Babaji
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"Babaji" may refer to:
- Guru Nanak, the universal enlightener and founder of sikhism, often known as "Baba Nanak" or "Babaji"
- a Muslim, Sufi, Hindu or Sikh ascetic or holy man, including:
- Gaurakisora dasa BabajiGaurakisora Dasa BabajiGaurakisora Dasa Babaji is a well known acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and is regarded as a Mahatma or saint by followers of his lineage...
, an influential Vaishnava guru from the Gaudiya tradition - Haidakhan BabajiHaidakhan BabajiHaidakhan Babaji, simply called "Babaji" or Bhole Baba by his students and devotees, was a teacher who appeared in northern India and taught publicly from 1970 to 1984...
, a teacher who appeared in northern India and taught publicly from 1970–1984 - Hariakhan BabaHariakhan BabaHariakhan Baba was a teacher who taught throughout northern India near the Himalayas between 1861 and 1924.Babaji, as he is referred to, is discussed in the book Hariakhan Baba: Known and Unknown by Baba Hari Dass...
, appeared in many places in northern India near the Himalayas between 1861 and 1924 - Jagannatha dasa BabajiJagannatha dasa BabajiJagannātha Dāsa Bābājī was an influential leader in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and is respected as a Mahatma or saint by followers of his lineage. He accepted initiation from Jagadananda Goswami of Vrindavan, and later accepted Babaji initiation from Madhusudana dasa Babaji...
, an acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. - Mahavatar BabajiMahavatar BabajiMahavatar Babaji is the name given to an Indian saint by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples who met Mahavatar Babaji between 1861 and 1935. Some of these meetings were described by Paramhansa Yogananda in his book Autobiography of a Yogi , including a first hand telling of Yogananda’s own...
, referred to by Paramahansa Yogananda in his best-selling Autobiography of a Yogi - Shivarudra BalayogiShivarudra BalayogiShri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj , born Srinivas Dikshitar in Kolar in the South Indian state of Karnataka, is a Self Realized Yogi and direct disciple of Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj....
, Yogi and Self Realized Master, affectionately known as Babaji. - Baba Virsa Singh Ji, founder of the Gobind Sadan community
- Baba Basant Rai of Hazaribagh, subject of the documentary Babaji, an Indian Love Story
- Gaurakisora dasa Babaji
- An honorific in the Sikh faith, given to elderly or wise men, such as:
- Baba Buddha Ji
- Baba Deep Singh Ji
- Baba Fateh Singh Ji
- A song by Supertramp
- The main character of the book Little Babaji, a reworking of Little Black Sambo
- Bābājī Faşal is a village, Northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
- Babaji (Afghanistan) is a district in the Northeastern part of Gowr Province of Afghanistan.