Babaji

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Babaji is an Indian honorific that means "Father", usually with great respect or to a Priest. It may also refer to:

People
  • Baba Ji Maharaj, name is used for Baba Jaimal Singh (born July 1878), Founder and first Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
  • Babaji, name is used for Sardar Gurinder Singh Dhillon Ji (born 1 August 1954), spiritual teacher
  • Babaji, affectionate name for Shivarudra Balayogi (born 1954), yogi and self realized master
  • Babaji, a name for Baba Virsa Singh Ji, founder of the Gobind Sadan Institute
  • Babaji Maharaji or Hariakhan Baba (active 1861–1924), a yogi who taught throughout northern India near the Himalayas
  • Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji (1838–1915), a well-known acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism
  • Haidakhan Babaji, a teacher who appeared in northern India and taught publicly from 1970–1984
  • Mahavatar Babaji, referred to by Paramahansa Yogananda in his best-selling Autobiography of a Yogi
Other uses
  • "Babaji", a song from the album Even in the Quietest Moments... by Supertramp
  • Babaji, Helmand, a rural suburb of Lashkargah that was the center of Operation Panther's Claw in 2009 during the War in Afghanistan
  • Little Babaji, a reworking of the children's book The Story of Little Black Sambo

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