Agia Ram Lamba

Agia Ram Lamba, father of Hemant Lamba passed away peacefully on Friday 2nd August around 9:30 pm at Aurodam. He was 87 years old.

He shifted to live with his son, about 10 years ago and worked at Visitors Centre guest service where his work and friendly nature was highly liked and appreciated. He would say I am a guide to people in search of Light.

He developed a special connection to Matrimandir and guided people to get passes in search of Light.

Always cheerful and steeped in his love for the Divine, he liked a friendly conversation.

An engineer and scientist he retired as a scientist at Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.

Born in 1937 in undivided India, he experienced the painful partition of the country when he moved along with his family as through an arduous journey from Pindi Gheb in North West Punjab to refugee camps in 1947, moving through several cities he started working life in Delhi. After retirement he moved to Pondicherry and developed a deep connection with the Ashram and helped starting the first Gurdwara in Pondicherry.

He is survived by his son Hemant and grand daughter Sanaa.

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