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Morari Bapu (Gujarati: મોરારી બાપુ, Hindi: मुरारी बापू; real name Moraridas Prabhudas Hariyani born on September 25, 1946[1] in Talgajarda is a popular Hindu kathakaar (preacher), who has been giving 9 day-long sermons (kathaas) in both Gujarati and Hindi all over the world—including in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea, and on an airplane travelling the world—since the mid-1970s.
To date, he has conducted over 700 kathaas, most of them based on the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas and other such works about Rama as well as Gopigeet which has the gopis of Vrindavan singing of the glory of Krishna.
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Biography
Morari Bapu, complete name Moraridas Prabhudas Hariyani was born on September 25, 1946 on auspicious day of Shivratri in village Talgajarda near Mahuva, Gujarat, to Prabhudas Bapu Hariyani and Savitri Ben Hariyani, in a family of six brothers and two sisters. He is born in a family following religious traditions called Vaishnav Bava Sadhu Nimbarka Parampara (lineage). He became to be called as "Bapu" (meaning Father or elderly person) lovingly by people. .[2] .[3] His grandfather, Tribhovandasji was a great Ram Bhakta (devotee of Sri Rama) and used to make young Morari memorize five verses of the Ramcharitamanas each day, on his way to school and back. Further, he at young age was also encouraged via letters from his paternal great grand father, Mahamandleshwar Vishnu Giriji Maharaj, who was head of "Kailas Ashram" at Rishikesh, to be proficient in the Bhagvat Gita and the Vedas.[4][5]
Morari Bapu has started his career as a primary school teacher in near by village to Talgajarda, he worked for several years, side by side he was doing Ram Kathas.
Media
- Ram Katha by Morari Bapu. (Audio and Video)[1]
Currently available:-
- Katha No. 668 - Manas Shraddha
- Katha No. 667 - Manas Mallikarjun
- Katha No. 648 - Manas Amarnath
- Katha No. 623 - Manas Sadguru
- Katha No. 571 - Manas Kak Bhusundi Ramayan
Further reading
- Ramayana: Rāma, Gāthā in Different Versions, by Avadhesh K. Singh. Published by D.K. Printworld, 2007. ISBN 8124604169.
References
- ^ Moraridas (Bapu) showed signs of extraordinary brilliance and spent most of his childhood under the guidance of his Grandmother often spending hours listening to folk tales of traditional India. Bapu was born on the 25th September 1946 in Talgajarda (a small village near the port of Mahuva in the State of Gujarat, India), to Prabhudas Bapu Hariyani and Savitri Ben Hariyani.
- ^ Morari Bapu Profile www.yogausa.com.
- ^ Biography www.iiramii.net
- ^ Sri Morari Bapu
- ^ Sant Morari Bapu profiles.incredible-people.com.
External links
Categories:- Bhakti movement
- Hindu religious figures
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Gujarati people
- Indian religious biography stubs
- Hindu biography stubs
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