How did Maharaji become a guru?
His father started the line and seems to have declared eight-year-old Maharaji his successor shortly before his death in 1966. (Click here to read the details). But Bob Mishler tells a fascinating story in his radio interview of the circumstances surrounding Maharaji’s election. Apparently Maharaji’s mother demanded that she should succeed but when told that his Indian followers would not accept a woman guru she pushed forward her eldest son. But by the time she had got their agreement, Maharaji (the youngest son) had already been elected.
