From selling coal to preaching Born in 1941 in the Berani village of Nawabshah district, now in Pakistan, he came to Indian after Partition in 1947 along with is father Thaumal Harpalani and mother Mehangibai. His father had a coal and wood business, which he took over for a short time after his father's death. He turned from a coal seller into a spiritual guru having learnt meditation and spirituality from his mother. Has more than 400 ashrams Today, Asaram is said to lord over an empire worth more than Rs 5,000 crore, claims to have close to 2 crore followers all over the world, and has about 400 ashrams, with hundreds of acres of land. Asaram is married to Lakshmi Devi and has two children: a son, Narayan Prem Sai, and a daughter, Bharti Devi. Controversies However, the journey hasn't been smooth for Asaram as frequent allegations of encroachments, land grabbing, black magic, attacking the media, exploitation of devotees, etc have been levelled against him. He...
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