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<div>{{Short description|Indian spiritual guru|bot=PearBOT 5}}<br />
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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Pilot Baba<br />
| alt = Wing Commander Kapil Singh<br />
| birth_name = '''Kapil Singh'''<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|15 July 1938}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sasaram]], [[Bihar]],[[India]]<br />
| occupation = *Spiritual guru<br />
*Writer<br />
*Former fighter pilot<br />
| awards = <br />
| website = {{URL|pilotbaba.org}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pilot Baba''' is a revered Indian spiritual guru who have previously been Wing Commander Kapil Singh, a fighter pilot with the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6276333.stm|title=The ex-pilot reborn as a guru|author=Geeta Pandey|date=18 January 2007|publisher=BBC News, Allahabad|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2018|reason=rank not given cited source}} Pilot Baba has established a number of Ashrams and spiritual centers in India and abroad.<br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
Kapil Singh claims to have been commissioned in the [[Indian Air Force]] as a fighter pilot in 1957. He also claims to have participated in the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962, the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] and the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] wars, rising to the rank of Wing Commander.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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== Leaving the IAF and transformation ==<br />
During the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962 Kapil Singh was flying a MiG aircraft in the North-East of India also known as [[North-East Frontier Agency|NEFA]] when his aircraft lost control. Radio contact with his base was also broken and he was believed lost.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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According to Pilot Baba, Kapil's spiritual guru, Hari Baba, appeared in his cockpit and guided him to land his fighter aircraft safely.<br />
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This event became a turning point in young Kapil's life and ten years later, at the age of 33, he retired from the Air Force to pursue his spiritual life.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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==Controversial spiritual career==<br />
Pilot Baba is known for his claim to enter lengthy ''samadhi'', or death-like bodily states, often under the ground.<ref>Amitava Sanyal; "[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/pilot-baba-on-his-mastery-of-death/story-O4WWixDY5BmhVHhMLu06pN.html Pilot Baba on his mastery of death]", ''Hindustan Times'', 14 January 2007 (retrieved 29 April 2018)</ref><ref>Kunal Verma; "[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840215-pilot-baba-from-air-force-wing-commander-to-sanyasi-802756-1984-02-15 Pilot Baba: From air force wing commander to sanyas]", ''India Today'', 15 February 1984. (retrieved 29 April 2018)</ref> He is also accused of using trickery to deceive people into believing that he can survive days without oxygen underground or underwater or in a sealed container. In one instance, he made another guru named Khareshwari Baba stand underground for 10 days, resulting in the latter's death while collecting a lot of money from the spectacle.<ref name="barth" /><br />
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===Ashrams===<br />
Pilot Baba and his followers have set up [[ashram]]s (spiritual retreats or meditation centres) in both India and other countries.<br />
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Ashrams in India include:<ref>[http://www.pilotbaba.org/ashram/ Pilot Baba's Ashram], pilotbaba.org</ref><br />
*[[Sasaram]]<br />
*[[Haridwar]]<br />
*[[Nainital]]<br />
*[[Uttarkashi]]<br />
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Ashrams in other countries include:<br />
*[[Japan]]<ref name="barth">[http://barthsnotes.com/2005/10/22/going-underground-with-pilot-baba/ Going Underground with Pilot Baba]</ref><br />
*[[Nepal]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/PilotBabaAshramNepal/ Facebook]</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
Books written by Pilot Baba include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Mahayogi-Pilot-Baba/e/B00J5XVC2I|title=Amazon.com: Mahayogi Pilot Baba: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle|website=www.amazon.com|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref><br />
* Kailash Mansarovar<br />
* Pearls of Wisdom<br />
* Discover Secrets of The Himalaya<br />
* Antaryatra' The Inner Journey (2 volumes)<br />
* Pilgrimage from You to Yourself<br />
* Himalayan kah raha hai (2 volumes)<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.pilotbaba.org/home.php Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]<br />
[[Category:1938 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sasaram]]<br />
[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Hindu spiritual teachers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian spiritual writers]]<br />
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