Neem Karoli Baba

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Neem Karoli Baba

Neem karoli baba was not an ordinary person, he was a great man.  He was completely different from other sadhus because he possessed some extraordinary spiritual powers, the power of which the whole world knows.

He was born in 1900,in village Akbarpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India in a rich Brahmin family.

Neem karoli baba’s father name is Durga Prasad Sharma, his childhood name was Lakshman Das Sharma. He was so intelligent that at the age of 11 he became possessed of immense knowledge.When he did tapasya and sadhana at Vavania village of Morbi in Gujarat, At the age of 11 he left home and remained homeless, he did tapasya and sadhana at Vavania village of Morbi in Gujarat where, He got 4 siddhis by doing sadhna and tapsya for 4 years.

The reason for his name is Neem Karoli Baba :-

There is a story behind the name neem karoli baba. A train was going from a distance of about a few miles from the village of Neeb Karori in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He boarded the train and sat in the first class seat by mistake. He got pushed off the train for not having a ticket. After that the train did not start again. After many attempts, the driver and TT felt they had made a mistake by dropping him off. Driver and TT went to him after much pleading he agreed to board the train but on two conditions, first Sadhus must now be treated properly by the train firm and second The railway firm promises to build a station in the village of Neem Karoli (villagers had walked many miles to the nearest station at the time). After that, a train station was constructed in the village of Nib Karori.

Neem Karoli Baba lifestyle 

His life was very simple, he lived in a temple and sometimes he slept under a tree. He died on 11 September 1973, before his death he was chanting Om Jai Jagadish Hare.

Neem karoli baba Ashrams & mandir

During his lifetime, he established two ashrams one in Vrindavan and one in Kainchi . Currently, approximately 100 temples were built in his honor.

At Kainchi Dham ashram, where he spent the last years of his life, He built a Hanuman temple in 1964.

Neem karoli baba’s disciples

The most popular name among Neem Karoli Baba disciples is Ram Das; his real name is Richard Alpert. He was a citizen of the USA, he was a teacher at Allahabad University. Ram Das (Richard Alpert) Some of his wonderful experiences Neem Karoli Baba. He was the author of the book “Be Here Now“.

Neem Karoli baba’ devotees

Famous names among Neem Karoli Baba’s fans are Steve jobs(Apple ceo), Mark zukarbags(Facebook CEO), Hollywood actress julia roberts. It is reported that, A picture of him drew Julia Roberts to Hinduism.

Steve Jobs came to India in April 1974 with his buddy Dan Kottke to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality; they also expected to see Neem Karoli Baba, but when they arrived, the guru had died. Steve Jobs says that when he returned home from India, he was completely changed.

Influenced by Steve Jobs, when Mark Zuckerberg came to India, he told the Prime Minister of India that he wanted to visit Neem Karoli Baba’s ashram. He went to Kainchi Dham to stay for one day but he was so inspired he stayed there for 2 days.

And also Larry Brilliant guided Google’s Larry Page and eBay co-founder Jeffrey Skoll on the tour of neem Karoli baba’s ashram and Indian spirituality .

Conclusion

So far, people have given details about Neem Karoli Baba, but he is no longer with us. But like him, there are talented saints among us; one of them is Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. We have a detailed article about him on our website.

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