Do you know who was Neem Karoli Baba's Bengali disciple?

No entanglement. There is no dust on the body. There is no fixed seat or place of pilgrimage. Yet the crowd surrounds him. Devotees fly from distant lands. But he said, 'Maya koi baba ko nehi jaanta', pray to Hanumaji in the temple men unse'.

White dhoti and blankets. He used to call himself 'Prasadwala Baba'. His devotees called him 'Maharajji'. Nim Karoli Baba. Nim Karani Baba by another name.

His two entities. One is 'Maharajji' of devotees, the other is 'Lakshmi Narayan Sharma'. He was born in Akbarpur of Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh in the early 1900s on Shukla Paksha Ashtami of one Magh. Father Durgaprasad Sharma named son Lakshmi Narayan. Since childhood, he liked to be alone away from the crowd. Seeing her reclusive nature, her father found a Brahmin girl and married her at the age of eleven. But he could not hold his son. She left home right after marriage.

First in Gujarat, then he started traveling to different parts of the country. 10-15 years passed like this. Absolutely no contact with home. Neem Karoli Baba was known as 'Talaiyawala Baba' in Gujarat. He lived by a small lake in Bhavania village in Gujarat. Village women used to come there to fetch water. They discovered the new saint one day.

He also has many names like 'Tikoniawale Baba', 'Handiwale Baba'. He took him back home on the call of his father. Lived as a householder for a few years, fathered two sons and a daughter. He was busy in service work even in his household life. But the house could not bind him in any way. Go to the most remote areas of Uttar Pradesh. There his new name was 'Baba Lachman Das'.

Much later he started living in the village 'Neem Karori', from where he came to be known as 'Neem Karolibaba'. In 1040 he traveled to Kumaon. After his departure Hanuman temple was built in Kumaon.

There is a story about 'Neeb Karori' station. According to that story, once Nim Karoli Baba was starving for several days. Then he was 'Baba Lachman Das'. Tired body got up in the first class room of Toden. The ticket checker came on time. Arguments arise due to lack of tickets. The ticket examiner shoved him down from the platform. His baggy accessories were thrown away. He sat under a tree without saying anything.

After a while it is seen that the driver cannot start the train at all. Engineers come running. There is no solution. The situation is such that even the magistrate has to rush in. He knew Lachman Das Sadhu. Told the ticket examiner to apologize to Sadhuji. And to bring him back to that seat on the train. But Lachman Das father is not happy.

He finally agreed to many requests, but made two conditions. One, destitute saints should never be mistreated in the train and two, a station should be built at this 'Neeb Karori' for the convenience of people. His proposal was accepted.

He did not believe in the Ashram system, but to immerse himself in Sadhana, he built a Tapasthal at Kainchi Dham on the banks of the Koshi River, 31 km from Almora Nainital in Uttarakhand. A special fair is also held at Kainchi Dham every year on 15th June.

Nim Karoli Baba spent his last life in Vrindavan. He passed away on September 11, 1973. His Ashram is at Atla Chungi on Parikrama Road in Vrindavan.

Nim Karoli was associated with Baba of Bengal. It is heard that he also came to Dakshineshwar. One of his favorite fans was Bengali. Name Sudhir Mukhopadhyay. He was known as 'Dada Mukhopadhyay'. He was a professor of economics at Elaha University. There are several stories about Nim Karoli Baba's first meeting with him and his later connection.

Neem Karoli Baba established Hanuman temples at various places. Devotees consider him as an avatar of Hanumanji. Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Vrindavan are about 108 like this. There are ashrams in Texas, USA.

Europe came to know about him through a book written by Baba Ramdas, a devotee. Since then people from abroad started looking for him on the shores of Koshi.

Any devotee from any country can visit his ashram. Can stay for three days subject to permission.

Nim Karoli Baba changed the lives of many people. His fan list includes famous people as well as many common people. But why did people rush to him? There is no change in this trend even today.

This saint, a pilgrim of Bhaktimarga, used to say that worldview is possible through simplicity. Money is not in the heart, let God be, the place of money is in the bank. God is one in his philosophy. Love all, serve all and remember God.

From Mark Zuckerberg to Steve Jobs, Julia Roberts to Virat Kohli visited Nim Karoli Baba's ashram. In 2015, Zuckerberg came to his ashram in Nainital. Before that, in 1974, Steve Jobs took his friend Don to that ashram. And at the beginning of January Virat-Anushka.

After returning from the ashram, Virat's surprising success on the cricket field has started a new search for him. Many people are wondering if Nim Karoli Baba's ashram philosophy is the reason for Virat's recent success?

If you want to know that chemistry, you have to find anew the Sadhana-philosophy of this spiritual man.