This included celebrities, such as Shammi Kapoor, and gradually more Westerners.
In 1971 Haidakhan Babaji started travelling across India, proclaiming his Message, performing sacred ceremonies, such as yagna, and attracting more devotees. It is reported that starting in late September 1970 Haidakhan Babaji spent forty-five days meditating in a small temple on the top of the Kumaon Mount Kailash 'without leaving his seat.' In September 1971, Haidakhan Babaji, in a sworn testimony, convinced the judge of the court in Haldwani that he was the 'Old Hariakhan Baba', thought to be active in that region in the years 1860–1922, and that he had the right to use the ashrams in Kathgaria and Haidakhan. His followers maintain that Haidakhan Babaji is a Mahavatar – 'a human manifestation of God, not born from woman.' ContentsĪccording to 'The Teachings of Babaji,' Haidakhan Babaji 'appeared' in June 1970 in a cave at the foot of the Kumaon Mount Kailash, across the River Ganges, near a remote village called Hairakhan, in the Nainital District of Uttrakhand, India. He has a following in the Western world, and two ashrams in India. Haidakhan Babaji, simply called Babaji by his students and devotees, was a religious teacher who appeared near the village of Haidakhan in northern India ( Uttarakhand) and taught publicly from 1970 until his death in 1984.
