Nirmal Baba
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| Born | Nirmaljeet Singh Narula Samana, Punjab, India |
| Website | http://nirmalbaba.com/ |
Nirmaljeet Singh Narula or Nirmal Baba is a godman and spiritual leader known for his public discourses and has followers in some parts of India. As per Nirmal Baba's advise Utmost devotion, unflinching faith and strong morals are few fundamental aspects of seeking blessings from God. [1]
Life
Nirmal Baba, former name Nirmaljit Singh Nirula, was born in 1952 in Samana, India, near Patiala Punjab, to a Namdhari Sikh family and is the youngest of two brothers and three sisters.[2] He grew up in Palamau, Jharkhand after his parents shifted there in the Fifties.[3] He is married to Sushma Narula and has a daughter and a son.[4]
No cognisable offence is made out in the matter, the police said in its action-taken-report on the complaint to Metropolitan Magistrate Aparna Swamy.[5] He was then involved in mining of Kyanite from Jyoti Hill, Jharkhand in 1998–1999.[6]
He claims to have attained nirvana in a Jharkhand jungle in the 1980s. He then cut his Sikh hair, shaved off his beard and adopted the name Nirmal Baba.[3]
Nirmal Darbar
Nirmal Darbar used to be the name of the paid televised show corresponding to each public meeting of Baba. This show was broadcast by approximately 40 different channels including AXN, TV Asia, Star News, SAB TV and more.[7] During these Darbars, he used to make public appearances and conversed with aggrieved devotees who usually narrated their personal, social or financial worries to him. He would ask questions to diagnose what has stopped "kirpa" (God's kindness) from flowing in the devotees' lives. He then, used to advise them on those issues publicly and suggested "solutions" to make "kirpa" (God's kindness) flow in the devotees' lives again thereby solving their problems. Nirmal Baba also claims to save his devotees from negative effects of black magic and evil spirits. All the Samagam meetings had tickets for ₹2,000 (US$24).[8] The tagline of the show was "Yantra chale na tantra mantra, na rahe dukhon ka ghera. Bhagya uday ho jayega jab ho, Nirmal Baba aashirwad tera." meaning "Even when objects representing aspects of divine and mystical hymns and sounds having special meanings fail, good luck can be awakened in a person's life by blessings of Nirmal Baba."[9]
Allegations & Reactions
'Nirmal Darbar' a trust[10] and spiritual program run by Nirmal Baba came under media and legal attacks because of its allegedly fraudulent activities and for charging exorbitant sums of money from people claiming to solve their problems with the help of self proclaimed "divine powers" and solutions through eating certain things like rabdi, pani-puri etc.[11] Soon after the media criticism, his Facebook page was flooded with comments from supporters and fans. The news site Dailybhaskar has alleged that many of these Facebook profiles are fake.[12][13]
References
- ^ "about". India. 02 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Punjab News | Breaking News | Latest Online News. Punjabnewsline.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-17. [dead link]
- ^ a b Bad press makes no dent in Nirmal Baba's popularity : North, News – India Today. Indiatoday.intoday.in (1 May 2012). Retrieved on 2013-01-17.
- ^ Shakti Sharma (19 April 2012) Who is Nirmal Baba?. The Sunday Indian. Retrieved on 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Business Standard: Nirmal baba reveals no cognizable offence". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 september 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "'Nirmal Baba fled without paying house rent'". Prabhat Khabar. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "How Nirmal Baba rose to popularity on the web". Daily Bhaskar.com. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.nirmalbaba.com/
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-baba-and-his-recipes-to-stardom/941484/0
- ^ Sharif, Aslan (14 April 2012). "Nirmal Baba is media struck | His ferry seems to be sinking post tv interview". Parda Phash. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "Nirmal Baba's disciple registered complaint in court; Hearing on 1st May". DailyBhaskar.com. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "More disclosures put Nirmal Baba in tight spot". Zee news. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "Selling spirituality: 'Fraud' Nirmal Baba has fake followers too". Daily Bhaskar. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.