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{{Infobox Hindu leader&lt;br /&gt;
| name               = Mahavatar Babaji&lt;br /&gt;
| image              = Babaji-transparent.png&lt;br /&gt;
| alt                = &lt;br /&gt;
| caption            = Mahavatar Babaji [[meditating]] in the [[lotus position]] – a drawing from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, commissioned by Paramahansa Yogananda and based on his own meeting with Babaji&lt;br /&gt;
| religion           = [[Hinduism]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality        = [[India]]n&lt;br /&gt;
| relatives          = Mataji (sibling)&lt;br /&gt;
| honors             = Deathless guru&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Mahamuni Babaji Maharaj&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Maha Yogi&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Trambak Baba&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Shiva Baba&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Baba Garib Nath Ji&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Babaji&lt;br /&gt;
| known_for          = Kriya Yoga&lt;br /&gt;
| school             = [[Yoga]]&lt;br /&gt;
| order              = [[Self-realization]] ([[Enlightenment (spiritual)|Enlightenment]])&lt;br /&gt;
| philosophy         = [[Kriya Yoga school|Kriya Yoga]]&lt;br /&gt;
| disciples          = [[Lahiri Mahasaya]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influenced         = [[George Harrison]], [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Roger Hodgson]], [[Steve Jobs]], [[The Beatles]],&amp;lt;ref name=beatles/&amp;gt; [[Yukteswar Giri]] [[Padmanabhan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place        = [[Parangipettai]] near [[Chidambaram]], [[Chola dynasty]], [[Tamilnadu]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Hinduism}}  &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mahavatar Babaji&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{IAST3|Mahāvatāra Bābājī}}; {{literal translation|Great [[Avatar]] [[Indian honorific#Replacement_type|(Revered) Father]]}}) is the name given to his guru by Indian [[Yogi]] [[Lahiri Mahasaya|Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya]] (1828–1895), and several of his disciples, who reportedly appeared to them between 1861 and 1985, as described in various publications and biographies.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda&amp;gt;Yogananda, Paramahansa, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 2005. {{ISBN|978-1-56589-212-5}}.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=yukteswar&amp;gt;Yukteswar Giri, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Holy Science&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Yogoda Satsanga Society, 1949&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=pranabananda&amp;gt;Mukhopadyay, Jnananedranath, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Srimad Swami Pranabananda Giri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Sri Jnananedranath Mukhopadyay Property Trust, 2001.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=yukteswarbio&amp;gt;[[Swami Satyananda Giri|Satyananda Giri]], [http://www.yoganiketan.net &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Swami Sri Yukteshvar Giri Maharaj&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A collection of biographies of 4 Kriya Yoga gurus&amp;#039;&amp;#039;], iUniverse Inc. 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-595-38675-8}}.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio&amp;gt;[http://www.yoganiketan.net &amp;#039;Satyananda Giri, Swami, Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasay&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, from &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A collection of biographies of 4 Kriya Yoga gurus&amp;#039;&amp;#039;], iUniverse Inc. 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-595-38675-8}}.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to Yogananda&amp;#039;s autobiography, Babaji has resided for at least hundreds of years in the remote Himalayan regions of India, seen in person by only a small number of disciples and others.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;it&amp;quot;&amp;gt;indiatoday.intoday.in {{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/the-unknown-siddha-babaji/1/657901.html |title=Mahavatar Babaji: The unknown &amp;#039;immortal yogi&amp;#039;|access-date=2017-08-30 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Reports of meetings, 1861–1935==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lahiri Mahasaya===&lt;br /&gt;
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The first reported encounter with Mahavatar Babaji (commonly known as Babaji) was in 1861, when Shyāmacharan Lahirī (called &amp;quot;Mahāsaya&amp;quot; by disciples, devotees, and admirers) was posted to [[Ranikhet]] in his work as an accountant for the British government. One day while walking in the hills of [[Dunagiri]] above Ranikhet, he heard a voice calling his name. Following the voice up the mountain, he met a &amp;quot;tall, divinely radiant [[sadhu]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt; He was amazed to find that the sadhu knew his name. This sadhu was Mahavatar Babaji.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Mahavatar Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya that he was his guru from the past, then initiated him into [[Kriya Yoga school|Kriya Yoga]] and instructed Lahiri Mahasaya to initiate others. Lahiri Mahasaya wanted to remain with Babaji, who told him instead that he must return to the world to teach Kriya Yoga and that &amp;quot;Kriya Yoga [[sadhana]] would spread through the people of the world through his (Lahiri&amp;#039;s) presence in the world.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lahirī Mahasaya reported that Mahavatar Babaji did not give his name or background, so Lahiri Mahasaya gave him the title &amp;quot;Mahavatar Babaji.&amp;quot; Many sadhus in India are called Babaji, and sometimes even &amp;quot;Babaji Maharaj&amp;quot;, which has caused confusion between Mahavatar Babaji and other sadhus with similar names.&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lahirī Mahasaya had many meetings with Babaji, recounted in several books, including Paramahansa Yogananda&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Lahiri&amp;#039;s biography),&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Purana Purusha: Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=purana&amp;gt;Chatterjee, Ashoke Kumar, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Purana Purusha: Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Yogiraj Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|81-87563-01-X}}.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; among others.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are references to Lahiri Mahasaya in Sampoorna Sripada Vallabha Charitam as guru to [[Sai Baba of Shirdi|Sri Shirdi Saibaba]], who initiated him to kriya yoga.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Disciples of Lahiri Mahasaya===&lt;br /&gt;
Several disciples of Lahiri Mahasaya also reported having met Babaji. Through discussion with each other, and the fact that some of these encounters included two or more witnesses, they confirmed that the person they saw was the same sadhu that Lahirī Mahasaya called Mahavatar Babaji.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=kebalanandabio&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Giri |first=Satyananda |title=Yogacharya Shastri Mahasaya: a short biographical sketch of Hamsaswami Kebalanandaji Maharaj |publisher=Yoganiketan |year=2004 |url=http://www.yoganiketan.net}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the 1894 [[Kumbha Mela]] in Allahabad, [[Yukteswar Giri]], a disciple of Lahirī Mahasaya, met Mahavatar Babaji. He was struck by the resemblance between Lahirī Mahasaya and Mahavatar Babaji.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=yukteswarbio/&amp;gt; Others who met Babaji also commented on the resemblance.&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt; It was at this meeting that Mahavatar Babaji instructed Sri Yukteswar to write the book that was to become &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kaivalya Darshanam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Holy Science]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=yukteswar/&amp;gt; Yukteswar had two more meetings with Mahavatar Babaji, including one in the presence of Lahiri Mahasaya.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=yukteswarbio/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pranabananda Giri, another disciple of Lahirī, also met Mahavatar Babaji in the presence of Lahirī, at Lahirī&amp;#039;s home. Pranabananda asked Mahavatar Babaji his age. Mahavatar Babaji responded that he was about 500 years old at that time.&amp;lt;ref name=pranabananda/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Keshabananda]], a disciple of Lahirī, tells of meeting Mahavatar Babaji in the mountains near [[Badrinath]] around 1935, after he became lost wandering in the mountains.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt; At that meeting, Keshabananda reported that Babaji gave him a message for Paramahansa Yogananda, that &amp;quot;I won&amp;#039;t see him this time, as he is eagerly hoping; but I shall see him on some other occasion.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt; In his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Paramahansa Yogananda wrote that Babaji visited him before his journey to America and addressed him saying, &amp;quot;You are the one I have chosen to spread the message of Kriya Yoga in the West.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Other disciples of Lahirī Mahasaya who reported meetings with Mahavatar Babaji include Kebalananda Giri&amp;lt;ref name=kebalanandabio/&amp;gt; and Ram Gopal Muzumdar, who recounted meeting Mahavatar Babaji and his sister, whom he called Mataji.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt; In addition, a disciple of [[Trailanga Swami]], Shankari Mata (also called Shankari Mai [[-ji|Jiew]]) met Mahavatar Babaji while visiting Lahiri Mahasaya.&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=lahiribio/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Legends and stories==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Role on earth===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Altar-Langerringen.jpg|thumb|Altar of the Self-Realization Fellowship Langerringen meditation circle near Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany. From left to right are: Lahiri Mahasaya, Mahavatar Babaji, [[Jesus Christ]], Lord [[Krishna]], Paramahansa Yogananda and Sri Yukteswar Giri]] &lt;br /&gt;
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Paramahansa Yogananda, in his Autobiography, described Mahavatar Babaji&amp;#039;s role on earth:&amp;lt;ref name=it/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;The Mahavatar is in constant communion with Christ; together they send out vibrations of redemption, and have planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age. The work of these two {{Sic|?|hide=y|fully|-}}illumined masters—one with the body, and one without it—is to inspire the nations to forsake suicidal wars, race hatreds, religious sectarianism, and the boomerang-evils of materialism. Babaji is well aware of the trend of modern times, especially of the influence and complexities of Western civilization, and realizes the necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga equally in the West and in the East.&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition, Babaji is reputed to be ageless, according to some accounts, and about 500 years old around the late 1800s, according to Pranabananda.&amp;lt;ref name=pranabananda/&amp;gt; Yogananda reports that, according to the disciples of Lahirī, nobody knows Babaji&amp;#039;s age, family, place of birth, true name, or other details &amp;quot;dear to the annalist&amp;#039;s heart.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to Yogananda&amp;#039;s autobiography, he has a sister called Mataji (meaning &amp;quot;Holy Mother&amp;quot;) who also has lived throughout the centuries.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;E&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism / Self Realisation Fellowship / Page: 781|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzPgCgAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=Mahavatar+Babaji+hinduism&amp;amp;pg=PA781|isbn=978-0-7007-1267-0|last1 = Cush|first1 = Denise|last2 = Robinson|first2 = Catherine|last3 = York|first3 = Michael|date = 21 August 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Her level of spiritual attainment is comparable to her brother&amp;#039;s, and she lives in a state of spiritual ecstasy in a cave. Although only three pages in the book are dedicated to her, she is described by Ram Gopal as &amp;quot;young and surpassingly lovely&amp;quot; as well as a &amp;quot;glorious woman.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Childhood===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Shri Mahavatar Babaji statue at Babajisannidhan, Bangalore.jpg|thumb|Statue of Mahavatar Babaji at Babajisannidhan, Bengaluru, India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are few accounts of Babaji&amp;#039;s childhood. One source of information is the book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga tradition&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by [[Marshall Govindan|Marshal Govindan]]. V.T. Neelakantan and S.A.A. Ramaiah founded on 17 October 1952, (they claim – at the request of Babaji) a new organization, &amp;quot;Kriya Babaji Sangah,&amp;quot; dedicated to the teaching of Babaji&amp;#039;s Kriya Yoga. They claim that in 1953 Mahavatar Babaji told them that he was born in the year 203 CE in a small coastal village now known as [[Parangipettai]], [[Cuddalore district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], Chola Kingdom in a [[Brahmin]] family.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NeelakantanRamaiah2006&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Neelakantan |first1=V. T. |last2=Ramaiah |first2=S. A. A. |author3=Babaji |title=The voice of Babaji: a trilogy on Kriya Yoga |year=2006 |publisher=Babaji&amp;#039;s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas |isbn=978-1-895383-23-2}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Babaji&amp;#039;s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Trust (Kriya Babaji Sangah) and their branch organizations claim his place and date of birth.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NeelakantanRamaiah2006&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He was a disciple of [[Bogar]] and his birth name is Nagarajan.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Govindan2001&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga tradition |last=Govindan |first=Marshall |date=1 January 2001&lt;br /&gt;
|publisher=Babaji&amp;#039;s Kriya Yoga Publications |isbn=978-1-895383-00-3}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NeelakantanRamaiah2006&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Paramahansa Yogananda&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, many references are made to Mahavatar Babaji, including from Lahirī Mahasaya and [[Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri|Sri Yukteswar]].&amp;lt;ref name=yogananda/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Second Coming of Christ (book)|The Second Coming of Christ]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Yogananda states that [[Jesus in India|Jesus Christ went to India]] and conferred with Mahavatar Babaji.&amp;lt;ref name=it/&amp;gt; This would make Babaji at least 2000 years old.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Yogananda |first=Paramahansa |title=The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You p. |year=2004 |publisher=Self-Realization Fellowship |location= Los Angeles, CA|isbn=0-87612-555-0}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to Govindan&amp;#039;s book, Babaji Nagaraj&amp;#039;s father was the priest of the village&amp;#039;s temple. Babaji revealed only those details which he believed to be formative as well as potentially instructive to his disciples. Govindan mentioned one incident like this: &amp;quot;One time Nagaraj&amp;#039;s mother had got one rare [[jackfruit]] for a family feast and put it aside. Babaji was only 4 years old at that time. He found the jackfruit when his mother was not around and ate it all. When his mother came to know about it, she flew in blind rage and stuffed a cloth inside Babaji&amp;#039;s mouth, nearly suffocating him, but he survived. Later on he thanked God for showing him that she was to be loved without attachment or illusion. His love for his mother became unconditional and detached.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Govindan2001&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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When Nagaraj was about fifteen years old, he joined a small group of wandering [[Sannyasa|sannyāsin]] due to their radiant faces and love for God. During the next few years, he wandered from place to place, studying holy scriptures like the [[Vedas]], [[Upanishad]], [[Mahabharata]], [[Ramayana]] and [[Bhagavad Gita]] and practiced deep meditation.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quest for self-realization===&lt;br /&gt;
According to Marshall Govindan&amp;#039;s book, at the age of eleven, he made a difficult journey on foot and by boat with a group of ascetics to Kataragama, Sri Lanka. Nagaraj met [[Siddha]] [[Bhogarnathar]] and became his disciple. Nagaraj performed intensive yogic sadhana for a long time with him. Bhogarnathar inspired Nagaraj to seek his initiation into Kriya Kundalini Pranayam from Siddha [[Maharishi]] [[Agastya]]. Babaji became a disciple of Siddha Agastya. Nagaraj was initiated into the secrets of Kriya Kundalini Pranayama or &amp;quot;Vasi Yogam&amp;quot;. Babaji made a long pilgrimage to [[Badrinath]] and spent eighteen months practising yogic kriya taught to him by Siddha Agastya and Bhogarnathar. Babaji attained self-realization shortly thereafter.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Govindan2001&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It is claimed that these revelations were made by Babaji himself to S.A.A. Ramaiah, a young graduate student in geology at the University of Madras and V.T. Neelakantan, a famous journalist, and close student of [[Annie Besant]], President of the Theosophical Society and mentor of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti|Krishnamurti]]. Babaji was said to have appeared to each of them independently and then brought them together to work for his Mission in 1942.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Babaji&amp;#039;s Kriya Yoga |url=http://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/english/about-babaji.htm}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==In popular culture==&lt;br /&gt;
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Mahavatar Babaji was on the cover of [[The Beatles]]&amp;#039; 1967 album &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sgt. Pepper&amp;#039;s Lonely Hearts Club Band]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. He can also be seen on the cover of [[George Harrison]]&amp;#039;s 1974 album &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Dark Horse (George Harrison album)|Dark Horse]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;beatles&amp;quot;&amp;gt;cnn.com {{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/31/entertainment/sgt-pepper-cover-anniversary-trnd/index.html |title=How the &amp;#039;Sgt. Pepper&amp;#039; cover might have looked today|access-date=2017-08-31}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.spaciousplanet.com/world/guide/who-are-all-those-people-in-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band |title=Who Are All Those People in SGT Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Spacious Planet |access-date=2011-11-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024180614/http://www.spaciousplanet.com/world/guide/who-are-all-those-people-in-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band |archive-date=24 October 2011 |df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Book 3 of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Conversations with God]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1998), by [[Neale Donald Walsch]], it is mentioned that Babaji may at one time have resurrected himself from the dead, just like Lazarus, Jesus and others.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Walsch, Neale Donald, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Conversations with God: an uncommon dialog (Book #3)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, page 95.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The 2002 [[Tamil film]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baba (2002 film)|Baba]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; written by [[Rajinikanth]] was based on Babaji.  [[Swami Maheshwarananda]] writes in his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The hidden power in humans&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, that the Guru of the legendary Babaji is Sri Alakh Puriji.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[[Swami Maheshwarananda]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The hidden power in humans&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Ibera Verlag, page 245. {{ISBN|3-85052-197-4}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Songwriter [[Roger Hodgson]] of English rock band [[Supertramp]] composed a song called &amp;quot;[[Babaji (song)|Babaji]]&amp;quot; in reference to Mahavatar Babaji. This song was recorded and released on their 1977 album &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Even in the Quietest Moments...]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;supertramp&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Melhuish |first=Martin |title=The Supertramp Book |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-7119-0787-0 |pages=124–126}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Yogoda Satsanga Society of India]] – founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Haidakhan Babaji]] – a teacher who appeared in northern India and taught publicly from 1970 to 1984&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Hindu gurus and saints]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist|30em}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite journal |last1=Beckman |first1=Insiah |title=The Initiation: The Experiences of Dr. Donald Schnell (Prema Baba Swamiji) with Babaji (The Deathless Indian Avatar and God -man) |journal=The Edge |date=August 8, 2001 |url=http://www.edgemagazine.net/2001/08/the-initiation/}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
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*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wikisource:Autobiography of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on [[Wikisource]]:&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wikisource:Autobiography of a Yogi/Chapter 33|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Chapter 33: Babaji, the Yogi-Christ of modern India]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wikisource:Autobiography of a Yogi/Chapter 34|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Chapter 34: Materializing a palace in the Himalayas]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wikisource:Autobiography of a Yogi/Chapter 36|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Chapter 36: Babaji&amp;#039;s interest in the West]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wikisource:Autobiography of a Yogi/Chapter 37|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Chapter 37: I go to America]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wikisource:Autobiography of a Yogi/Chapter 38|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Autobiography of a Yogi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Chapter 38: Kajeswaran Yogi]]&lt;br /&gt;
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