Khaptad Baba Explained

Khaptad Baba
Birth Place:Kashmir
Death Place:Pokhara, Nepal
Other Names:Sri 1008 Brahmavit Paramahansa Yogi Schitananda Saraswati, Khaptad Swami
Known For:Contribution in disseminating Vedic knowledge regarding medicinal herbs, yoga, meditation and science of thought.
Notable Works:The Science of Thought, Dharma-Vigyan

Khaptad Baba, also known as Swami Sachchidananda, was a spiritual saint who traveled along the high mountainous regions of Nepal and settled temporarily in Ilam, Kalinchowk, Swargadwari, Mushikot, Chandannath and ultimately in the Khaptad Valley in the 1940s to meditate and worship.[1] [2] He lived for more than fifty years in the valley,[3] and overlooked the establishment of Khaptad National Park in 1984.[4] He is revered as a Hindu saint.[5] Within the national park, a hermitage, temples, and stone statues remain.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Khaptad Baba. Alokvidyashram.edu. 1 November 2018. 26 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042712/http://alokvidyashram.edu.np/?q=khaptad_baba. dead.
  2. Joshi, L. R.. 2011. Eco-tourism Planning and Management on Eco-tourism Destinations of Bajhang District, Nepal. Forestry Nepal, Term Paper. 2018-09-12. 2019-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190512160429/http://www.forestrynepal.org/images/publications/Ecotourism%2520destination%2520bajhang.pdf. dead.
  3. Book: Translating development: the case of Nepal. Social Science Press. 2003. 161. 9788187358121.
  4. Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites . International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Kathmandu,
  5. Book: Rawal, R.S. High Altitudes of the Himalaya: Biodiversity, ecology & environment. Gyanodaya Prakashan. 1994. 83. 9788185097398.
  6. Book: Grassland Ecology and Management in Protected Areas of Nepal: Technical and status papers of grasslands of mountain protected areas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. 2000. 146. 9789291151523.

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