The first reported encounter with Mahavatar Babaji was in 1861, when Shyamacharan Lahiri was posted to Ranikhet in his work as an accountant for the British government.
18 Facts About Mahavatar Babaji
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Mahavatar Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya that he was his guru from the past, then initiated him into Kriya Yoga and instructed Lahiri Mahasaya to initiate others.
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Lahiri Mahasaya had many meetings with Mahavatar Babaji, recounted in several books, including Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya, and Purana Purusha: Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiri, among others.
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Mahavatar Babaji was struck by the resemblance between Lahiri Mahasaya and Mahavatar Babaji.
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Yukteswar had two more meetings with Mahavatar Babaji, including one in the presence of Lahiri Mahasaya.
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Mahavatar Babaji responded that he was about 500 years old at that time.
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The Mahavatar Babaji is in constant communion with Christ; together they send out vibrations of redemption, and have planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age.
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Mahavatar Babaji is well aware of the trend of modern times, especially of the influence and complexities of Western civilization, and realizes the necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga equally in the West and in the East.
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Ramaiah founded on 17 October 1952, a new organization, "Kriya Mahavatar Babaji Sangah," dedicated to the teaching of Mahavatar Babaji's Kriya Yoga.
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Mahavatar Babaji was a disciple of Bogar and his birth name is Nagarajan.
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In Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, many references are made to Mahavatar Babaji, including from Lahiri Mahasaya and Sri Yukteswar.
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Mahavatar Babaji revealed only those details which he believed to be formative as well as potentially instructive to his disciples.
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Mahavatar Babaji found the jackfruit when his mother was not around and ate it all.
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Mahavatar Babaji made a long pilgrimage to Badrinath and spent eighteen months practising yogic kriya taught to him by Siddha Agastya and Bhogarnathar.
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Mahavatar Babaji was said to have appeared to each of them independently and then brought them together to work for his Mission in 1942.
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Mahavatar Babaji was on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt.
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Mahavatar Babaji can be seen on the cover of George Harrison's 1974 album Dark Horse.
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Swami Maheshwarananda writes in his book The hidden power in humans, that the Guru of the legendary Mahavatar Babaji is Sri Alakh Puriji.