Baba Rampuri, born William A. Gans (July 14, 1950) is an American born Sadhu. He claims to be the first westerner to become a Naga Sadhu, having been initiated in 1970.

Baba Rampuri, author of "Autobiography of a Sadhu, a Journey into Mystic India," and frequent commentator on Oral Tradition, Sacred Speech, and Consciousness, is an American expatriate, the first foreigner to be initiated into India's largest and most ancient order of yogis, the Naga Sannyasis of Juna Akhara.

Baba Rampuri, author of "Autobiography of a Sadhu," commentator on Oral Tradition, Sacred Speech, & Consciousness, is an American expatriate, the first foreigner initiated into India's most ancient order of yogis, the Naga Sannyasis of Juna Akhara.

Jan 16, 2025 · Baba Rampuri, an American expat, became the first foreigner to be initiated as a Naga Sadhu in India’s ancient Juna Akhara, immersing himself in the mystical world of Naga Sanyasis.

Baba Rampuri, author of “Autobiography of a Sadhu, a Journey into Mystic India,” and frequent commentator on Oral Tradition, Sacred Speech, and post colonial analysis, is an American expatriate, the first foreigner to be initiated into India’s largest and most ancient order of yogis, the Naga Sannyasis of Juna Akhara. He has lived in ...

Oct 12, 2021 · Originally published in 2005 by Bell Tower, New York, under the title Baba : autobiography of a blue-eyed sadhu

Rampuri became a disciple of a Naga Baba—amaster shaman sadhu—from Rajasthan and, as foretold by astrological prophecy,soon found himself the first foreigner to become an initiate of the JunaAkhara, the oldest and largest grouping of Naga Babas with …

Jan 25, 2005 · As an American teenager, fuelled by the naïve exuberance of the Sixties, Rampuri is “pulled” deep into India, into an ancient order of yogis, where he is initiated and eventually possessed by a master shaman, a baba.

In "Autobiography of a Sadhu," Baba Rampuri invites readers on an enthralling journey into the enigmatic world of Indian mysticism, where Western perceptions collide with ancient spiritual practices.