Shivapuri_Baba

Shivapuri Baba

Shivapuri Baba

Hindu saint from South East Asia

Shivapuri Baba (Nepali: शिवपुरी बाबा) was a Hindu saint. His birth name was Jayanthan Nambudiripad and is also known by the name of Swami Govindanath Bharati. He died on 28 January 1963 at Dhrubsthali, near Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal. He claimed to have been born in 1826 in Kerala, a region in southern India.[1][2] Shivapuri baba came to Nepal and spent the later stage of his life by meditating in the forest of Shivpuri in Kathmandu, Nepal, from where he derived his name.[1]

Statue of shivapuri baba

References

  1. [1]
    Singh, Rishi (2009-02-28). "One's religion". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  2. [2]
    Bennett, John G; Manandhar, Thakur Lal (1965). "Long pilgrimage: the life and teaching of Sri Govindananda Bharati known as The Shivapuri Baba".
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