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'''Neem Karoli Baba''' ({{Langx|hi|नीम करौली बाबा|translit=nīm karaulī bābā}})<ref>{{cite web | title = सुर्खियों में आया बाबा नीब करौरी का आश्रम |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]| url = https://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-neeb-karori-baba-who-has-been-magnet-for-mark-zuckerberg-steve-jobs-5129042-PHO.html |language=hi|date=1 October 2015| access-date = 2015-10-04 }}</ref> or '''Neeb Karori Baba''' ({{Langx|hi|नीब करौरी बाबा|translit=nīb karaurī bābā}}) (born '''Laksman Narayan Sharma'''; {{Circa|1900}} – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as '''Maharaj-ji''', was a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[guru]] and a devotee of the [[Hindu deities|Hindu deity]] [[Hanuman]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Swami Chidananda|author-link=Swami Chidananda | title = Baba Neem Karoli: A Wonder Mystic of Northern India | url = http://www.dlshq.org/saints/neemkaroli.htm|work=[[Divine Life Society]] | access-date = 2015-10-04 }}</ref>
'''Neeb Karori Baba''' ({{Langx|hi|नीब करौरी बाबा|translit=nīb karorī bābā}})<ref>{{cite web | title = सुर्खियों में आया बाबा नीब करौरी का आश्रम |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]| url = https://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-neeb-karori-baba-who-has-been-magnet-for-mark-zuckerberg-steve-jobs-5129042-PHO.html |language=hi|date=1 October 2015| access-date = 2015-10-04 }}</ref> or '''Neeb Karori Baba''' ({{Langx|hi|नीब करौरी बाबा|translit=nīb karaurī bābā}}) (born '''Laksman Narayan Sharma'''; {{Circa|1900}} – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as '''Maharaj-ji''', was a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[guru]] and a devotee of the [[Hindu deities|Hindu deity]] [[Hanuman]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Swami Chidananda|author-link=Swami Chidananda | title = Baba Neeb Karori: A Wonder Mystic of Northern India | url = http://www.dlshq.org/saints/neemkaroli.htm|work=[[Divine Life Society]] | access-date = 2015-10-04 }}</ref>


==Biography ==
==Biography ==
===Early years===
===Early years===
Lakshman Narayan Sharma<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions |year=2004 |location=United States |publisher=Prometheus |page=142}}</ref> was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, to a wealthy [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="Jones2006">{{cite book|author1=Constance Jones|author2=James D. Ryan|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&pg=PA310|year=2006|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7564-5|page=310}}</ref> After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering [[sadhu]] (religious hermit). He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html|title=10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba|date=1 October 2015}}</ref>
Lakshman Narayan Sharma<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions |year=2004 |location=United States |publisher=Prometheus |page=142}}</ref> was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, to a wealthy [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="Jones2006">{{cite book|author1=Constance Jones|author2=James D. Ryan|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&pg=PA310|year=2006|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7564-5|page=310}}</ref> After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering [[sadhu]] (religious hermit). He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html|title=10 facts to know about Neeb Karori Baba|date=1 October 2015}}</ref>


===As Maharaj-ji===
===As Maharaj-ji===
Neem Karoli Baba, known at the time as Baba Lakshman Das (also spelled "Laxman Das"), left his home in 1958 and wandered through Northern India.<ref name=miracle>Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN|1-887474-00-5}}.</ref> During his life two main [[ashram]]s were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.<ref name="Jones2006"/> In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.<ref name="Jones2006"/>
Neeb Karori Baba, known at the time as Baba Lakshman Das (also spelled "Laxman Das"), left his home in 1958 and wandered through Northern India.<ref name=miracle>Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neeb Karori Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN|1-887474-00-5}}.</ref> During his life two main [[ashram]]s were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.<ref name="Jones2006"/> In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.<ref name="Jones2006"/>
===Ashram and temple===
===Ashram and temple===
[[File:Early morning Glimpse of Kainchi Dham Nainital 2023.jpg|thumb|[[Kainchi Dham|Morning View of
[[File:Early morning Glimpse of Kainchi Dham Nainital 2023.jpg|thumb|[[Kainchi Dham|Morning View of
Kainchi Dham Nainital]]]]
Kainchi Dham Nainital]]]]
The [[Kainchi Dham]], where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple.<ref>{{cite web | title = Devotees throng Kainchi Dham fair | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Devotees-throng-Kainchi-Dham-fair/articleshow/47680464.cms |date=15 June 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>
The [[Kainchi Dham]], where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple.<ref>{{cite web | title = Devotees throng Kainchi Dham fair | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Devotees-throng-Kainchi-Dham-fair/articleshow/47680464.cms |date=15 June 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web | title = 10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba | url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html |work=India TV News|date=1 October 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=telegraph2015>{{cite web | title = One 'Mark' who stayed two nights | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp#.Vg09Kuyqqko| archive-url = https://archive.today/20151004101156/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp%23.Vg09Kuyqqko| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 October 2015|work=The Telegraph |date=30 September 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref>
{{cite web | title = 10 facts to know about Neeb Karori Baba | url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html |work=India TV News|date=1 October 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=telegraph2015>{{cite web | title = One 'Mark' who stayed two nights | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp#.Vg09Kuyqqko| archive-url = https://archive.today/20151004101156/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp%23.Vg09Kuyqqko| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 October 2015|work=The Telegraph |date=30 September 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref>


===Death===
===Death===
[[File:Neem Karoli Baba, Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan.JPG|thumb|Neem Karoli Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan]]
[[File:Neem Karoli Baba, Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan.JPG|thumb|Neeb Karori Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan]]
Neem Karoli Baba died at approximately 1:15&nbsp;a.m. on 11 September 1973 in a hospital at [[Vrindavan]], India,<ref>{{Cite web|title=My mystical experience at Neem Karoli Baba's Kainchai Dham ashram!|url=https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/kainchi-dham-ashram-neem-karoli-baba-nainital|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.speakingtree.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Aymard|first=Orianne|authorlink=Orianne Aymard|title=When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=9780199368617|pages=257}}</ref> after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to [[Kainchi]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|isbn=0816075646|pages=310|last1=Jones|first1=Constance|last2=Ryan|first2=James D.|year=2006}}</ref> near [[Nainital]], from [[Agra]] where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at [[Mathura]] railway station where he began convulsing and was taken to a hospital where he died.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Divine Reality - Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (Neem Karoli Baba) 9788190310505|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-divine-reality-sri-baba-neeb-karori-ji-maharaj-neem-karoli-baba-9788190310505.html|access-date=2020-11-11|website=dokumen.pub|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Anne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1x_tBAAAQBAJ&q=diabetic&pg=PT30|title=Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead|date=2014-11-28|publisher=John Hunt Publishing|isbn=978-1-78279-708-1|language=en}}</ref>
Neeb Karori Baba died at approximately 1:15&nbsp;a.m. on 11 September 1973 in a hospital at [[Vrindavan]], India,<ref>{{Cite web|title=My mystical experience at Neeb Karori Baba's Kainchai Dham ashram!|url=https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/kainchi-dham-ashram-neem-karoli-baba-nainital|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.speakingtree.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Aymard|first=Orianne|authorlink=Orianne Aymard|title=When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=9780199368617|pages=257}}</ref> after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to [[Kainchi]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|isbn=0816075646|pages=310|last1=Jones|first1=Constance|last2=Ryan|first2=James D.|year=2006}}</ref> near [[Nainital]], from [[Agra]] where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at [[Mathura]] railway station where he began convulsing and was taken to a hospital where he died.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Divine Reality - Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (Neeb Karori Baba) 9788190310505|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-divine-reality-sri-baba-neeb-karori-ji-maharaj-neem-karoli-baba-9788190310505.html|access-date=2020-11-11|website=dokumen.pub|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Anne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1x_tBAAAQBAJ&q=diabetic&pg=PT30|title=Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead|date=2014-11-28|publisher=John Hunt Publishing|isbn=978-1-78279-708-1|language=en}}</ref>


His last words, repeated several times, were "[[Jai Jagdish Hare|Jaya Jagadish Hare]]" ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe").<ref name="miracleoflove">Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN|1-887474-00-5}} [http://www.ramdass.org/great-escape/]</ref>
His last words, repeated several times, were "[[Jai Jagdish Hare|Jaya Jagadish Hare]]" ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe").<ref name="miracleoflove">Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neeb Karori Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN|1-887474-00-5}} [http://www.ramdass.org/great-escape/]</ref>


His [[samadhi (shrine)]] was built in the complex of the Vrindavan ashram.
His [[samadhi (shrine)]] was built in the complex of the Vrindavan ashram.
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After returning to the United States, [[Ram Dass]] and [[Larry Brilliant]] founded the [[Seva Foundation]], an international health organization based in Berkeley, California.<ref name="Imbimbo2009">{{cite book|author=Anthony Imbimbo|title=Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Mv5tVPB4hEC&pg=PA42|date= 2009|publisher=Gareth Stevens|isbn=978-1-4339-0060-0|pages=43}}</ref>
After returning to the United States, [[Ram Dass]] and [[Larry Brilliant]] founded the [[Seva Foundation]], an international health organization based in Berkeley, California.<ref name="Imbimbo2009">{{cite book|author=Anthony Imbimbo|title=Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Mv5tVPB4hEC&pg=PA42|date= 2009|publisher=Gareth Stevens|isbn=978-1-4339-0060-0|pages=43}}</ref>


In the late 2000s the 'Love Serve Remember Foundation' was established to promote the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.<ref>{{cite web | title = Love Serve Remember Foundation - Ram Dass
In the late 2000s the 'Love Serve Remember Foundation' was established to promote the teachings of Neeb Karori Baba.<ref>{{cite web | title = Love Serve Remember Foundation - Ram Dass
| url = https://www.ramdass.org/love-serve-remember-foundation/ | access-date = 2015-10-06 }}</ref>
| url = https://www.ramdass.org/love-serve-remember-foundation/ | access-date = 2015-10-06 }}</ref>


In 2024 his follower [[Rahul Verma]] founded the NKB Divine Meditation Foundation, offering free guided meditation sessions based on the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite news | title = An ode to Neem Karoli Baba: Delhi gets a new meditation centre in Greater Kailash | url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/htcity-delhi-junction/an-ode-to-neem-karoli-baba-delhi-gets-a-new-meditation-centre-in-greater-kailash-101725431746688.html | work = [[Hindustan Times]] | access-date = 2024-09-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = NKB Divine Meditation Foundation | url = https://nkbmeditation.org/ | access-date = 2024-09-09 }}</ref>
In 2024 his follower [[Rahul Verma]] founded the NKB Divine Meditation Foundation, offering free guided meditation sessions based on the teachings of Neeb Karori Baba.<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite news | title = An ode to Neeb Karori Baba: Delhi gets a new meditation centre in Greater Kailash | url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/htcity-delhi-junction/an-ode-to-neem-karoli-baba-delhi-gets-a-new-meditation-centre-in-greater-kailash-101725431746688.html | work = [[Hindustan Times]] | access-date = 2024-09-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = NKB Divine Meditation Foundation | url = https://nkbmeditation.org/ | access-date = 2024-09-09 }}</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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* {{cite book |author-link=Bhagavan Das (yogi) |author=Bhagavan Das |year=1997 |title=It's Here Now (Are You?) |publisher= Broadway |isbn=0-7679-0009-X}}
* {{cite book |author-link=Bhagavan Das (yogi) |author=Bhagavan Das |year=1997 |title=It's Here Now (Are You?) |publisher= Broadway |isbn=0-7679-0009-X}}
* {{cite book |author=Hanuman Foundation |title=Neem Karoli Baba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igsSoAEACAAJ |year=1980 |publisher=Hanuman Foundation}}
* {{cite book |author=Hanuman Foundation |title=Neeb Karori Baba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igsSoAEACAAJ |year=1980 |publisher=Hanuman Foundation}}
* {{cite book |editor=Keshav Das |year=2011 |title=Barefoot in the Heart: Remembering Neem Karoli Baba |publisher=Sensitive Skin Books. |isbn=978-0-9839271-2-9}}
* {{cite book |editor=Keshav Das |year=2011 |title=Barefoot in the Heart: Remembering Neeb Karori Baba |publisher=Sensitive Skin Books. |isbn=978-0-9839271-2-9}}
* {{cite book |author-link=Krishna Das (singer) |author=Krishna Das |year=2010 |title=Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold |publisher=Hay House, Inc. |isbn=978-1-4019-2022-7}}
* {{cite book |author-link=Krishna Das (singer) |author=Krishna Das |year=2010 |title=Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold |publisher=Hay House, Inc. |isbn=978-1-4019-2022-7}}
* {{cite book|first=Parvati |last=Markus|title=Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba and His Devotees | date=October 1996 |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |isbn=1-887474-02-1}}
* {{cite book|first=Parvati |last=Markus|title=Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neeb Karori Baba and His Devotees | date=October 1996 |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |isbn=1-887474-02-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Pande |first=Ravi Prakash |title=Divine Reality: Shri Baba Neem Karoli Baba|publisher=HarperOne|year=2015|isbn=978-0062342997}}
* {{cite book |last=Pande |first=Ravi Prakash |title=Divine Reality: Shri Baba Neeb Karori Baba|publisher=HarperOne|year=2015|isbn=978-0062342997}}
* {{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Dada |year=2001 |title=By His Grace: A Devotee's Story |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |isbn=0-9628878-7-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Dada |year=2001 |title=By His Grace: A Devotee's Story |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |isbn=0-9628878-7-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Dada |year=2001 |title=The Near and the Dear: Stories Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj |publisher=Shri Kainchi Hanuman Mandir Ashram}}
* {{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Dada |year=2001 |title=The Near and the Dear: Stories Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj |publisher=Shri Kainchi Hanuman Mandir Ashram}}
* {{cite book |author=Ram Dass |author-link=Ram Dass |year=1971 |title=[[Be Here Now (book)|Be Here Now]] |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=0-517-54305-2}}
* {{cite book |author=Ram Dass |author-link=Ram Dass |year=1971 |title=[[Be Here Now (book)|Be Here Now]] |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=0-517-54305-2}}
* {{cite book |author=Ram Dass |title=Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |year=1995 |isbn=1887474005}}
* {{cite book |author=Ram Dass |title=Miracle of Love: Stories about Neeb Karori Baba |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |year=1995 |isbn=1887474005}}
* {{cite book |first=Jai Ram |last=Ransom |title=It All Abides in Love: Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba |publisher=Taos Music and Art, Inc. |year=2014 |isbn=9780990718222}}
* {{cite book |first=Jai Ram |last=Ransom |title=It All Abides in Love: Maharaji Neeb Karori Baba |publisher=Taos Music and Art, Inc. |year=2014 |isbn=9780990718222}}
* {{cite book |first=Jaya |last=Prasada |title=Sri Siddhi Ma The Story of Neem Karoli Baba's Spiritual Legacy |publisher=India Penguin|year=2022 |isbn=9780143457831}}
* {{cite book |first=Jaya |last=Prasada |title=Sri Siddhi Ma The Story of Neeb Karori Baba's Spiritual Legacy |publisher=India Penguin|year=2022 |isbn=9780143457831}}
{{refend}}
{{refend}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Neem Karoli Baba}}
{{Commons category|Neeb Karori Baba}}


*{{URL|http://nkbashram.org/|Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, Taos, New Mexico}}
*{{URL|http://nkbashram.org/|Neeb Karori Baba Ashram, Taos, New Mexico}}
*{{URL|https://nkbmeditation.org/|Neem Karoli Baba Meditation Centre, New Delhi}}
*{{URL|https://nkbmeditation.org/|Neeb Karori Baba Meditation Centre, New Delhi}}
*{{URL|https://maharajji.love/|Maharaj Ji's Ashram}}
*{{URL|https://maharajji.love/|Maharaj Ji's Ashram}}
*''{{URL|https://www.windfallofgrace.com/|Windfall of Grace}}''
*''{{URL|https://www.windfallofgrace.com/|Windfall of Grace}}''
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Revision as of 06:35, 1 July 2025

Neem Karoli Baba
Personal life
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
Vrindavan, India
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophyBhakti yoga
Religious career
Disciples

Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karorī bābā)[3] or Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) (born Laksman Narayan Sharma; 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]

Biography

Early years

Lakshman Narayan Sharma[5] was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, to a wealthy Brahmin family.[1] After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering sadhu (religious hermit). He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.[6]

As Maharaj-ji

Neeb Karori Baba, known at the time as Baba Lakshman Das (also spelled "Laxman Das"), left his home in 1958 and wandered through Northern India.[7] During his life two main ashrams were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.[1] In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.[1]

Ashram and temple

Morning View of Kainchi Dham Nainital

The Kainchi Dham, where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple.[8][9][10]

Death

Neeb Karori Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan

Neeb Karori Baba died at approximately 1:15 a.m. on 11 September 1973 in a hospital at Vrindavan, India,[11][12] after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to Kainchi[13] near Nainital, from Agra where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at Mathura railway station where he began convulsing and was taken to a hospital where he died.[14][15]

His last words, repeated several times, were "Jaya Jagadish Hare" ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe").[16]

His samadhi (shrine) was built in the complex of the Vrindavan ashram.

Foundations

After returning to the United States, Ram Dass and Larry Brilliant founded the Seva Foundation, an international health organization based in Berkeley, California.[17]

In the late 2000s the 'Love Serve Remember Foundation' was established to promote the teachings of Neeb Karori Baba.[18]

In 2024 his follower Rahul Verma founded the NKB Divine Meditation Foundation, offering free guided meditation sessions based on the teachings of Neeb Karori Baba.[19][20]

  • Neem Karoli Baba sculpture in Ram Dass library
    Neem Karoli Baba sculpture in Ram Dass library
  • Devotees of Neem Karoli Baba meditating at NKB Divine Meditation Centre, New Delhi
    Devotees of Neem Karoli Baba meditating at NKB Divine Meditation Centre, New Delhi

References

  1. ^ a b c d Constance Jones; James D. Ryan (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-8160-7564-5.
  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 Neeb Karori: A Wonder Mystic of Northern India". Divine Life Society. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  5. ^ The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions. United States: Prometheus. 2004. p. 142.
  6. ^ "10 facts to know about Neeb Karori Baba". 1 October 2015.
  7. ^ Ram Dass (1995). Miracle of Love: Stories about Neeb Karori Baba. Hanuman Foundation. ISBN 1-887474-00-5.
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  9. ^ "10 facts to know about Neeb Karori Baba". India TV News. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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