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Manavta Mandir or Be Man Temple in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourth century. In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab....

, Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

was established in the year 1962 by Baba Faqir Chand

Baba Faqir Chand

Baba Faqir Chand, was an Indian master of Surat Shabd Yoga, or consciously controlled near death experience. He was the first Sant Mat guru to speak of overwhelming experience of certainty and the subjective projection of sacred forms without the conscious knowledge of the person at the center of...

(1886-1981). In order to carry forward the mission of his religion of humanity

Religion of Humanity

Religion of Humanity was a secular religion created by Auguste Comte, the founder of positivist philosophy. Adherents of this religion have built chapels of Humanity in France and Brazil.-Origins:...

, Faqir, with the financial help from Seth Durga Das established the temple which remained his center of activity till he died in the year 1981. The temple houses a statue of his guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

, Shiv Brat Lal

Shiv Brat Lal

Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal Verman ji was born in Bhadohi Distt of Uttar Pradesh state in India in 1860. He was a post graduate and a famous writer. It is believed that he wrote as much as 3000 books on various social, historical, religious and spiritual topics...

and portraits of other prominent gurus of Sant Mat

Sant Mat

Sant Mat was a loosely associated group of teachers that became prominent in the northern part of the Indian sub-continent from about the 13th century...

, Radha Soami

Radha Soami

Radhasoami is a philosophical organization originating in 19th century India, and considered by adherents as a true way to attain God realization...

Mat and Sufi Mat.

The Mission

There is a tomb (Hindi:समाधि) erected in the premises where Faqir's remains (bones) have been interred. A flag of humanity has been unfurled on it. Though, there is no place of 'tomb' etc. in his Sant Mat (Dayal Faqir Mat), however, his last will in this regard intended a message of selfless service to humanity. The Faqir Library Charitable Trust looks after the affairs of the temple. It runs a school named Shiv Dev Rao SSK High School where no fee is charged from the students. However, their parents have to give an undertaking to the effect that they will not give birth to more than three children. For the welfare of humanity and nation, thus, Manavta Mandir carries forward the ideology of Faqir to include family welfare programme in the religion itself. A bi-monthly magazine 'Manav Mandir', a priced publication, is an other important feature of temple activity. The trust also runs a free dispensary and a free kitchen (Hindi:लंगर). There is a good collection of books in the library maintained by the Trust. It contains a rare book of Shiv Brat Lal

Shiv Brat Lal

, Faqir Chand and many other saints.

The following

The following of Baba Faqir Chand and his followers worldwide is now in lakhs. It also has a small following in United States

United States

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and Canada

Canada

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Location

Manavta Mandir, 'Be Man Temple', Manavta Mandir Road., Hoshiarpur, PIN Code:146001, Punjab