Bhagwan Gopinath
Bhagwan Gopinath , born Gopinath Bhan, also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a jivanmukta and his spiritual state has been described as Shambhavi avastha . Contemporary saints of his times have also called him an Aghoreshwar. It was sometime during 19461956 that he came to be called as Bhagwan by his devotees.
Bhagwan Gopinath was born in a Kashmiri pandit family of Bhans, in a locality called Bhan Mohalla, in the city of Srinagar in Kashmir, on FridayJuly 1898, which corresponds to Ashad, Shuklapaksh, Dvadashi per Hindu lunar calendar. His grandfather, Pandit Lachhman Joo Bhan was a wazir wazarat of revenue department in the Dogra regime of the thenprincely state of Kashmir. His father, Pandit Narayan Joo Bhan dealt in the business of cashmere wool and devoted much of his time to spiritual pursuits. He is known to have donated all his ancestral inheritance to his stepmother. Bhagwan Gopinaths mother, Haar Maal, was the daughter of Pandit Prasad Joo Parimoo who was an initiated disciple of a local saint. His brother disciples used to call him Jada Bharata. Hindu scriptures like Yoga Vasistha were regularly taught and discussed in religious gatherings at their house. Prasad Joo had initiated his younger daughter, Zapaer Ded, into Japa Yoga and eventually in her fifties, she was recognise
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