Neem Karoli Baba

Neem Karoli Baba
Personal
Born
Lakshman Narayan Sharma

c. 1900[1]
Akbarpur village, North-Western Provinces, British India[2]
(present-day Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died11 September 1973 (aged 73)
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India
ReligionHinduism
Organization
PhilosophyBhakti yoga
Religious career
Disciples

Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā)[3] or Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) (c. 1900 – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman.[4] He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 1970s.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jones2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Akbarpur Maharaj ji birthplace". Maharaj Love.
  3. ^ "सुर्खियों में आया बाबा नीब करौरी का आश्रम". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ Swami Chidananda. "Baba Neem Karoli: A Wonder Mystic of Northern India". Divine Life Society. Retrieved 4 October 2015.