Why Hindus Believe Ramdevpir to be The Incarnation of Lord Krishna?

King Ajmalji had no sons and so he became a ritualistic devotee of Lord Shiva and regularly made pilgrimages to Kashi, now known as Banaras, the holy city on the banks of River Ganges. There, he offered his prayers to Kashi Vishvanath in his desire to have a son.

Since he learnt that the citizens of Pokran considered him to be ominous, he decided to end his life in Kashi, if Kashi Vishvanath did not grant him his wishes for a son. He went to Kashi Vishvanath and put himself to penance and chanting the mantra “Aum Namah Shivaya” offered his prayers. On the seventh day at midnight he saw Lord Shiva in his dream, and told King Ajmalji to go to Dwarka where his wish would be fulfilled.

The next day he was on his way back to his Kingdom, Pokran where in his absence, his wife Queen Minaldevi had been fasting and had put herself under penance. He told the Queen about his dream in Kashi and deciding to go to Dwarka with a tiffin full of sweet balls to offer to Lord Krishna known in Dwarka as Dwarikadhish or Ranchhodrai.

In the temple of Dwarka he started conversing with Ranchhodrai in the form of a deity, which obviously would not reply as it was made of a stone. A gugali (a type of Brahmin) priest advised Ajmalji that if he wanted to meet the real Ranchhodrai he will need to jump into the sea as his capital the Golden Dwarka was under the sea. The legend goes that he met Lord Krishna in Golden Dwarka. He granted him his wish for a son and gave him a flower, but the King insisted he wanted a son like the Lord himself in which case Krishna had no alternative but to take birth himself.

Ranchhodrai gave him another flower and promised that he will take birth at the appropriate time as his younger son. He told him to name both the sons Viramdev and Ramdev. He gave his three other emblems – Vir Gediyo, box of Amal and Ratna Katora.

Ajmalji bowed down to touch the feet of Ranchhodrai and closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes he found himself on the beach. He collected his horse from the Gugali priest and was on his way back home. As night approached, he rested on the side of the road and fell asleep. When he woke up he found himself on the outskirts of Pokran. He entered Pokran and went to his Royal Palace, and was greeted by his wife and ministers. He placed both flowers in a small temple within the palace. After ten months the Queen gave birth to a son. He was named “Viramdev”. Then on Thursday Bhadon Sudi 11(Ekadashi) in the year VS 1461 (1405 A.D). Lord Krishna arrived in the form of a baby boy and laid down next to Viramdev in the cradle. The Queen saw the kum kum foot prints leading up to the cradle. This baby boy was named Ramdev.