Neem Karoli Baba

Neem Karoli Baba
Personal life
Born
Lakshman Narayan Sharma

c.1900
Akbarpur village, North-Western Provinces, British India
(present-day Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died11 September 1973
Vrindavan, India
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophyBhakti yoga
Religious career

Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā) or Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) (born Laksman Narayan Sharma; c.1900 – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman.