page_title: Tibbetibaba
section_title: Notable disciples
hierarchical_section_title: Tibbetibaba / Notable disciples
caption_attribution_description: The photograph shows a photo of Soham Swami, a famous Bengali yogi and Guru and Hindu religious figure of India.The photograph shows Soham Swami with Tibbetibaba, his guru.
context_page_description: Tibbetibaba also known as Mahasadhak Tibbetibaba or Paramhamsa Tibbetibaba, alternative spellings Tibbatibaba, Tibbati Baba, Tibbeti Baba, Tibbotibaba or Tibboti Baba born Nabin Chattopadhhyaya Bengali: নবীন চট্টোপাধ্যায়;Mahasamadhi or death – 19 November 1930 was a famous Bengali philosopher, saint and yogi. He was one of the few saints in India whose life was an amalgamation of the Advaita Vedanta doctrine of Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhist doctrine. Tibbetibaba was a master of all the eight siddhis and supposedly had remarkable healing powers. Even though he was master of all the siddhis, he was not personally interested in using them.
context_section_description: His admirers, disciples and devotees ranged from undivided India to Afghanistan, Russia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan and Myanmar(Burma). Some of his famous disciples were:
  Dharmadas Rai: He was a great devotee and disciple of Tibbetibaba. He was a companion of Tibbettibaba in his wanderings to southern India. He was a resident of Channa village.
  Kunjeshwar Misra: A resident of north Kolkata, he was an allopath medical practitioner (doctor) by profession. He had written books named Tibbatibabar Parichay (This was a biography on Tibbetibaba), Chanditatve Ved O Vigyan, Ramayan Bodh Ba Balmikir Atmaprakash and  Gleanings from Ramayana, Ramayan Bodh, and Adhyatatva Koumudi: Raasleela Prabhriti Prabandhabali.
  Akshay Mitra.
  Soham Swami, whose original name was Shyamakanta Bandopaddhyaya, was Tibbetibaba's Advaita Vedantic disciple. He had so much physical strength that he could wrestle even tigers. Soham Swami had ashram in both in Nainital and Haridwar. The writings of Soham Swami include the books Soham Gita, Soham Samhita, Common Sense and Truth ( this book was the only book written by him in English poetry. It was published in Calcutta, now Kolkata, in 1913).
  Jatindra Nath Banerjee, who was a very active revolutionary (of India's Freedom Struggle) during the first decade of the twentieth century of India's freedom struggle, perhaps became the most famous disciple of Soham Swami. He was among the initial members of Anushilan Samiti which was established in 1902. He was rechristened Niralamba Swami and he established an ashram at Channa village, Burdwan, India. Niralamba Swami had hailed Tibbetibaba as one of the greatest exponent of Advaita Vedanta after Adi Shankara when he visited him at his ashram in Channa village. Niralamba Swami had written an introduction to the book named 'Common Sense.' This book is mentioned by Bhagat Singh in his famous work, 'Why I Am An Atheist.' Bhagat Singh was a legendary freedom fighter of India. Bhagat Singh had met Niralamba Swami at Channa ashram at Channa village in the beginning of 1929(1927- 1928 according to some).
  Mong Paine: He was a Burmese.
  Bhootnath Ta: He was the landlord of Palitpur village, near Burdwan town in the Burdwan district of West Bengal in India. He had donated land for the Palitpur ashram. His ancestors at present are living in Burdwan town.
  Dharma Das Mondal: He was a resident of Palitpur village.
  Dwijapada: Tibbetibaba had narrated many incidents related to his life to him.
  Sadhana Moitra: She was a direct female disciple of Tibbetibaba. Dr. Kunjeshwar Mishra was the husband of the sister-in-law of Sadhana Moitra.
caption: Soham Swami, with Tibbetibaba. The person sitting on the left side is Soham Swami while the one sitting on the right side is Tibbetibaba.
exif: {}