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	\| birth_place = Akbarpur village, [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British Raj\|British India]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://maharajji.love/akbarpur-maharajjis-birthplace/\|title=Akbarpur Maharaj ji birthplace\|website=Maharaj Love}}</ref><br>(present-day [[Firozabad district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])		\| birth_place = Akbarpur village, [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British Raj\|British India]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://maharajji.love/akbarpur-maharajjis-birthplace/\|title=Akbarpur Maharaj ji birthplace\|website=Maharaj Love}}</ref><br>(present-day [[Firozabad district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
	\| birth_name = Lakshmi Narayan Sharma		\| birth_name = Lakshmi Narayan Sharma
	\| death_date = September ~~11,~~ 1973 (aged 73)		\| death_date = 11 September 1973 (aged 73)
	\| death_place = [[Vrindavan]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Vrindavan]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
	\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]		\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]
	\| guru =		\| guru =
	\| literary_works =		\| literary_works =
	\| disciples = [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)\|Bhagavan Das]], [[Jai Uttal]], [[Krishna Das (singer)\|Krishna Das]], [[Ram Dass]], ~~Ram Rani,~~ [[Surya Das]]		\| disciples = [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)\|Bhagavan Das]], [[Dada Mukerjee]], [[Jai Uttal]], [[Krishna Das (singer)\|Krishna Das]], [[Ram Dass]], [[Surya Das]]
	\| Influenced =		\| Influenced =
	\| philosophy = [[Bhakti yoga]], [[Selfless service\|Seva]]		\| philosophy = [[Bhakti yoga]], [[Selfless service\|Seva]]
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =
	\| influenced = [[Steve Jobs]], [[~~Mark Zuckerberg~~]], [[Larry Page]], [[~~Jeffrey Skoll~~]], [[~~Dan Kottke~~]], [[~~Julia Roberts~~]]		\| influenced = [[Larry Brilliant]], [[Steve Jobs]], [[Dan Kottke]], [[Larry Page]], [[Julia Roberts]], [[Jeffrey Skoll]], [[Mark Zuckerberg]]
	\| child = 3 (2 sons and 1 daughter)		\| child = 3 (2 sons and 1 daughter)
	}}		}}
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	Thereafter he wandered extensively throughout Northern India. During this time he was known under many names, including: Lakshman Das, Handi Wallah Baba, and Tikonia Walla Baba. When he did [[tapasya]] and [[sadhana]] at [[Vavaniya\|Vavania]] village of [[Morbi]] in [[Gujarat]], he was known as Tallaiya Baba. In [[Vrindavan]], local inhabitants addressed him by the name of Chamatkari Baba ("miracle [[Baba (honorific)\|baba"]]).<ref name="miracle"/> During his life two main [[ashram]]s were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.<ref name="Jones2006"/> In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.<ref name="Jones2006"/>		Thereafter he wandered extensively throughout Northern India. During this time he was known under many names, including: Lakshman Das, Handi Wallah Baba, and Tikonia Walla Baba. When he did [[tapasya]] and [[sadhana]] at [[Vavaniya\|Vavania]] village of [[Morbi]] in [[Gujarat]], he was known as Tallaiya Baba. In [[Vrindavan]], local inhabitants addressed him by the name of Chamatkari Baba ("miracle [[Baba (honorific)\|baba"]]).<ref name="miracle"/> During his life two main [[ashram]]s were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.<ref name="Jones2006"/> In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.<ref name="Jones2006"/>

	The Kainchi Dham [[ashram]], where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple. It started two years prior with a modest platform built for two local [[sadhu]]s, Premi Baba and Sombari Maharaj to perform [[yagna]]s. 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. Each year on June 15, the Kainchi Dham [[Bhandara (community kitchen)\|Bhandara]] takes place to commemorate the inauguration of the temple, a celebration that typically receives over ~~a [[lakh]] (~~100,000~~) of~~ devotees.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Devotees throng Kainchi Dham fair \| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Devotees-throng-Kainchi-Dham-fair/articleshow/47680464.cms \|date=15 June 2015\| access-date = 2015-10-01 \| newspaper = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>		The Kainchi Dham [[ashram]], where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple. It started two years prior with a modest platform built for two local [[sadhu]]s, Premi Baba and Sombari Maharaj to perform [[yagna]]s. 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. Each year on June 15, the Kainchi Dham [[Bhandara (community kitchen)\|Bhandara]] takes place to commemorate the inauguration of the temple, a celebration that typically receives over 100,000 devotees.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Devotees throng Kainchi Dham fair \| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Devotees-throng-Kainchi-Dham-fair/articleshow/47680464.cms \|date=15 June 2015\| access-date = 2015-10-01 \| newspaper = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>
	{{cite web \| title = 10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba \| url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html \|work=India TV News\|date=1 October 2015\| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=telegraph2015>{{cite web \| title = One 'Mark' who stayed two nights \| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp#.Vg09Kuyqqko\| archive-url = https://archive.today/20151004101156/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp%23.Vg09Kuyqqko\| url-status = dead\| archive-date = 4 October 2015\|work=The Telegraph \|date=30 September 2015\| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref>		{{cite web \| title = 10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba \| url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html \|work=India TV News\|date=1 October 2015\| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=telegraph2015>{{cite web \| title = One 'Mark' who stayed two nights \| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp#.Vg09Kuyqqko\| archive-url = https://archive.today/20151004101156/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp%23.Vg09Kuyqqko\| url-status = dead\| archive-date = 4 October 2015\|work=The Telegraph \|date=30 September 2015\| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref>

	===Death===		===Death===
	[[File:Neem Karoli Baba, Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan.JPG\|thumb\|Neem Karoli Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan]]		[[File:Neem Karoli Baba, Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan.JPG\|thumb\|Neem Karoli Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan]]
	Neem Karoli Baba died at approximately 1:15 AM in the early morning hours of September ~~11,~~ 1973 in a hospital at [[Vrindavan]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=My mystical experience at Neem Karoli Baba's Kainchai Dham ashram!\|url=https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/kainchi-dham-ashram-neem-karoli-baba-nainital\|access-date=2020-11-11\|website=www.speakingtree.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Aymard\|first=Orianne\|title=When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|year=2014\|isbn=9780199368617\|pages=257}}</ref> after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to [[Kainchi]]<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism\|isbn=0816075646\|pages=310\|last1=Jones\|first1=Constance\|last2=Ryan\|first2=James D.\|year=2006}}</ref> near [[Nainital]], from [[Agra]] where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at [[Mathura]] railway station where he began convulsing and requested being taken to Shri Dham Vrindavan.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Divine Reality - Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (Neem Karoli Baba) 9788190310505\|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-divine-reality-sri-baba-neeb-karori-ji-maharaj-neem-karoli-baba-9788190310505.html\|access-date=2020-11-11\|website=dokumen.pub\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Geraghty\|first=Anne\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1x_tBAAAQBAJ&q=diabetic&pg=PT30\|title=Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead\|date=2014-11-28\|publisher=John Hunt Publishing\|isbn=978-1-78279-708-1\|language=en}}</ref>		Neem Karoli Baba died at approximately 1:15 AM in the early morning hours of 11 September 1973 in a hospital at [[Vrindavan]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=My mystical experience at Neem Karoli Baba's Kainchai Dham ashram!\|url=https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/kainchi-dham-ashram-neem-karoli-baba-nainital\|access-date=2020-11-11\|website=www.speakingtree.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Aymard\|first=Orianne\|title=When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|year=2014\|isbn=9780199368617\|pages=257}}</ref> after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to [[Kainchi]]<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism\|isbn=0816075646\|pages=310\|last1=Jones\|first1=Constance\|last2=Ryan\|first2=James D.\|year=2006}}</ref> near [[Nainital]], from [[Agra]] where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at [[Mathura]] railway station where he began convulsing and requested being taken to Shri Dham Vrindavan.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Divine Reality - Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (Neem Karoli Baba) 9788190310505\|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-divine-reality-sri-baba-neeb-karori-ji-maharaj-neem-karoli-baba-9788190310505.html\|access-date=2020-11-11\|website=dokumen.pub\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Geraghty\|first=Anne\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1x_tBAAAQBAJ&q=diabetic&pg=PT30\|title=Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead\|date=2014-11-28\|publisher=John Hunt Publishing\|isbn=978-1-78279-708-1\|language=en}}</ref>

	{{blockquote\|They took him to the emergency room at the hospital. In the hospital, the doctor gave him injections and placed an oxygen mask over his face. The hospital staff said that he was in a diabetic coma but that his pulse was fine. Maharajji roused and pulled the oxygen mask off his face and the blood pressure measuring band from his arm, saying, “Bekar (useless).” Maharajji asked for [[Ganga]] water. As there was none, they brought him regular water. He then repeated several times, “[[Jai Jagdish Hare\|Jaya Jagadish Hare]]” ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe"), each time in a lower pitch. His face became very peaceful, and all signs of pain disappeared. He was dead.<ref name=miracleoflove>Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN\|1-887474-00-5}} [http://www.ramdass.org/great-escape/]</ref>}}		{{blockquote\|They took him to the emergency room at the hospital. In the hospital, the doctor gave him injections and placed an oxygen mask over his face. The hospital staff said that he was in a diabetic coma but that his pulse was fine. Maharajji roused and pulled the oxygen mask off his face and the blood pressure measuring band from his arm, saying, “Bekar (useless).” Maharajji asked for [[Ganga]] water. As there was none, they brought him regular water. He then repeated several times, “[[Jai Jagdish Hare\|Jaya Jagadish Hare]]” ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe"), each time in a lower pitch. His face became very peaceful, and all signs of pain disappeared. He was dead.<ref name=miracleoflove>Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN\|1-887474-00-5}} [http://www.ramdass.org/great-escape/]</ref>}}
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	==Notable disciples==		==Notable disciples==
	[[File:Early morning Glimpse of Kainchi Dham Nainital 2023.jpg\|thumb\|Kainchi Dham Ashram near [[Nainital]] ]]		[[File:Early morning Glimpse of Kainchi Dham Nainital 2023.jpg\|thumb\|Kainchi Dham Ashram near [[Nainital]] ]]
	Notable disciples of Neem Karoli Baba include spiritual teacher [[Ram Dass]] (author of ''[[Be Here Now (book)\|Be Here Now]]),'' singer and spiritual teacher [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)\|Bhagavan Das]], author and meditation teacher [[Lama Surya Das]]<ref>{{cite book\| last =Das\| first =Surya\| title =Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World\| publisher =Broadway\| date =1998\| pages =41\| isbn = 0-7679-0157-6}}</ref> and the musicians [[Jai Uttal]] and [[Krishna Das (singer)\|Krishna Das]]. Other notable devotees include humanitarian [[Larry Brilliant]] and his wife Girija, [[Dada Mukerjee]] (former professor at [[Allahabad University]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India), scholar and writer Yvette Rosser, American spiritual teacher [[Ma Jaya\|Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati]], [[John Bush (filmmaker)\|John Bush]] ~~filmmaker~~, and [[Daniel Goleman]] author of ''[[The Varieties of the Meditative Experience]]'' and ''[[Emotional Intelligence]]''.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Krishna Das : Songwriter Interviews \| url = http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/krishna_das/ \| work = Song facts\|access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref> [[Baba Hari Dass]] (Haridas) was not a disciple,<ref>{{Cite book\|title = Encyclopedia of Hinduism\|last1 = Jones\|first1 = Constance A.\|publisher = Infobase Publishing\|year = 2007\|isbn = 978-0-8160-5458-9\|location = New York\|pages = Baba Hari Dass\|last2 = D. Ryan\|first2 = James}}</ref> but he supervised several buildings and maintained the ashrams<ref>{{Cite book\|title = The Near and The Dear\|last = Mukerjee\|first = Sudhir Dada\|publisher = Hanuman Foundation\|orig-year = 1996\|year = 2012\|isbn = 978-1-887474-02-3\|location = Santa Fe, NM\|pages = 221–2}}</ref> in the [[Nainital]] area (1954-1968) before heading to the US to become a spiritual teacher in California at the beginning of 1971.		Notable disciples of Neem Karoli Baba include spiritual teacher [[Ram Dass]] (author of ''[[Be Here Now (book)\|Be Here Now]]),'' singer and spiritual teacher [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)\|Bhagavan Das]], author and meditation teacher [[Lama Surya Das]]<ref>{{cite book\| last =Das\| first =Surya\| title =Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World\| publisher =Broadway\| date =1998\| pages =41\| isbn = 0-7679-0157-6}}</ref> and the musicians [[Jai Uttal]] and [[Krishna Das (singer)\|Krishna Das]]. Other notable devotees include humanitarian [[Larry Brilliant]] and his wife Girija, [[Dada Mukerjee]] (former professor at [[Allahabad University]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India), scholar and writer Yvette Rosser, American spiritual teacher [[Ma Jaya\|Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati]], filmmaker [[John Bush (filmmaker)\|John Bush]], and [[Daniel Goleman]] author of ''[[The Varieties of the Meditative Experience]]'' and ''[[Emotional Intelligence]]''.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Krishna Das : Songwriter Interviews \| url = http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/krishna_das/ \| work = Song facts\|access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref> [[Baba Hari Dass]] (Haridas) was not a disciple,<ref>{{Cite book\|title = Encyclopedia of Hinduism\|last1 = Jones\|first1 = Constance A.\|publisher = Infobase Publishing\|year = 2007\|isbn = 978-0-8160-5458-9\|location = New York\|pages = Baba Hari Dass\|last2 = D. Ryan\|first2 = James}}</ref> but he supervised several buildings and maintained the ashrams<ref>{{Cite book\|title = The Near and The Dear\|last = Mukerjee\|first = Sudhir Dada\|publisher = Hanuman Foundation\|orig-year = 1996\|year = 2012\|isbn = 978-1-887474-02-3\|location = Santa Fe, NM\|pages = 221–2}}</ref> in the [[Nainital]] area (1954-1968) before heading to the US to become a spiritual teacher in California at the beginning of 1971.

	[[Steve Jobs]], along with his friend [[Dan Kottke]], traveled to India in April 1974 to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality; they planned also to meet Neem Karoli Baba,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/jobs-holy-man-and-apple-logo/4609698 \|title=Steve Jobs, a Hindu holy man, and the Apple logo \|date=4 April 2013 \|publisher=abc.net.au }}</ref> but arrived to find the guru had died the previous September.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/7312002.cms \|title=Sought 'enlightenment' in India \|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=2011-10-06 \|access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/jobs-holy-man-and-apple-logo/4609698\|title=Steve Jobs, a Hindu holy man, and the Apple logo\| website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] \|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> [[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]] [[actress]] [[Julia Roberts]] was also influenced by Neem Karoli Baba. A picture of him drew Roberts to Hinduism.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/video/julia-roberts-journey-eat-pray-love-11356429 \|title= Julia Roberts' Journey in 'Eat Pray Love' \|date=9 August 2010 \|publisher=[[ABC News]] \|access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Influenced by [[Steve Jobs]], [[Mark Zuckerberg]] visited Neem Karoli Baba's ashram in Kainchi. Larry Brilliant took Google's [[Larry Page]] and [[Jeffrey Skoll]], co-founder of eBay, on the pilgrimage.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/inside-the-indian-temple-that-draws-americas-tech-titans/2015/10/30/03b646d8-7cb9-11e5-bfb6-65300a5ff562_story.html\|title=Inside the Indian temple that draws America's tech titans\|first=Annie\|last=Gowen\|date=31 October 2015\|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>		[[Steve Jobs]], along with his friend [[Dan Kottke]], traveled to India in April 1974 to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality; they planned also to meet Neem Karoli Baba,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/jobs-holy-man-and-apple-logo/4609698 \|title=Steve Jobs, a Hindu holy man, and the Apple logo \|date=4 April 2013 \|publisher=abc.net.au }}</ref> but arrived to find the guru had died the previous September.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/7312002.cms \|title=Sought 'enlightenment' in India \|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=2011-10-06 \|access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/jobs-holy-man-and-apple-logo/4609698\|title=Steve Jobs, a Hindu holy man, and the Apple logo\| website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] \|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> [[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]] actress [[Julia Roberts]] was also influenced by Neem Karoli Baba. A picture of him drew Roberts to Hinduism.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/video/julia-roberts-journey-eat-pray-love-11356429 \|title= Julia Roberts' Journey in 'Eat Pray Love' \|date=9 August 2010 \|publisher=[[ABC News]] \|access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Influenced by Steve Jobs, [[Mark Zuckerberg]] visited Neem Karoli Baba's ashram in Kainchi. Larry Brilliant took Google's [[Larry Page]] and [[Jeffrey Skoll]], co-founder of eBay, on the pilgrimage.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/inside-the-indian-temple-that-draws-americas-tech-titans/2015/10/30/03b646d8-7cb9-11e5-bfb6-65300a5ff562_story.html\|title=Inside the Indian temple that draws America's tech titans\|first=Annie\|last=Gowen\|date=31 October 2015\|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Hindu religious leader (c.1900–1973)}}
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| image = Neemkaroli 14.jpg
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_date = {{circa|1900}}<ref name="Jones2006"/>
| birth_place = Akbarpur village, [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maharajji.love/akbarpur-maharajjis-birthplace/|title=Akbarpur Maharaj ji birthplace|website=Maharaj Love}}</ref><br>(present-day [[Firozabad district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| birth_name = Lakshmi Narayan Sharma
| death_date = September 11, 1973 (aged 73)
| death_place = [[Vrindavan]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| guru =
| literary_works =
| disciples = [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)|Bhagavan Das]], [[Jai Uttal]], [[Krishna Das (singer)|Krishna Das]], [[Ram Dass]], Ram Rani, [[Surya Das]]
| Influenced =
| philosophy = [[Bhakti yoga]], [[Selfless service|Seva]]
| footnotes =
| influenced = [[Steve Jobs]], [[Mark Zuckerberg]], [[Larry Page]], [[Jeffrey Skoll]], [[Dan Kottke]], [[Julia Roberts]]
| child = 3 (2 sons and 1 daughter)
}}

'''Neem Karoli Baba''' ({{Lang-hi|नीम करौली बाबा|translit=nīm karaulī bābā}})<ref>{{cite web | title = सुर्खियों में आया बाबा नीम करौली का आश्रम |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]| url = http://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-neeb-karori-baba-who-has-been-magnet-for-mark-zuckerberg-steve-jobs-5129042-PHO.html |language=hi|date=1 October 2015| access-date = 2015-10-04 }}</ref> or '''Neeb Karori Baba''' ({{Lang-hi|नीब करौरी बाबा|translit=nīb karaurī bābā}}) ({{Circa|1900}} – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[guru]] and a devotee of the [[Hindu deities|Hindu deity]] [[Hanuman]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Swami Chidananda|author-link=Swami Chidananda | title = Baba Neem Karoli: A Wonder Mystic of Northern India | url = http://www.dlshq.org/saints/neemkaroli.htm|work=[[Divine Life Society]] | access-date = 2015-10-04 }}</ref> 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 (yogi)|Bhagavan Das]], and the musicians [[Krishna Das (singer)|Krishna Das]] and [[Jai Uttal]]. His [[ashrams]] are in [[Kainchi]],<ref>{{Coord|29.4220|79.5125}} Kainchi Dham</ref> [[Vrindavan]], [[Rishikesh]], [[Shimla]], Neem Karoli village near Khimasepur in [[Farrukhabad]], Bhumiadhar, [[Hanumangarhi]], and [[Delhi]] in India and in [[Taos, New Mexico]], United States.

==Biography ==
===Early years===
Lakshman Narayan Sharma<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions |year=2004 |location=United States |publisher=Prometheus |page=142}}</ref> was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in [[Firozabad district|Firozabad]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, to a wealthy [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="Jones2006">{{cite book|author1=Constance Jones|author2=James D. Ryan|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&pg=PA310|year=2006|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7564-5|page=310}}</ref> After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering [[sadhu]]. He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html|title=10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba|date=1 October 2015}}</ref>

===As Maharaj-ji===
Neem Karoli Baba, known at the time as Baba Lakshman Das (also spelled "Laxman Das"), left his home in 1958. [[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]] ([[Uttar Pradesh|U.P]]). After forcing Baba off the train, the conductor found that the train would not start again. After several attempts at starting the train, someone suggested to the conductor that they allow the sadhu back on to the train. 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. 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. Baba gave his blessings and the train proceeded. Later a train station was built at the village of Neem Karoli.<ref name=miracle>Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN|1-887474-00-5}}.</ref> Baba lived in the village of Neem Karoli for a while and was named by locals.

Thereafter he wandered extensively throughout Northern India. During this time he was known under many names, including: Lakshman Das, Handi Wallah Baba, and Tikonia Walla Baba. When he did [[tapasya]] and [[sadhana]] at [[Vavaniya|Vavania]] village of [[Morbi]] in [[Gujarat]], he was known as Tallaiya Baba. In [[Vrindavan]], local inhabitants addressed him by the name of Chamatkari Baba ("miracle [[Baba (honorific)|baba"]]).<ref name="miracle"/> During his life two main [[ashram]]s were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.<ref name="Jones2006"/> In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.<ref name="Jones2006"/>

The Kainchi Dham [[ashram]], where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple. It started two years prior with a modest platform built for two local [[sadhu]]s, Premi Baba and Sombari Maharaj to perform [[yagna]]s. 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. Each year on June 15, the Kainchi Dham [[Bhandara (community kitchen)|Bhandara]] takes place to commemorate the inauguration of the temple, a celebration that typically receives over a [[lakh]] (100,000) of devotees.<ref>{{cite web | title = Devotees throng Kainchi Dham fair | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Devotees-throng-Kainchi-Dham-fair/articleshow/47680464.cms |date=15 June 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web | title = 10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba | url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/neem-karoli-baba-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-apple-steve-jobs-54973.html |work=India TV News|date=1 October 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=telegraph2015>{{cite web | title = One 'Mark' who stayed two nights | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp#.Vg09Kuyqqko| archive-url = https://archive.today/20151004101156/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150930/jsp/frontpage/story_45349.jsp%23.Vg09Kuyqqko| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 October 2015|work=The Telegraph |date=30 September 2015| access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref>

===Death===
[[File:Neem Karoli Baba, Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan.JPG|thumb|Neem Karoli Baba Samadhi Mandir, Vrindavan]]
Neem Karoli Baba died at approximately 1:15 AM in the early morning hours of September 11, 1973 in a hospital at [[Vrindavan]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=My mystical experience at Neem Karoli Baba's Kainchai Dham ashram!|url=https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/kainchi-dham-ashram-neem-karoli-baba-nainital|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.speakingtree.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Aymard|first=Orianne|title=When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=9780199368617|pages=257}}</ref> after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to [[Kainchi]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|isbn=0816075646|pages=310|last1=Jones|first1=Constance|last2=Ryan|first2=James D.|year=2006}}</ref> near [[Nainital]], from [[Agra]] where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at [[Mathura]] railway station where he began convulsing and requested being taken to Shri Dham Vrindavan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Divine Reality - Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (Neem Karoli Baba) 9788190310505|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-divine-reality-sri-baba-neeb-karori-ji-maharaj-neem-karoli-baba-9788190310505.html|access-date=2020-11-11|website=dokumen.pub|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Anne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1x_tBAAAQBAJ&q=diabetic&pg=PT30|title=Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead|date=2014-11-28|publisher=John Hunt Publishing|isbn=978-1-78279-708-1|language=en}}</ref>

{{blockquote|They took him to the emergency room at the hospital. In the hospital, the doctor gave him injections and placed an oxygen mask over his face. The hospital staff said that he was in a diabetic coma but that his pulse was fine. Maharajji roused and pulled the oxygen mask off his face and the blood pressure measuring band from his arm, saying, “Bekar (useless).” Maharajji asked for [[Ganga]] water. As there was none, they brought him regular water. He then repeated several times, “[[Jai Jagdish Hare|Jaya Jagadish Hare]]” ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe"), each time in a lower pitch. His face became very peaceful, and all signs of pain disappeared. He was dead.<ref name=miracleoflove>Ram Dass (1995). ''Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba''. Hanuman Foundation. {{ISBN|1-887474-00-5}} [http://www.ramdass.org/great-escape/]</ref>}}

His [[Samadhi (shrine)|samadhi shrine]] was built within the complex of the Vrindavan ashram, which also has some of his personal belongings.

==Philosophy==
Neem Karoli Baba was a lifelong adept of [[bhakti yoga]], and encouraged service to others ([[Selfless service|seva]]) as the highest form of unconditional devotion to God. In the book ''Miracle of Love'', compiled by [[Ram Dass]], a devotee named Anjani shares the following account:

{{blockquote|There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. He seems to have been known by different names in many parts of India, appearing and disappearing through the years. His non-Indian devotees of recent years knew him as Neem Karoli Baba, but mostly as “Maharajji”. Just as he said, he was "nobody". He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Usually, he sat or lay on a wooden bench wrapped in a plaid blanket while a few devotees sat around him. Visitors came and went; they were given food, a few words, a nod, a pat on the head or back, and they were sent away. There was gossip and laughter for he loved to joke. Orders for running the ashram were given, usually in a piercing yell across the compound. Sometimes he sat in silence, absorbed in another world to which we could not follow, but bliss and peace poured down on us. Who he was was no more than the experience of him, the nectar of his presence, the totality of his absence, enveloping us now like his plaid blanket.<ref name="miracleoflove"/>}}

Baba would say that attachment and ego are the greatest hindrances to the realisation of God and that “a learned man and a fool are alike as long as there is attachment and ego in the physical body.” He would advise people to surrender to God's will above everything else so that they might develop love and faith in him and thereby be free of unnecessary worries in life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Divine Reality|url=https://krishnadasmusic.com/products/the-divine-reality|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Krishna Das Music}}</ref>

==Notable disciples==
[[File:Early morning Glimpse of Kainchi Dham Nainital 2023.jpg|thumb|Kainchi Dham Ashram near [[Nainital]] ]]
Notable disciples of Neem Karoli Baba include spiritual teacher [[Ram Dass]] (author of ''[[Be Here Now (book)|Be Here Now]]),'' singer and spiritual teacher [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)|Bhagavan Das]], author and meditation teacher [[Lama Surya Das]]<ref>{{cite book| last =Das| first =Surya| title =Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World| publisher =Broadway| date =1998| pages =41| isbn = 0-7679-0157-6}}</ref> and the musicians [[Jai Uttal]] and [[Krishna Das (singer)|Krishna Das]]. Other notable devotees include humanitarian [[Larry Brilliant]] and his wife Girija, [[Dada Mukerjee]] (former professor at [[Allahabad University]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India), scholar and writer Yvette Rosser, American spiritual teacher [[Ma Jaya|Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati]], [[John Bush (filmmaker)|John Bush]] filmmaker, and [[Daniel Goleman]] author of ''[[The Varieties of the Meditative Experience]]'' and ''[[Emotional Intelligence]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Krishna Das : Songwriter Interviews | url = http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/krishna_das/ | work = Song facts|access-date = 2015-10-01 }}</ref> [[Baba Hari Dass]] (Haridas) was not a disciple,<ref>{{Cite book|title = Encyclopedia of Hinduism|last1 = Jones|first1 = Constance A.|publisher = Infobase Publishing|year = 2007|isbn = 978-0-8160-5458-9|location = New York|pages = Baba Hari Dass|last2 = D. Ryan|first2 = James}}</ref> but he supervised several buildings and maintained the ashrams<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Near and The Dear|last = Mukerjee|first = Sudhir Dada|publisher = Hanuman Foundation|orig-year = 1996|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1-887474-02-3|location = Santa Fe, NM|pages = 221–2}}</ref> in the [[Nainital]] area (1954-1968) before heading to the US to become a spiritual teacher in California at the beginning of 1971.

[[Steve Jobs]], along with his friend [[Dan Kottke]], traveled to India in April 1974 to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality; they planned also to meet Neem Karoli Baba,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/jobs-holy-man-and-apple-logo/4609698 |title=Steve Jobs, a Hindu holy man, and the Apple logo |date=4 April 2013 |publisher=abc.net.au }}</ref> but arrived to find the guru had died the previous September.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/7312002.cms |title=Sought 'enlightenment' in India |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2011-10-06 |access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/jobs-holy-man-and-apple-logo/4609698|title=Steve Jobs, a Hindu holy man, and the Apple logo| website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=4 April 2013}}</ref> [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[actress]] [[Julia Roberts]] was also influenced by Neem Karoli Baba. A picture of him drew Roberts to Hinduism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/video/julia-roberts-journey-eat-pray-love-11356429 |title= Julia Roberts' Journey in 'Eat Pray Love' |date=9 August 2010 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Influenced by [[Steve Jobs]], [[Mark Zuckerberg]] visited Neem Karoli Baba's ashram in Kainchi. Larry Brilliant took Google's [[Larry Page]] and [[Jeffrey Skoll]], co-founder of eBay, on the pilgrimage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/inside-the-indian-temple-that-draws-americas-tech-titans/2015/10/30/03b646d8-7cb9-11e5-bfb6-65300a5ff562_story.html|title=Inside the Indian temple that draws America's tech titans|first=Annie|last=Gowen|date=31 October 2015|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>

==Foundations==
After returning to the United States, [[Ram Dass]] and [[Larry Brilliant]] founded the [[Seva Foundation]], an international health organization based in Berkeley, California. Steve Jobs, a friend of Brilliant, also funded the organization.<ref name="Imbimbo2009">{{cite book|author=Anthony Imbimbo|title=Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Mv5tVPB4hEC&pg=PA42|date= 2009|publisher=Gareth Stevens|isbn=978-1-4339-0060-0|pages=43}}</ref> It is committed to applying the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba toward preventing and treating blindness.

In the late 2000s another Foundation evolved, the 'Love Serve Remember Foundation', whose purpose is to preserve and continue the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.<ref>{{cite web | title = Love Serve Remember Foundation - Ram Dass
| url = https://www.ramdass.org/love-serve-remember-foundation/ | access-date = 2015-10-06 }}</ref>

== Documentary ==
The 2021 documentary ''Windfall of Grace'' offers an engaging blend of narratives from simple, rustic Indian devotees juxtaposed by narratives of renowned American devotees. These expressions seek to bring out not just the contrasts but also the similarities between the two by way of their overwhelming love and surrender for Neem Karoli Baba. Their individual encounters with Baba sparked dramatic shifts in their life purpose along with their spiritual path and practice.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==Gallery==
{{gallery
|File:Neem Karoli Baba Sculpture in Ram Dass Library.jpg|Neem Karoli Baba sculpture in Ram Dass library
||Neem Karoli baba meditating in front of Lord Hanuman murti
||Neem Karoli Baba with western devotees
||Neem Karoli Baba reading ''[[Be Here Now (book)|Be Here Now]]'', the book which he inspired
||Neem Karoli Baba with his disciple [[Ram Dass]]
}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |author-link=Bhagavan Das (yogi) |author=Bhagavan Das |year=1997 |title=It's Here Now (Are You?) |publisher= Broadway |isbn=0-7679-0009-X}}
* {{cite book |author=Hanuman Foundation |title=Neem Karoli Baba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igsSoAEACAAJ |year=1980 |publisher=Hanuman Foundation}}
* {{cite book |editor=Keshav Das |year=2011 |title=Barefoot in the Heart: Remembering Neem Karoli Baba |publisher=Sensitive Skin Books. |isbn=978-0-9839271-2-9}}
* {{cite book |author-link=Krishna Das (singer) |author=Krishna Das |year=2010 |title=Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold |publisher=Hay House, Inc. |isbn=978-1-4019-2022-7}}
* {{cite book|first=Parvati |last=Markus|title=Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba and His Devotees | date=October 1996 |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |isbn=1-887474-02-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Pande |first=Ravi Prakash |title=Divine Reality: Shri Baba Neem Karoli Baba|publisher=HarperOne|year=2015|isbn=978-0062342997}}
* {{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Dada |year=2001 |title=By His Grace: A Devotee's Story |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |isbn=0-9628878-7-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Dada |year=2001 |title=The Near and the Dear: Stories Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj |publisher=Shri Kainchi Hanuman Mandir Ashram}}
* {{cite book |author=Ram Dass |author-link=Ram Dass |year=1971 |title=[[Be Here Now (book)|Be Here Now]] |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=0-517-54305-2}}
* {{cite book |author=Ram Dass |title=Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba |publisher=Hanuman Foundation |year=1995 |isbn=1887474005}}
* {{cite book |first=Jai Ram |last=Ransom |title=It All Abides in Love: Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba |publisher=Taos Music and Art, Inc. |year=2014 |isbn=9780990718222}}
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.neebkaroribaba.com/|name=Official website}}
*{{URL|http://nkbashram.org/|Official website of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, Taos, New Mexico}}
*{{URL|https://maharajji.love/|Maharaj Ji's Ashram}}
*''{{URL|https://www.windfallofgrace.com/|Windfall of Grace}}''
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