Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Politician

1929 – 2004

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Who was Harbhajan Singh Yogi?

Harbhajan Singh Yogi, also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib, was a spiritual leader and entrepreneur who introduced Kundalini Yoga to the United States. Yogi Bhajan originally studied under Sant Hazara Singh, Dhirendra Brahmachari of Vishwayatan Yoga Ashram, and Baba Virsa Singh of Gobind Sadan." He was the spiritual director of the 3HO Foundation, with over 300 centers in 35 countries, and the first chief executive or "Siri Singh Sahib" of Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere, charged in 1971 by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee with starting a Sikh religious ministry in the West.

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Born
Aug 26, 1929
Gujranwala
Also known as
  • Yogi Bhajan
  • Harbhajan Singh Khalsa
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Children
Religion
  • Sikhism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Master of Economics, University of the Punjab
  • PhD, University of Humanistic Studies
    Psychology
Died
Oct 6, 2004
EspaƱola

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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