Morari Bapu
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kathakaar (preacher), who has been giving 9 day-long sermons (
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s) in both
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and
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all over the world—including in
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, on a cruise ship in the
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, and on an airplane travelling the world—since the mid-1970s.
To date, he has conducted over 700
kathaas, most of them based on the
Ramcharitmanas of
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and other such works about
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as well as Gopigeet which has the gopis of Vrindavan singing of the glory of Krishna.
Biography
Morari Bapu, complete name Moraridas Prabhudas Hariyani was born on September 25, 1946 on auspicious day of Shivratri in village Talgajarda near
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,
Gujarat, to Prabhudas Bapu Hariyani and Savitri Ben Hariyani, in a family of six brothers and two sisters. He is born in a family following religious traditions called Vaishnav Bava Sadhu Nimbarka Parampara (lineage). He became to be called as "Bapu" (meaning Father or elderly person) lovingly by people.
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His grandfather, Tribhovandasji was a great Ram Bhakta (devotee of Sri
RamaRama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
) and used to make young Morari memorize five verses of the
Ramcharitamanas each day, on his way to school and back. Further, he at young age was also encouraged via letters from his paternal great grand father, Mahamandleshwar Vishnu Giriji Maharaj, who was head of "Kailas Ashram" at Rishikesh, to be proficient in the
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and the
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Morari Bapu has started his career as a primary school teacher in near by village to Talgajarda, he worked for several years, side by side he was doing Ram Kathas.
Media
Currently available:-
- Katha No. 668 - Manas Shraddha
- Katha No. 667 - Manas Mallikarjun
- Katha No. 648 - Manas Amarnath
- Katha No. 623 - Manas Sadguru
- Katha No. 571 - Manas Kak Bhusundi Ramayan
Further reading
- Ramayana: Rāma, Gāthā in Different Versions, by Avadhesh K. Singh. Published by D.K. Printworld, 2007. ISBN 8124604169.
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