Neem Karoli Baba
Neem Karoli Baba | |
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Neem Karoli Baba at Kainchi | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Lakshman Narayan Sharma c. 1900 Akbarpur village, North-Western Provinces, British India (present-day Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 11 September 1973 Vrindavan, India |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Bhakti yoga |
| Religious career | |
Disciples | |
Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā) 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.