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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]
The temple was established in 1950 by Neem Karoli Baba, after he spent 10–12 days in the forest area. While meditating, he got some instinct that Hanuman temple should be built on the site. While meditating, he got some instinct that Hanuman temple should be built on the site.
After Baba Neem Karoli's Mahasamadhi, Mukerjee wrote two English-language books about him: By His Grace: A Devotee's Story, [1] and The Near and the Dear: Stories of Neem Karoli Baba and His Devotees. [2] These works are, in part, autobiographical as well. Mukerjee is also mentioned in passing in Ram Dass's book Miracle of Love: Stories about ...
An inquiry whether Baba Hari Dass was a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba leads to a proposition that there was no long-lasting relationship of guru-disciple in the sense of guru-shishya (or chela), although that relationship extended over several years (1954–1968) and included selfless service, guru-seva or karma-yoga done by Baba Hari Dass. [85]
Neem Karoli Baba [27] (c. late 19th or early 20th century – 11 September 1973) Nigamananda Paramahansa [28] (18 August 1880 – 29 November 1935) Nimbarka [29] (c. 7th century or earlier) Niranjanananda (c. 1862 – 9 May 1904) Nirmala Srivastava, also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011)
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati (May 26, 1940 – April 14, 2012), often shortened to Ma Jaya, was a devotee of Hindu Guru Neem Karoli Baba. She founded Kashi Ashram in Sebastian, Florida, in 1976. [1] Jaya's interfaith teachings included a blend of philosophy from many different religions. She was involved in HIV/AIDS activism [2] and hunger alleviation.
His guru, Neem Karoli Baba, died on 11 September 1973. Timothy Leary and Ram Dass, who had grown apart after Ram Dass denounced Leary in a 1974 news conference, reconciled in 1983 at Harvard (at a reunion for the 20th anniversary of their controversial firing from the Harvard faculty), and reunited before Leary's death in May 1996.
From 1971 to 1976 he traveled in India. There he studied Hinduism with Neem Karoli Baba [6] as well as Vipassana with S. N. Goenka and Anagarika Munindra, of the Theravadin tradition. [7] Neem Karoli Baba gave him the name Surya Das in 1972. [8]