page_title: Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal
section_title: Missionary
hierarchical_section_title: Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal / Missionary
caption_attribution_description: English: Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal Maharaj
context_page_description: Shiv Brat Lal Varman, popularly known by the honorifics "Data Dayal" and "Maharishi", was born in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh state in India in 1860. He was a post graduate and a famous writer. It is believed that he wrote as many as 3,000 books on various social, historical, religious and spiritual topics. Being a famous writer he was called as the modern Maharishi Ved Vyas and hence became famous with the name Maharishi ji.
context_section_description: To spread the Radha Soami spiritual movement, Lal began a long journey from Lahore to Calcutta on 2 August 1911. He then left Calcutta, proceeding towards Rangoon by sea. He reached Penang on 31 October and Hong Kong on 22 November, via Singapore and Java. After that he went to Japan and later he went to San Francisco in America, where he delivered two lectures.
caption: Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal Maharaj
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