Recent Edit 1 Moved the Hariakhan Baba paragraph above Post Yogananda Claims According to that entry Hariakhan Baba taught from 1860 before Paramahansa Yogananda was born to 1924 before the publication of the Autobiography of a Yogi in 1946 People accepted and revered Hariakhan Baba as the Babaji since pre Yogananda times The timing of his appearance also coincides with Lahiri Mahasaya s Kriya Yoga initiation from Babaji 1861 2 Corrected a minor spelling error from Hari Dasa to Hari Dass 3 Added Roy Eugene Davis name and book as support for the Mahavatar Babaji Hariakhan Baba theory Basically to show that there is someone from the lineage of the author of Autobiography of a Yogi who agrees with Dass and Mahendra Baba s conclusion Roy Eugene Davis was ordained by Paramahansa Yogananda himself in 1951 So for someone like him to agree that this Hariakhan Baba is the same as the Mahavatar Babaji mentioned by his Master and venerated by all legitimate kriyabans from the Lahiri Lineage is not a light matter 4 Added Sidhoji Rao Shithole s legal and proper name