Dada Bhagwan | |
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| Born | Ambalal Muljibhai Patel (A. M. Patel) 7 November 1908 |
| Died | 2 January 1988 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Indian |
Dada Bhagwan (7 November 1908 – 2 January 1988), also known as Dadashri, born Ambalal Muljibhai Patel, was an Indian spiritual leader from Gujarat who founded the Akram Vignan Movement. He was spiritually inclined from an early age. He worked as a contractor for a company maintaining dry docks in Bombay before attaining "self-realization" in 1958. He left business and focused on his spiritual goals. The movement around his teaching grew into the Akram Vignan movement gaining followers in western India and abroad. Ahimsa (non-violence) and vegetarianism are an important part of Dada's teachings.[1]
- ^ Amin, Niruben. (2022). As Expounded by Dada Bhagwan: Non-Violence. Dada Bhagwan Vignan Foundation. pp. 61-63, pp. 71-72. ISBN 978-93-86289-11-7