Sometime after Sripada Srivallabha disappeared, a Brahmin named Vallabhesh vowed to go to Kuravapur and feed 1,000 Brahmins if he earned more than his usual profit. Near Kuravapur, Vallabhesh encountered
bandits in disguise who robbed and beheaded him. Sripada Srivallabha suddenly appeared from nowhere and killed the bandits with his
Trishula; one, who appealed to the saint as
Shiva, was spared. Being told, the person spared reattached Vallabhesh's severed head to his body to be brought back to life by the grace of Sripada Srivallabha. Vallabhesh Brahmin is considered the
mula-purush (founder) of the Hedgewar family.
K. B. Hedgewar, founder of the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was a ninth-generation descendant of Vallabhesh. ==References==