Maha Avtar Babaji, The oldest living monk in the himalayas.
A beautiful story on Babaji narrated by Marshal Govinda Satchitananda
Babaji is about 2500 years old and lives in the Himalayas. There are no pictures of him, but all great masters attribute him as a man who looks like he is in his early 20"s. There is only an artists impression of him approved by the great masters who have met him over the centuries.
He was born in Portonuovo in Cuddalore district near Pondicherry ( Now called Parangipettai) , He was kidnapped by arab traders at the age of 5 and sold in Calcutta. The man who purchased him freed him , His first Guru was Boghanathar one of the 18 siddhars in Hinduism, and then he learnt from the famous saint Agastiar muni at Kutralam in Tamil Nadu.
His birth date is vague but most sources attribute it to around 2000 years to 2500 years ago. Babaji is beyond death and has conquered it along with his sister , who is called Mataji or simply divine mother.
One source states it as Babaji was born in 562 B.C in Parangi Pettai, Porto Nova, now a small village near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India. Babaji was christened, Nagaraj by his parents, which connotes the meaning the king of serpents. Babaji`s father was a priest at a Shiva temple. Babaji`s birthday falls on the day when the Pushya Star is in operation on the month of Karthika. And this video states 203 AD on deepawali.
His students have been ......Adi shankaracharya in the 9th century........Kabir Das in the 16th century.......Lahiri Mahasaya 19th century.........Yogananda Paramahansa . And many other spiritual masters for the last 2500 years or so.
