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== NEEB A GLIMPSE OF MAHARAJJI'S LIFE

Maharajji was born in the village Akbarpur (Firozabad district) of Uttar Pradesh (India) in a wealthy Brahmin jameedar (landlord) family. He was born on Shukla Paksh Ashtmi in the month of Margsheersh and was named Lakshmi Narayan Sharma by his father Shri Durga Prasad Sharma. From early childhood Maharajji was detached from worldly attachments. At the age of eleven he was married to a girl from an affluent Brahmin family.

Immediately after his marriage Maharajji left home and went to Gujarat. He roamed around various p

laces in Gujarat and the entire country. After around 10-15 years (this is approximate and is as told by elders from village of Akbarpur) his father was informed by someone that he had seen a sadhu (ascetic) who was a lookalike of his son in the village of Neeb Karori (misspelt as 'Neem Karoli' at times) in the Farukkhabad district in Uttar Pradesh. His father immediately rushed to the village of Neeb Karori to meet and get his son. There he met Maharajji and ordered him to return home. Maharajji followed his fathers instructions and returned. This was the beginning of two different types of life that Maharajji led. One that of a householder and the other that of a saint. He devoted time towards his responsibility of a householder and at the same time he continued to look after his bigger family i.e. the world at large. However, there was no difference in his life and style of living when discharging duties of a householder or that of a saint. In his family as a householder he has two sons and a daughter. One is at Kainchi in Nainital district of Uttranchal and the second one is at Vrindavan in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. He selected Vrindavan as the place for his 'Mahasamadhi'. Vrindavan is the place where Lord Krishna played and lived. Vrindavan is also known as Golok Dham. Maharajji left Kainchi Ashram on 09th September 1973 for Agra. This was his last visit to Kainchi and he left signs of his last visit which people could make out only later on. Description of the same is available in the book 'Miracle of Love' (by Ram Dass). On reaching Agra on 10th September, he immediately set for Vrindavan where he attained 'Mahasamadhi' on 11th September 1973.

Akbarpur Mandir Aligarh Mandir Badrinath (Mana) Mandir Badrinath (Narayan Parvat) Mandir Bavania Mandir Berlin (Ayodhya) Mandir Bhumiadhar Mandir Chennai (Veerapuram) Mandir Collegeville Mandir Cologne (Kainchi) Mandir Delhi (Mehrauli) Mandir Dharchula Mandir Haldwani Mandir Hanumanchatti Mandir Hanumangadhi Mandir Jabalpur (Ghana Gram) Mandir Jipti Mandir Kainchi Mandir Kankrighat Mandir Kanpur (Panki) Mandir Kitchha Mandir Kotmanya (Garjiya) Mandir Lucknow (Gomti Kinare) Mandir Lucknow (Hanumansetu) Mandir Maui (Hawaii) Mandir Meerut Mandir Mirzapur (Vindhyachal) Mandir Naukuchiya Taal Mandir Neeb Karori Mandir Paudhi (Gadhwaal) Mandir Pithodagadh Mandir Rishikesh Mandir Shimla Mandir Taos (New Mexico) Mandir Ulm (Brindavon) Mandir Vrindavan Mandir Akbarpur Mandir and Ashram, India This place has a very special importance as Maharajji was born in this village. It is referred to as his Janma Sthal. Akbarpur is a very small village in the Firozabad district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Website: http://janmasthali.neebkaroribaba.com/ Aligarh Mandir, India This is the upcoming temple in Uttar Pradesh. The 'shilanyas' or the ceremony of laying the foundation stone was recently held at Aligarh on 22nd February, 2005. Badrinath (Mana) Mandir, India Badrinath (Narayan Parvat) Mandir, India Bavania Mandir, India Bavania is a village about forty kilometres from the town of Morvi in Gujarat. It was here that Maharajji established the first Murti of Hanuman. Maharajji spent his intial years of tapasya at this place. Berlin (Ayodhya) Mandir, Germany Website: http://www.sridurgamayimaashram.de/en/index.html Bhumiadhar Mandir, India This place was denoted by a devotee to Maharajji. First a room and then a small temple was built. It was close to this site that Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) met Maharajji for the first time. Chennai (Veerapuram) Mandir and Ashram, India Collegeville Mandir, Pennsylvania, USA Website: http://www.geocities.com/hanuman19426 Cologne (Kainchi) Mandir, Germany Website: http://www.sridurgamayimaashram.de/en/index.html Delhi (Mehrauli) Mandir and Ashram, India The Delhi temple is located in Jaunapur near Mehrauli. It is situated amongst huge real estates and is built in a large area. This temple supports a hospital and two schools. It is also the place where Madrasi baba lives and has his own little temple. Dharchula Mandir, India

Haldwani Mandir This is a personal temple at the house of a devotee of Maharajji. Hanumanchatti Mandir, India

Hanumangadhi Mandir, India This place was earlier called Manora hill and was a deserted place because it was weak and unstable. It is near Nainital. Maharajji built a temple here and later handed it over to the Government Trust. This is reportedly the first temple built by Maharajji. Jabalpur (Ghana gram) Mandir and Ashram, India The work on this temple in Madhya Pradesh started on 24th Feb, 1997. It is beautifully located on the banks of the river Narmada. On the right is a photograph of the Hanuman idol in the temple (taken in April 2008). Jipti Mandir, India

Kainchi Mandir and Ashram, India One of the two temples built by Maharajji itself. It is a very beautiful temple located in the hills near Nainital. The name comes from the fact that the temple is situated between two hills which cross each other and the cradle looks like a scissor (kainchi). It hosts one of the biggest annual bhandaras among the various temples. Website: http://kainchi.neebkaroribaba.com Kankrighat Mandir, India This place is located 22 kms. from Kainchi. It was the place where Sombari Baba lived and performed tapasya. Swami Vivekananda also performed tapasya at this place and experienced enlightment for the first time here. Kanpur (Panki) Mandir, India This is a small temple in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) near the Panki Railway station. A standing Hanumanji resides in this wonderful little temple. This temple is near the famous Panki Hanuman Mandir. Website: http://temples.neebkaroribaba.com/kanpur.htm Kitchha Mandir, India This is also a personal temple at one of the devotees' place. Kotmanya (Garjiya) Mandir, India

Lucknow (Gomti Kinare) Mandir, India This is the older of the two temples which Maharajji built at Lucknow. It has been on the banks of River Gomti for a long time. Lucknow (Hanumansetu) Mandir and Ashram, India This is the most famous temple in Lucknow near the Hanumansetu bridge over the river Gomti. This temple hosts a huge bhandara Website: http://sankatmochanmandir.com/ Maui Mandir, Hawaii, USA Meerut Mandir, India Mirzapur (Vindhyachal) Mandir and Ashram, India This temple is in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. This place is very famous because of the Vindhyavasini temple. It is quite close to Benares and Allahabad. The temple is still in construction stage. Naukuchiya Taal (Bhim Taal) Mandir, India

Neeb Karori Mandir and Ashram, India Neeb Karori is in the district of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh. Maharajji came here from Gujarat and furthered his tapasya. It is said that he lived in a cave made by the villagers for him. Paudhi (Gadhwaal) Mandir, India

Pithodagadh Mandir, India

Rishikesh Mandir, India Website: http://members.rediff.com/neemkaroli/neemkaroli.htm Shimla Mandir, India Taos Mandir and Ashram, New Mexico, USA Website: http://www.nkbashram.org/ Ulm (Brindavon) Mandir, Germany Website: http://www.sridurgamayimaashram.de/en/index.html Vrindavan Mandir and Ashram, India This place in Uttar Pradesh is yet another important place as Maharajji left his body here. It has one of the two temples built by Maharajji himself. Maharajji left his body in Vrindavan and so this is referred to as his Samadhi Sthal. Website: http://samadhi.neebkaroribaba.com/