The curious case of Shanti Devi

When she was just four years old, Shanti Devi began telling her parents eerily specific details about her old life in a town 75 miles from where she was born and a place she'd never been to before.

Welcome to this unbelievable story about Shanti Devi’s incarnation! This story is one of mystery, adventure, and an immortal connection to a mysterious past.

Follow along as we dive into the details of this incredible tale.

Shanti Devi was born in Delhi, India on Dec. 11, 1926.

Shortly after she learned to speak, she baffled her parents regularly with stories of her past life in a town neither she nor her parents had ever been to.

She started to remember details about her past life like the foods she ate, the dresses she worn including that her real home was in Mathura, around 75 miles away from Delhi.

She eventually revealed to her parents that her former name was Lugdi, along with a series of events that had taken place after she had given birth to a son and her death 10 days after giving birth in October 1925. She added an array of intricate details; from the labor pains to the surgical procedures, she had to endure.

It seemed that such facts couldn't have been dreamt up by even the most imaginative of children.

She described the details of the city including shops and streets in glorious details to her parents.

She also began to speak of her husband, a merchant whose name she refused to reveal until she was about nine years old. But she did tell her parents that he was fair, had a wart on his left cheek and wore reading glasses.

One day when Devi revealed that her husband’s name was Pandit Kedarnath Chaube, sometimes referred to as Kedar Nath. Although discouraged by her parents, a friend of the family decided to find out if there was any truth to what she’d been saying.

The friend sent a letter to a merchant named Kedar Nath in Mathura to inquire about Devi’s unusual memories. To the friend’s surprise, Nath wrote back confirming all the details. Devi's family was in complete shock when they heard the news that he was alive.

Not only was he alive, but he was living exactly in the same place that Devi had mentioned.

Everybody is shocked and an historic meeting was arranged between them that not even science could quite explain.

This time, Kedar Nath and the child he had with Lugdi, now ten years old, entered the home themselves. Upon seeing them, Shanti Devi reportedly burst into tears. Nath admitted that every answer Devi gave to his queries was correct when he asked to communicate with her privately.

“He found the replies to be quite correct and was moved to tears!” Read an account by an investigator on the case in 1937.

“It was as though his dead wife was speaking.”

It was one of the most thoroughly investigated cases, studied by hundreds of researchers, critics, scholars, saints, and eminent public figures from all parts of India and abroad from the mid-1930s on.

Shanti Devi spent several days with Kedar Nath and his son before they had to return to Mathura. Saddened by their departure, she pleaded with her parents to let her take a trip to her former home.

The case of Shanti Devi's apparent reincarnation of Lugdi Devi even grabbed the attention of Mahatma Gandhi, who set up a commission to investigate.

In November 1935, a dozen researchers joined Shanti Devi and her parents on the three-hour train ride to Mathura.

Necessary precautions were taken so that no pedestrians should be allowed to lead the way. The driver was instructed to follow the route indicated only by the girl, without caring as to where he went.”

Sure enough, Devi had no problem directing the group to what she claimed was her former home. Along the way, she noted various streets that hadn’t been paved earlier and buildings that weren’t there during her previous life. The driver confirmed these observations were correct.

Devi’s reunion tour of Mathura continued to her former parents’ house. “She not only recognized it but was also able to identify her old ‘father’ and ‘mother’ in a crowd of more than 50 persons,” one of the investigators wrote.

Years later, a 1958 newspaper interview followed her. At the time, Shanti Devi was 32 years old and had never married. She was living a quiet, spiritual life in Delhi.

Shanti Devi's story is one that captivates the hearts and imaginations of many. It has been told and retold throughout the years.

In 1986, she was interviewed by Ian Stevenson and K.S. Rawat, who wrote down her accounts of her near-death experiences when Lugdi Devi died.

In 1987, K.S. Rawat continued his investigations, conducting another interview just four days before Shanti Devi's death on 27 December 1987.

Her story is a testament to the power of faith, resilience, and the human spirit, and her words will continue to live on for many generations to come.

This concludes our article about Shanti Devi’s incredible story of reincarnation. Her journey was a remarkable one and it is no wonder that her story was featured in newspapers and books. Death is a mystery to all of us, and so is reincarnation. When science cannot explain something, it is often referred to as a belief.

But there are many mysterious stories in the world now where people claim to be reincarnated and they remember their past life. One such intriguing story was of Shanti Devi. We hope that this article helped you to understand more about the concept of reincarnation and Shanti Devi’s story.

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