Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj

Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj, lovingly known as Maharajji, is the 5th original Jagadguru, and the Supreme Acharya of the present age.

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Shree Maharajji was born in October 1922, on the Sharat Poornima, in Mangarh Village (near Allahabad, India), in a highly respected brahmin family. Incidentally, Sharat Poornima is the full moon night when Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani, revealed the true bliss of Vrindavan about 5000 years ago.

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