Lama surya das history8/2/2023 Neem Karoli Baba died at approximately 1:15 AM in the early morning hours of 11 September 1973 in a hospital at Vrindavan, India after slipping into a diabetic coma. Neem Karoli Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan Each year on June 15, the Kainchi Dham Bhandara takes place to commemorate the inauguration of the temple, a celebration that typically receives over 100,000 devotees. Over the years the temple, situated 17 km from Nainital on the Nainital- Almora road, has become an important pilgrimage for locals, as well as spiritual seekers and devotees worldwide. It started two years prior with a modest platform built for two local sadhus, Premi Baba and Sombari Maharaj to perform yagnas. The Kainchi Dham ashram, where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple. In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name. During his life two main ashrams were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan. In Vrindavan, local inhabitants addressed him by the name of Chamatkari Baba ("miracle baba"). When he did tapasya and sadhana at Vavania village of Morbi in Gujarat, he was known as Tallaiya Baba. During this time he was known under many names, including: Lakshman Das, Handi Wallah Baba, and Tikonia Walla Baba. Thereafter he wandered extensively throughout Northern India. Baba lived in the village of Neem Karoli for a while and was named by locals. Later a train station was built at the village of Neem Karoli. Baba gave his blessings and the train proceeded. The officials agreed and Neem Karoli Baba boarded the train joking, "What, is it up to me to start trains?" Immediately after his boarding the train, it started, but the train drivers would not proceed unless the sadhu blessed them to move forward. Neem Karoli agreed to board the train on two conditions: 1) the railway company promise to build a station at the village of Neem Karoli (at the time the villagers had to walk many miles to the nearest station), and 2) the railway company must henceforth treat sadhus better. After several attempts at starting the train, someone suggested to the conductor that they allow the sadhu back on to the train. After forcing Baba off the train, the conductor found that the train would not start again. Ram Dass tells a story that Baba Lakshman Das boarded a train without a ticket and the conductor decided to halt the train and force Neem Karoli Baba off of the train at the village of Neem Karoli, Farrukhabad district ( U.P). Neem Karoli Baba, known at the time as Baba Lakshman Das (also spelled "Laxman Das"), left his home in 1958. He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life. After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering sadhu. Lakshman Narayan Sharma was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, to a wealthy Brahmin family. His ashrams are in Kainchi, Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Shimla, Neem Karoli village near Khimasepur in Farrukhabad, Bhumiadhar, Hanumangarhi, and Delhi in India and in Taos, New Mexico, United States. He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 70s, the most well-known being the spiritual teachers Ram Dass and Bhagavan Das, and the musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal. ![]() ![]() 1900 – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. Neem Karoli Baba ( Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā) or Neeb Karori Baba ( Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) ( c. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Jeffrey Skoll, Dan Kottke, Julia Roberts.
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