Baba Rampuri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBaba Rampuri
American Hindu monk
Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1950
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession: Sadhu
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Baba Rampuri
- Baba Rampuri, born William A.
- Gans (July 14, 1950), also known as Baba Ram Puri -ji is an American born Sadhu.
- He claims to be the first westerner to become a Naga Sadhu, having been initiated in 1970.
- He is the author of the 2010 Destiny Books published book Autobiography of a Sadhu: A Journey into Mystic India, originally published in 2005 by Harmony/Bell Tower as Baba: Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Yogi, and now released by Amarpuri Wellness in 2016 as Autobiography of a Sadhu: An Angrez among Naga Babas which has also been translated into German, Russian, Czech, Croatian, and Serbian.
- He was initiated into the religious order the Naga Sannyasis after traveling to India on a spiritual quest from his native California in 1969, at the age of 18.
- Like many Sadhus, he has stopped using his birth name since his initiation, refuses to give it, and is unwilling to talk about his past.
- He is Shri Mahant at Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara (The Sacred Juna Akhara of the Ten Names).
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