Babaji is an

Indian honorific Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or replacements. Native ...

that means "Father", usually with great respect or to a Priest. It may also refer to: ;People * Baba Ji Maharaj, name is used for

Baba Jaimal Singh Jaimal Singh (1839–1903) was an Indian spiritual leader. He became an initiate of Shiv Dayal Singh (Radha Soami). After his initiation, Jaimal Singh served in the British Indian Army as a sepoy (private) from the age of seventeen and attain ...

(born July 1878), Founder and first Satguru of

Radha Soami Rādhā Soāmī Mat or Sant Mat is a sampradaya, spiritual tradition or faith founded by Shiv Dayal Singh in January 1861 on Basant Panchami Day in Agra, India. p. 90 note 5, Quote: "The date of Seth Shiv Dayal's first public discourse is Ba ...

Satsang Beas. * Babaji, name is used for Sardar Gurinder Singh Dhillon Ji (born 1 August 1954), spiritual teacher * Babaji, affectionate name for

Shivarudra Balayogi Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj (born 20 September 1954), born Srinivas (Seenu) Dikshitar in Kolar in the South Indian state of Karnataka, is a self realised Yogi and a direct disciple of Shivabalayogi.Ganguly, A., 2007, ''Shri Shivarudra Balayog ...

(born 1954), yogi and self realized master * Babaji, a name for Baba Virsa Singh Ji, founder of the Gobind Sadan Institute * Babaji Maharaji or Hariakhan Baba (active 1861–1924), a yogi who taught throughout northern India near the Himalayas *

Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji (; 1838–1915) is a well-known acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and is regarded as a '' Mahatma'' or saint by followers of his lineage. During his lifetime Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji became f ...

(1838–1915), a well-known acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism *

Haidakhan Babaji Haidakhan Babaji, simply called Babaji by his students and devotees, was a religious teacher who appeared near the village of Haidakhan in northern India (Uttarakhand) and taught publicly from 1970 until his death in 1984. He was a devotee of lo ...

, a teacher who appeared in northern India and taught publicly from 1970–1984 *

Mahavatar Babaji Mahavatar Babaji (; ) is a legendary immortal yogi and guru, who is said to be living in the Himalayas. He is said to have taught multiple revered historic yogis, including Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895). Babaji first became recognized through ...

, a legendary immortal yogi ;Other uses * " Babaji", a song from the album ''Even in the Quietest Moments...'' by Supertramp *

Babaji, Helmand Babaji (), is a rural suburb of Lashkargah, the capital of the southern province of Helmand in Afghanistan. It is in the Lashkargah District.

, a rural suburb of Lashkargah that was the center of Operation Panther's Claw in 2009 during the War in Afghanistan * ''Little Babaji'', a reworking of the children's book ''

The Story of Little Black Sambo ''The Story of Little Black Sambo'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards (publishing house), Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books ca ...

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