Prem Rawat

Prem Rawat (previously known as Maharaji) was born in Hardiwar, a small village at the bottom of the Himalayas in North India on December 10, 1957.   

Prem Rawat is a peace ambassador, who  also is an international writer of many books about inner peace, an experienced pilot, a musician and composer, a photographer and an expert, who teaches inner peace by the use of what he calls "self-knowledge".  

He recently received a Dr title to acknowledge his accomplishments and books about peace, in the last 55 years 

His father was Shri Hans Ji Maharaji from a royal background . Shri Hans was also a master teaching people about peace. In India a teacher is  called a guru ( somebody who can take you from darkness to light) Shri Hans did reach more than three million people. Prem Rawat reached over 1 billion people via radio, tv, Internet and via many on line and live peace conferences all over the world and received many prices for his hard work for peace and he met archbishop Tutu in South Africa.   

Prem Rawat took over at the age of eight the peace mission of his father, when his father died. He travelled from India to England and the United States with Charanand, a student of Shri Hans, when Prem was only 13 years old in 1971. 

He got married when he was  only 16 years old with Marolyn in 1975 and has 2 daughters and 2 sons. Now he lives in California. He shares self-knowledge for free, to help those interested to find inner peace. 

You can find more details on his website tprf.org about the peace education program, the food for people program, medical help to people in India and support and help for inmates in jails all over the world.

Prem Rawat founded "The Prem Rawat Foundation", a nonprofit humanitarian organization, to address the fundamental human needs of food, water, and peace. 

 Other websites 
Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat's personal web site
The Prem Rawat Foundation

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Category:1957 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian religious leaders
Category:Hindu gurus