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12 Jan, 1918
05 Feb, 2008
Natural causes
Indian
Maharishi
90
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was an Indian guru known for developing the Transcendental Meditation technique and for being the leader and guru of a worldwide organization.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became a disciple and assistant of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath in the Indian Himalayas.
Yogi was born on January 12, 1918. As a young man, Maharishi studied physics at Allahabad University, where he obtained a degree in 1942.
After his university education, Maharishi decided to pursue a deeper meaning to life through practicing meditation and yoga.
The Maharishi also learnt and credits Brahmananda Saraswati for inspiring his teachings.
Maharishi began to introduce his Transcendental Meditation to India and the world in 1955.
Maharishi rose to prominence when he became the guru to The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and as well as other celebrities in the ’60s and ’70s.
He became known for his involvement in promoting peace, and world harmony, and his Vedic science based on a “unified field of all the laws of nature”.
He introduced the TM-Sidhi program in the late ‘70s which claimed to offer practitioners the ability to levitate and to create “heaven on earth”. He also tried to create special sovereign countries called “Global Country of World Peace” that would be ruled by him and his followers.
Maharishi passed away at his residence at the Maharishi Vedic City in the Netherlands in 2008 at the age of 90.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Male
Natural causes
Rajim, Central province, British India (Chhattisgarh, India)
Vlodrop, Limburg, Netherlands
Campaigner: Enthusiastic, creative and sociable free spirits, who can always find a reason to smile. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi loves to keep things simple and clear. He was good at giving advice and was capable of inspiring people.
The Beatles went to Delhi in 1968 to spend three months with Maharishi.
Mahesh learned Sanskrit from Swami Brahmanada. He even became Swami’s assistant while in college.
He founded the Maharishi University of Management in 1971.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics.
He was founder of the Transcendental Meditation movement
He created over 3000 peace palaces across the world