Mahant Balaknath nee' Yadav is an Indian politician and current
Member of Parliament
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from
Alwar
Alwar (Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km north of Jaipur. At ...
Lok Sabha constituency in
Rajasthan
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. He is
Chancellor
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of the
Baba Mast Nath University
Baba Mastnath University, Rohtak, a private self – financing University, blossomed under the aegis of Shri Baba Mastnath Math, Asthal Bohar in 2012 under Haryana Private Universities Act 2006. BMU situated in Rohtak Campus on Delhi-Rohtak N ...
(BMU). He is also 8th chief/
Mahant
Mahant () is a religious superior, in particular the chief of a temple or the head of a monastery in Indian religions.
James Mallinson, one of the few westerners to be named as a mahant, describes the position of a mahant as a combination of a ...
of the
Nath
Nath, also called Natha, are a Shaiva sub-tradition within Hinduism in India and Nepal. A medieval movement, it combined ideas from Buddhism, Shaivism and Yoga traditions in India.Mahant Chandnath
Mahant Chandnath (21 June 1956 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian politician and religious leader. He represented the Alwar Seat in the Parliament of India and was also the head of the Nath sect of Hinduism. He took deeksha from Mahant Shreyo ...
declared Balaknath as his successor in a ceremony which was attended by Yogi Adityanath and Baba Ramdev.
Early life
He was born in a Hindu
Yadav
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family to Subhash Yadav and Urmila Devi.
He was named Gurumukh by Baba Khetanath in his early age. He used to live in Matsyendra Maharaj Ashram from 1985-1991 (up to age of 6) after that he moved to a Math in village Nathawali Theri in Hanumangarh district with Mahant Chandnath.
Political career
He was nominated as
Bharatiya Janata Party
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candidate for
Lok Sabha
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from
Alwar
Alwar (Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km north of Jaipur. At ...
,
Rajasthan
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and he won the elections in 2019 by defeating
Bhanwar Jitendra Singh
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of
Indian National Congress
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by the margin of 3 Lakh votes.
See also
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Mahant Shreyonath
Mahant Shreyonath (1904–1985) was the Health Minister of the Indian state of Haryana and sixth chief/ Mahant of the Nath sect of Hinduism. Shreyonath succeeded his guru Shri Purna Nath Ji on 28 February 1939. After 39 years he gave Deeksha in 1 ...
sixth chief/
Mahant
Mahant () is a religious superior, in particular the chief of a temple or the head of a monastery in Indian religions.
James Mallinson, one of the few westerners to be named as a mahant, describes the position of a mahant as a combination of a ...
of the
Nath
Nath, also called Natha, are a Shaiva sub-tradition within Hinduism in India and Nepal. A medieval movement, it combined ideas from Buddhism, Shaivism and Yoga traditions in India.Mahant Chandnath
Mahant Chandnath (21 June 1956 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian politician and religious leader. He represented the Alwar Seat in the Parliament of India and was also the head of the Nath sect of Hinduism. He took deeksha from Mahant Shreyo ...
seventh chief/
Mahant
Mahant () is a religious superior, in particular the chief of a temple or the head of a monastery in Indian religions.
James Mallinson, one of the few westerners to be named as a mahant, describes the position of a mahant as a combination of a ...