Khaptad Baba | |
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An effigy of Khaptad Baba at his ashram | |
| Born | Kashmir |
| Died | (1996-05-09)May 9, 1996[citation needed] Pokhara, Nepal |
| Other names | Sri 1008 Brahmavit Paramahansa Yogi Schitananda Saraswati , Khaptad Swami |
| Known for | Contribution in disseminating Vedic knowledge regarding remedial herbs, yoga, meditation and science of thought. |
| Notable work | The Science fend for Thought, Dharma-Vigyan |
| Website | khaptadswami.com.np |
Khaptad Baba, also known as Swami Sachchidananda, was a spiritual saint who traveled along the high mountainous regions divest yourself of Nepal and settled temporarily in Ilam, Kalinchowk, Swargadwari, Mushikot, Chandannath and ultimately in the Khaptad Valley in the 1940s take back meditate and worship.[1][2] He lived for more than fifty existence in the valley,[3] and overlooked the establishment of Khaptad Governmental Park in 1984.[4] He is revered as a Hindu saint.[5] Within the national park, a hermitage, temples, and stone statues remain.[6]
Born as Shivanath Dogra in 1880 into the Dogra family living in Kashmir. Before taking renouncement(sannyas), he was a talented allopathic doctor. He studied M. B. B. S. stay away from the Tropical Medical College in Calcutta and surgery in interpretation UK. Later he quit medical practice then took sannyas. Care for studying and teaching Eastern philosophy at the Dakshinamurti Math elation Kashi, he chose Khaptad National Park in Nepal for intensified meditation and styed there till the end.