Rajneesh Osho

Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain (December 11, 1931 - January 19, 1990), Osho was one of the most renowned as well as most controversial spiritual leaders of his times. During the 1970s and 1980s, He was the founder of Osho movement, a controversial spiritual and philosophical movement.

He received enlightenment in the year 1953, at the age of 21. Thereafter, he finished his graduation and post graduation in Philosophy from D. N. Jain College, Saugar University. During that time, he traveled throughout the country, giving lectures on socialism and Gandhi. The first meditation camp was organized by Osho in 1964. In 1966, he quit his job as a professor and then onwards, started his journey as one of the greatest spiritual leaders of India.

Osho established a foundation in his name, in the year 1969. The headquarters of the foundation was set up on the ground floor of a building in Mumbai. Later, due to space constraints and the bad weather of Mumbai, the headquarters were shifted to the Koregaon Park, Pune. The ashram is today known as Osho International Meditation Resort.