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| name = Khaptad Baba<br />
| image = Khaptad Baba.jpg<br />
| alt = Khaptad Baba<br />
| caption = An effigy of Khaptad Baba at his ashram<br />
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| birth_place = Kashmir<br />
| death_date = {{Death date |1996|05|09}}{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}<br />
| death_place = Doti, Nepal<br />
| other_names = Sri 1008 Brahmavit Paramahansa Yogi Schitananda Saraswati , Khaptad Swami<br />
| known_for = Contribution in disseminating Vedic knowledge regarding medicinal herbs, yoga, meditation and science of thought.<br />
| notable_works = The Science of Thought, Dharma-Vigyan<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.khaptadswami.com.np/|khaptadswami.com.np}}<br />
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'''Khaptad Baba''', also known as '''Swami Sachchidananda''', was a spiritual saint who traveled along the high mountainous regions of [[Nepal]] and settled temporarily in Ilam, Kalinchowk, [[Swargadwari]], Mushikot, Chandannath and ultimately in the Khaptad Valley in the 1940s to [[Meditation|meditate]] and [[worship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alokvidyashram.edu.np/?q=khaptad_baba|title=Khaptad Baba|publisher=Alokvidyashram.edu|accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=Joshi2011>{{cite journal|author=Joshi, L. R.|year=2011|title=Eco-tourism Planning and Management on Eco-tourism Destinations of Bajhang District, Nepal |url=http://www.forestrynepal.org/images/publications/Ecotourism%20destination%20bajhang.pdf |publisher= Forestry Nepal, Term Paper}}</ref><br />
He lived for more than fifty years in the valley,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vc3sAAAAMAAJ&q=Khaptad+Baba|title=Translating development: the case of Nepal|publisher=Social Science Press|date=2003|page=161|isbn=9788187358121}}</ref> and overlooked the establishment of [[Khaptad National Park]] in 1984.<ref name=Bhuju2007>Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). [http://books.icimod.org/demo/uploads/ftp/Nepal%20Biodiversity%20Resource%20Book.pdf ''Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170342/http://books.icimod.org/demo/uploads/ftp/Nepal%20Biodiversity%20Resource%20Book.pdf |date=26 July 2011 }}. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Kathmandu, {{ISBN|978-92-9115-033-5}}</ref> He is revered as a Hindu saint.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rawal, R.S|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XIPAQAAMAAJ&q=Khaptad+Baba|title=High Altitudes of the Himalaya: Biodiversity, ecology & environment|publisher=Gyanodaya Prakashan|year=1994|page=83|isbn = 9788185097398}}</ref> Within the national park, a hermitage, temples, and stone statues remain.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeHHcAbpiHwC&q=Khaptad+Baba|title=Grassland Ecology and Management in Protected Areas of Nepal: Technical and status papers of grasslands of mountain protected areas|publisher=International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development|year=2000|page=146|isbn=9789291151523}}</ref><br />
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