare, under which the Trust has played an advanced role in public welfare by providing financial support to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Along with this, hundreds of packets of prepared food were distributed daily in three districts with the help of the administration for the needy laborers and the poor. In addition to this, free oxygen concentrators were made available in the district hospitals by Maharaj Shri Naresh Puri Maharaj during the difficult time of corona pandemic so that the availability of oxygen could be ensured.
Recently Maharaj Shree successfully completed the seven-day festival of the consecration of Shri Radhakrishna’s deity, the main attraction of which was Shrimad Bhagwat Gyan Saptah, 11 lacks Brahma Gayatri Jaap, Bhajan Sandhya, flower showers from a helicopter, Huge Kalash Yatra, the consecration of Mahayogeshwar’s Deity in the presence of saints from India and abroad and a grand celebration of more than one lakh people.