Mangal Raj Joshi

Prof. Mangal Raj Joshi at the Royal Palace in Nepal

Mangal Raj Joshi (1920 ~ 2005) was the Royal Astrologer of Nepal, whose family has worked for more than 20 generations for the Nepalese kings. Dr. Joshi holds a Ph.D. in Urban Study and Planning, and he was a professor at Patan College. Joshi was also the chairman of Nepal's "Panchang Nirnayak Samiti" and vice chairman of "Asian Panchang Samiti"^{[1] [2] [3]}. Since Mangal Raj Joshi died in March 2005 at age 85 Nepal has been without a royal astrologer. Prof. Joshi, as Royal Astrologer, didn't predict the Nepalese Royal murders, a point taken advantage of by some persons wishing to disprove Astrology^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}.

General

At 11 years old, Joshi followed his father, Daibagya Krishna Raj Joshi's footsteps into astrology. He had edited and published Mangal Ephemeris for 77 yrs. Dr. Joshi also lent his presence to the education as a teacher at many colleges^{[8] [9]}. His career began as a teacher at the Tri Chandra College in 1967. He was instrumental in the establishment of Patan Multiple College (PMC) in 1950 both as a teacher and programme in - charge. Later, he served as Principal of PMC in 1968. Besides his identity as a scholar of Geography and Astrology, he had a diploma in subjects like Modernization in Education from Houston University, Texas, USA. He also had a Ph.D. degree in Urban Study and Planning of Kathmandu Valley from Patna University, India.

Dr. Joshi died in Kathmandu on 2 March 2005 from a combination of kidney problems and a heart attack, according to his son, Dr. Badri Raj Joshi, B.A., M.S.C. (Predictive Astrology), Ph.D., PGA. Since then, well-known knowledgeable, hard working, inquisitive personality Prof. Dr. Madhav Bhattarai attending the office as a president of Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samiti.

Contributions

His contributions ranged from an acharya of Astrology to professor of Geography, Nepali and Nepal Bhasa at the master's level in PMC. Apart from this, he was graced with a golden crown as royal astrologer as well as recognition of his service to Astrology at the International Astrologers‚ Conference of 1988 in India.

Books

Pandit Krishna Raj Bansa, Neetismuchaya, Atma Puja, Bhatry Padhoty, Laxmi Puja Padhoty, Durga Puja Padhoty, Shreemad Bhagbat Samchitshar, Current of the progress (Trade Cult promotion Academy), Bar Bela, are some of the books written by him.

References

1. ^ "Stars Above!: Astrology is ascending - National Review by John Derbyshire July 9, 2001 Website.". http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_13_53/ai_76167306. Retrieved 2007-02-25. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Nepal News Dot Com - Royal Astrologer Website.". Archived from the original on 2006-10-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20061007013629/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2003/march/arc625.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
3. ^ "The Rising Nepal - 'Astrology has wide scope' April 22, 2003 Website.". Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20070204045822/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2003/apr/apr22/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
4. ^ "Nepali Times: Since Mangal Raj Joshi died at age 85 Nepal has been without a royal astrologer PDF". http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/nepali_times/Nepali_Times_243.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-25. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Bedi, Rahul (2001-06-06). "Astrologer unable to foresee royal massacre". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/06/06/wnep206.xml. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
6. ^ "MediaWatch: The Nepalese Royal Massacre". http://www.astrologer.com/aanet/pub/mediawatch/july01.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
7. ^ "James Randi Education Foundation Website.". http://www.randi.org/jr/06-15-01.html. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
8. ^ "The Rising Nepal - 'Astrology has wide scope' April 22, 2003 Website.". Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20070204045822/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2003/apr/apr22/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 
9. ^ "Brief bio on PGA Patrons list". http://www.p-g-a.org/patrons.html. Retrieved 2007-02-25. 

Obituary on PGA site

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Name	Joshi, Mangal Raj
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Date of birth	1920
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Date of death	2005
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