Background
His mother was from Nepal and his father was from East Bengal. He was born in Orissa between 1890 and 1895.
His mother was from Nepal and his father was from East Bengal. He was born in Orissa between 1890 and 1895.
In the early part of his life he was a successful and wealthy businessman. Some time after 1945 he retired from worldly life and took sanyas vows, becoming a monk in the tradition of the Naga Babas, more exactly, in the Anandakara branch of the movement founded by Shankaracharya. He became well-known to young Westerners visiting India in the 1960s.
Everyone who met him were impressed and he was held in high esteem by both Indians and Westerners.
He was talkative and would spend hours regaling his listeners with what some might call "tall tales". Ganesh Baba"s teachings incorporated Western scientific concepts.
He left three manuscripts and many volumes of short essays and papers. In 1979 he had developed eye cataracts and was going blind.
His Western followers arranged for him to visit the United States.A. for an operation, as a result of which he recovered his sight.
He returned to India in 1986. He died at Nainital on 19 November 1987, and is buried at the Alakha Nath Temple in Bareilly.
