List of followers of Meher Baba

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Terms and Concepts Perfect Master Mandali · New Life
Prayers and Practices Silence Day Amartithi · Dhuni O Parvardigar Prayer of Repentance Beloved God Prayer
Major Publications God Speaks Discourses God in a pill?
Organizations Avatar Meher Baba Trust Sufism Reoriented
Retreat Centers Meher Spiritual Center Avatar's Abode Meher Pilgrim Center Meherabad · Meherazad
Major Figures Hazrat Babajan Upasni Maharaj Mehera Irani Sheriar Mundegar Irani Norina Matchabelli Eruch Jessawala Faredoon Driver Bhau Kalchuri Francis Brabazon
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This is a non-comprehensive list of close followers and family members of Meher Baba who were physically with him during his lifetime and remained devoted to him all their lives. Included, where known, are nicknames given by Baba. Some other categories of followers and people associated with Meher Baba's life follow. Meher Baba once said, "Those who do my work are my mandali. If we were to list their names, it would fill a volume." ^[1]

1 Close followers who spent time with Meher Baba
2 Followers who left Baba
3 Famous or notable people who served or corresponded with Baba but were not followers
4 Famous or notable people who currently follow Meher Baba
5 Famous or notable people who no longer follow Meher Baba
6 Famous or notable people who followed Meher Baba but have died
7 Famous or notable people who met Meher Baba but did not follow him
8 References
9 External links
- 9.1 Photographs
- 9.2 Lists of followers

[edit] Close followers who spent time with Meher Baba

Mehera Jehangir Irani – "Radha"
Shireen Sheriar Irani or Shireenmai (Baba's Mother – "Memo")
Sheriar Mundegar Irani or Shah-yar Moondegar Irani or Sheriarji (Baba's Father – "Bobo")
Beheram F. Irani (first disciple Behramji – "Buasaheb" or "Barrister")
Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff (Baba's boyhood friend – "Ghani")
Feramroz Hormsuji Dadachanji (Baba's first secretary – "Chanji")
Moreshwar Ramchandra Dhakephalkar (Began as teacher in Hazrat Babajan School - "Dhake")
Rustom Irani (Pendu's and Naja's father – "Masaji")
Sanjeevani Moreshwar Dhakephalkar (Dhake's wife)
Munshi Rahim (devout Muslim in Kasba Peth – "Munshiji")
Naval C. Talati (influential person in Bombay)
Khak Saheb (Manzil-e-Meem and Poona)
Jamshed Sheriar Irani (Baba's elder brother, died in 1927)
Walter and Hedi Mertens (Switzerland)
Khodadad Farhad Irani (Manzil-e-Meem – "Nervous")
Sampath Aiyangar (devout Hindu – circle member in Madras, India)
Swamiji (Vedic Pandit)
Arjun Supekar (owned paan–tobacco shop in Kasba Peth)
Kondiram (Hindu disciple in Manzil-e-Meem)
Sayyed Jamadar (Poona and Manzil-e-Meem)
Kaikhushru Keki Irani (boyhood friend – "Lattoos")
Faredoon Masa (Uncle, married to Shirinmai's sister Dowla)
Khan Saheb Kaikhushru Irani (donated all Meherabad land)
Biharilal (lived in Meherabad as mandali, late 1920s)
Kaikhushru Masa (Soonamasi's husband – Bombay)
Kunjbihari Choubey (translated Baba's Discourses into Hindi)
Manek Ranji (old devotee in Rahuri, near Nasik, India)
Sadhu Christian Leik (Estonian disciple – Meherabad, 1920s)
Nadirsha N. Dastur (lived in Meherabad as mandali late 1920s)
Chowdhari (from Kasba Peth, a cook in Manzil-e-Meem)
Abdur Rehman (Manzil-e-Meem – "Barsoap")
Dowlat Padir (Meher Ashram student 1927)
Lewis Charles Nelhams (first Christian mandali, died 1925)
Garrett Elsden Fort (Hollywood screenwriter – suicide 1937)
Jamboo Mama (Beheramji's maternal uncle – Poona)
Quentin Tod (London actor, died of malnutrition in 1947)
Sohrabji M. Desai (Gujarati literary scholar – Navsari, India)
Gangaram Pawar (Hindu disciple in Manzil-e-Meem – "Ajoba")
Ahmed Khan Gavai (Muslim disciple in Manzil-e-Meem)
Tehemtan (eldest son of Naoroji and Bachamai Dadachanji)
Khodadad Moondegar Irani (Sheriar's elder brother – Iran)
Shah Khodadad (Baba's cousin, 1st son of uncle Khodadad)
Pulad Khodadad (Baba's cousin, 2nd son of uncle Khodadad)
Swami Bhabhanand (suicide in 1941 from guilt for murder)
Nusserwan Kerawala (Banu Satha's husband)
Dr. Y. G. Karkal (medical physician who worked with the poor in hospital at Meherabad, 1920s; died in Meherabad, 1927)
Genu Chambhar (Prem Ashram boy, liberated in 1929)
John (Meher Ashram student – Christian)
Ram Nath (Meher Ashram student – Hindu)
Bala Supekar (brother of Arjun Supekar – Lonavla, India)
Ali Akbar Jr. (Persian Prem Ashram Boy, renamed "Majnun")
Abdulla Pakrawan (Prem Ashram boy – "Chhota Baba")
Sohrabji Vakil (Parsi devotee from Surat)
Faredoon Irani (Baidul's son – Meher Ashram student)
Beheram Irani (Baidul's son – died young in Iran, 1930s)
Hormazdiar Irani (Baidul's son – died young in Iran, 1930s)
Bapu Ghante (Brahmin in Poona and Manzil-e-Meem)
Kashinath (the laundryman at Manzil-e-Meem – "Kashiya")
Lala Pathan (watchman in Ranchi, Nasik and Meherabad)
Chintaman Rao (devotee from Ahmednagar)
Beheram M. Desai (Mansari's father – Navsari)
Ardeshir N. Desai (Keki Desai's father – Delhi, India)
Manekji Confectioner (Kaka Baria's sister's husband)
N. Namdar Dastur (Parsi – worked in Meher Ashram school)
Rustom Dinyar (lived as mandali at Meherabad, late 1920s)
Bhausaheb (Dattu Mehendarge's father)
Rashid Khusroo Irani (Meher Ashram boy – Jaffrabad, Iran)
Jamshed Beheram Sheermard (Baidul's father–in–law – Iran)
Sheermard Khorband Irani (Prem Ashram boy from Iran)
Esfandiar Vesali (Prem Ashram boy from Iran)
Sohrab Jehangir Irani (Parsi from Iran)
Khan Bahadur Pudumji (influential person in Bombay)
Palanji Motiwala (close friend of Papa Jessawala's – Jabalpur, India)
Motabava Khajotia (elderly Jessawala family friend – Nagpur, India)
Naoroji R. Satha (Gaimai Jessawala's saintly father – Nagpur, India)
Merwan Kaikhushru Irani (member of Kaikhushru family)
Golvadwala Sohrabji Irani (Masaji's cousin – "the Old Man")
Golvadwala's son (died young)
Dhunjibhoy Kerawala (Jal Kerawala's father – Nagpur)
Sakkur (faithful servant in Prem Ashram)
Beheram Rustom Salengi (Baba's personal servant)
Ardeshir Khodaram Irani (Meher Ashram schoolboy)
Rustom B. Irani (Bomanji's brother – Karachi)
Kaikhusroo (owner of an ice cream shop Baba frequented)
Hormuzd Boman Irani (Pilamai's husband – Karachi)
Kasam (Ramjoo Abdulla's son – died young)
Faredoon Irani (Dowla Mondi's son – Poona)
Otto Billo (father of Irene Billo in Switzerland)
Behli Jehangir Irani (Baba's boyhood friend, worked in "mad ashram," Poona. Spelled his name "Baily")
Rustom Jehangir Irani (Baily's brother – Poona)
Sohrab Rustom Irani (Sailor's brother – Poona)
Bejanji Ramji (friend of Soma Desai – Navsari, India)
Dr. K. Daruwala (medical physician in Meher Ashram)
Jamshed Mehta (friend of Mahatma Gandhi – Karachi)
Sadashiv Patel's uncle (Hindu in Poona)
Jaka Seth (Ramjoo Abdulla's father–in–law – Lonavla, India)
Jamshed Irani (one of Baba's several cousins – Bombay)
Khodadad Masa (Uncle, married to Shireenmai's sister, Banu)
Arjun Supekar's father (Hindu in Kasba Peth)
Jal Kerawala (Papa Jessawala's friend – influential in Nagpur, India)
Jehangir Damania (Shireen Satha's husband – Ahmednagar)
Rustom L. Elavia (Gustadji Hansotia's cousin – Gujarat, India)
Sohrab Mavali (Parsi devotee)
Rashid Irani (Baba's cousin, son of Khodadad and Banu)
Hormusdiar Beheram Irani (Zoroastrian – Khooramshar, Iran)
Faredoon Irani (nicknamed by Baba – "Pedroo")
Babu (Anna 104's brother-in-law – Ahmednagar)
Dinshaw (Baba's Uncle, Shireenmai's brother – Poona)
Nonny Gayley (mother of Rano Gayley – New York)
Countess Nadine Tolstoy (Russia – married to Leo Tolstoy's son Ilya)
Mabel Ryan (ballet friend of Margaret Craske – London – "Firozeh")
Dowla Masi F. Irani (Shireenmai's sister – Lonavla, India)
Pilamasi R. Irani (Pendu's and Naja's mother – Poona)
Kakubai Deorukhar (Vishnu's mother – Poona)
Naja B. Irani (Sailor's first wife – Kasba Peth – "Najudi")
Jibboo Irshad (Ramjoo Abdulla's daughter – died young)
Freny Masi N. Driver (Padri's mother – Daulatmai's sister)
Yeshoda Gadekar (Gadekar's mother – Ahmednagar)
Kamlabai Dhakephalkar (Dhake's first wife – Ahmednagar)
Mrs. Kalemama (wife of Kalemama – Ahmednagar)
Christine McNaughton (Scottish girl, came to India in 1933. Killed during a German air raid on London in 1941)
Shanti (daughter of Kaka Shahane – Ahmednagar)
Gita S. Patel (Sadashiv's wife – Poona)
Banubai M. Confectioner (Kaka Baria's sister – very devout)
Banubai Lakdawala (Nargis Kotwal's paternal aunt – Bombay)
Khorshed Pastakia (devoted Parsi – Karachi, Pakistan)
Banu Irani (Baidul's daughter – died young)
Zohra Pirzade (Sayyed Saheb's wife – Nasik, India)
Daughter of Sayyed Saheb (died young)
Mrs. Burjor Dahiwala (neighbor near Manzil-e-Meem ashram)
Dhakubai (Arangaon villager – willed her property to Baba)
Khodabad Circlewala's daughter (Dairyman's wife – Bombay)
Mehera Khodaram Irani (wife of cinema owner – Nasik, India)
C. D. Deshmukh's mother (devout Hindu – Nagpur, India)
Shirinbai Sohrab Irani (Mehera J. Irani and Padri's saintly maternal grandmother – Poona)
Bhikaiji N. Hansotia (Gustadji's mother – Gujarat, India)
Dhondibai (Baba's nanny when he was infant – Poona)
Sita (worked as cook at Meherabad – Arangaon villager)
Helena Davy (mother of Herbert and Kitty Davy – London)
Dinamai Satha (wife of Jemi Satha – Ahmednagar)
Shanta (Meherabad servant, wife of Kashiya – laundryman)
Sunder Bhagaji (loyal servant at Meherabad)
Bhikaiji Desai (member of large Parsi family – Navsari)
Baijimai Boman Desai (Soma Desai's sister – Navsari)
Jagannath Gangaram Jakkal – "Anna 104"
Anna Jakkal (wife of Anna 104 – Ahmednagar)
Rawatmani (Aunt, wife of Shireenmai's brother, Dinshaw)
Chingutai (Kalemama's daughter – Ahmednagar)
Pila Homi (Homi Satha's wife – Ahmednagar)
Khorshed Jehangir Damania or Khorshedmai (nicknamed "Fuimai" which means "Father's sister." Was betrothed to Eruch Jessawala by Baba. However, although married, they never lived together and Baba later ended all contact with her for following a man Baba said was a false saint named Mangharam Mirchandani)
Maina Patel (Sadashiv's daughter – died young)
Jeejabai (Sadashiv Patel's mother–in–law – Poona)
Gustadji (or Gustadjee) Hansotia (Baba's best friend and "Shadow" – God-realized upon death in 1958 at Meherazad)
Daulatmai (Mehera J. and Freiny J. Irani's saintly mother)
Gulmai K. Irani (Baba's "Spiritual mother" – Ahmednagar)
Rustom K. Irani (Adi K. Irani's elder brother, hermit in Rishikesh)
Dr. Nilu Godse (killed in Udtara auto accident, 1956 – died in Baba's physical presence, as he wished)
Vishnu Deorukhar (under Baba's guidance since teenager – reincarnation of the French Emperor Napoleon I)
Rustom Jafrabadi – "Baidul"
Khodadad K. Irani – "Asthma"
Khodadad Rustom Irani, (boyhood friend of Baba, nicknamed "Khodu," then "Sailor")
Kim Tolhurst – "Ayisha"
Gabriel Pascal (Hollywood film producer - "Phoenix" and "Panther")
Margaret Scott (New York)
Malcolm Schloss (author and poet)
Princess Norina Matchabelli (co–founder with Elizabeth Patterson of the Meher Spiritual Center – "Noorjehan" meaning "light of the world")
Terry Duce (Ivy O. Duce's husband – big oil businessman)
Will and Mary Backett (Baba's "Archangels" – England)
Charles B. Purdom (British literary scholar, biographer and editor)
Douglas Eve (friend of Charles Purdom in London)
Warren Healey (printed literature about Baba in America)
Beryl Williams (New Yorker, distributed Baba's photographs in America sent from India by sister Mani)
Elizabeth Chapin Patterson (co-founder of the Meher Spiritual Center – "Dilruba")
Kitty Davy (London – "Saroja")
Zillah Brown (Kitty Davy's niece – "Mumtaz")
Margaret Craske – "Zulekha"
Delia DeLeon – "Leyla"
Carrie Ben Shammai (Israel)
Ruth White (U.S.A., Lived to be 100 - "Old Soldier")
Jane Barry Haynes (U.S.A.)
Dr. Charles C. Haynes (Doctor of Divinity and senior scholar at Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center)
Wendy Haynes (U.S.A.)
John Haynes (U.S.A.)
Ann Conlon (U.S.A.)
Darwin and Jean Shaw
Phyllis and Lyn Ott (Artists who met Baba in 1965. Established residence on Meher Spiritual Center in 1966 – "Phylyn")
Tom and Yvonne Riley (New York)
Fred and Ella Winterfeldt (New York – "Fredella")
Frank Eaton (Myrtle Beach, original caretaker for the Meher Spiritual Center)
Harold and Virginia Rudd (New York)
Ralph and Stella Hernandez (Miami)
Kecha & Henry Kashouty (Virginia)
Erwin and Edward Luck (New York – Baba's "Divine Idiots")
Rick Chapman (California - "Moochewalla" which means "the man with the mustache")
Robert Dreyfuss (U.S.A., Hitchhiked to India and met Baba in 1964)
Dana Field (Eccentric dietician, slept on the floor with Baba's pictures on his bed)
John Bass (New York)
Irene Billo (Switzerland)
Murshida Rabia Martin (first Murshida of Sufism in America, appointed by Hazrat Inayat Khan, brought the Sufis to Baba)
Don E. Stevens (U.S.A. Sufi who wrote introduction to God Speaks)
Murshida Ivy Oneita Duce (First Murshida of Sufism Reoriented)
Charmian Duce Knowles (U.S.A., Daughter of Ivy Duce)
Filis Frederick (U.S.A., Editor of Awakener Magazine) and Adele Wolkin – "Filadele"
Agnes Baron (Lived at Meher Mount in Ojai, California)
Ludwig H. Dimpfl (Wrote glossary for God Speaks)
Herbert Davy (Brother of Kitty Davy - London)
Jeanne Robinson Adriel (Wrote the book, Avatar)
Alexander Markey (co–founder with Jean Adriel of Meher Mount in Ojai, California in 1948)
Manija Sheriar Irani (Baba's little sister, "Mani")
Dr. Goher Rustom Irani - "Dr. Goher"
Arnavaz N. Dadachanji
Mani Beheram Desai – "Mansari"
Meheru Rustom Irani
Naja Rustom Irani
Khorshed Kaikhushru Irani
Katie Rustom Irani (Goher's sister)
Madeleine E. Gayley or "Rano Gayley" (Artist. Painted Theme of Creation chart for God Speaks)
Anita De Caro Vieillard (Zurich, Switzerland – "Chuchulu")
Roger Viellard (Chuchulu's husband)
Faredoon Nawrosjee Driver – "Padri"
Eruch Byramshaw Jessawala - "Eruch"
Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's father – "Papa Jessawala")
Gaimai Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's mother)
Meherwan Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's brother)
Manu Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's sister)
Meheru Jessawala (Eruch's sister)
Sam and Roshan Kerawalla
Adi Kaikhushru Irani (Baba's second secretary, known as Adi K. Irani)
Adi Sheriar Irani (Baba's brother "Adi, Jr.")
Gulu A. Irani (Adi Jr.'s first wife and Viloo's younger sister, who died after giving birth to Adi's son and Baba's nephew Dara Irani)
Freni Irani (Adi Jr.s second wife - Ahmednagar)
Ali Akbar Shapurzaman – "Aloba"
Aspandiar Rustom Irani – "Pendu"
Chintaman Vishnu Natu - "Bal"
Jal Sheriar Irani (Baba's brother)
Dolly and Jal Dastoor
Dr. C. D. Deshmukh or Chakradkar Dharnidharr Deshmukh (Indian professor of philosophy and original editor of Meher Baba's Discourses)
Francis Brabazon (Australian poet, founded Avatar's Abode)
Dr. Harry Kenmore (Baba's chiropractor)
Bhau Kalchuri, born Vir Singh Kalchuri (Baba's night watchman, author, and chairman of Avatar Meher Baba Trust – "Bhauji")
Dr. William Donkin (Medical doctor who wrote The Wayfarers about Baba's work with the masts)
Ramjoo Abdulla (Author of Ramjoo's Diaries)
A. R. Abdulla (Ramjoo Abdulla's son)
Tukaram Chawan (Mohammed the Mast)
Sarosh and Viloo Irani (Sarosh was elected mayor of Ahmednagar in 1952)
Dara and Amrit Irani (Dara is Baba's nephew and Meher Baba performed their wedding in 1968)
Rustom and Sorab Irani (Baba's twin nephews)
Nariman Dadachanji
Will & Mary Backett
Graham and Lettice Stokes (Baba stayed in their house in Greenwich Village in 1932)
Keki and Freiny Nalavala
Naosherwan Nalavala (editor of The Glow – "Anzar")
Parmeshwari Dayal Nigam (Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh – "Pukar")
Keshav Narayan Nigam – Hamirpur
Dr. Ram Gundo Ginde (famous Bombay surgeon who wrote Baba's death certificate)
Minoo Kharas
Eruchshaw – "Pesu"
Ruano Bogislav (Paris – "The Eagle")
Marion Florsheim – "Energy"
Charles ("Tex") Hightower (Dance student of Margaret Craske, U.S.A.)
Bili Eaton (New York)
Sylvia Gaines
Mildred Kyle
Laura and Lee Delavigne (U.S.A., Sufis – Baba's "Neighbors")
Kaikobad Feram Dastur (Parsi priest, God-realized at time of death)
Andy and Peggy Muir
Kaikhushru J. Pleader (Kept in a room for two and a half years only on milk. God-realized at time of death.)
Savak and Nargis Kotwal
Savak and Nargis Kotwal's family, Hilla, Najoo and Adi
Soli Kotwal (brother of Savak Kotwal – Bombay)
Venkoba Rao
Kaka Baria
Kaka Shahane
Valu Pawar
Slamson (Gustadji's brother)
Krishna Nair (Baba's night watchmen during the 1940s and early 1950s)
Amrathlal K. Deshi
Jim and Rhoda Mistry
Adi and Rhoda Dubash
Anna Kale
Murli Kale
Sittaram Dattatrey Deshmukh (Ahmednagar, Mandali from very early days to end – "Chhagan")
Pandurang S. Deshmukh ("Pandoba")
Feram B. Workingboxwala
Bhagubai (Jamadar's wife)
Dowla (Baidul's daughter)
Kakubai Deorukhar
Jangle Master
Muktabai (Jangle's wife)
Naggu (Meheru's sister)
Nargis (Savak's wife)
Pilamai Hormuzd
Radhabai (Sidhu's wife)
Sarwar (Baidul's daughter)
Shantabai (Chhagan's wife)
Silla (Pilamai's daughter)
Soltoon (Baidul's wife)
Soonamasi Engineer (Mother of Dolly Dastur)
Soonamasi Irani (Mother of Small Khorshed)
Small Khorshed
Bala Tambat
Ramchandra Bapu Kale – "Kalemama"
Kuppuswami
Lala Kamble
Ramchander Gaikwad
Sidhu Kamble
Rama, Sheela, and Mehernath Kalchuri
Shatrugna Kumar
Edward (Ned) and Dorothea (Dottie) Foote
Elizabeth Sacalis
Deirdre Eaton
Virginia Gloor Sadowsky
Donald Mahler
Viola Slayton Farber
Peter Saul
Mik Hamilton (met Baba in 1966 after traveling for years on the road)
Gulnar and Jehangu Sukhadwalla (Baba's niece and her husband)
Sam Cohen
Edith Bradbury (U.S.A.)
Fred Marks
Robert and Yvonne Antoni
Andreé Aron
Alfredo and Consuella de Sides
Bunty Kelly Bernstein
Bernice Ivory
Leatrice Shaw Johnston
Hoshang Bharucha
Cowas Vesuna
Phillipe Dupuis (New York)
Fred Frey (California)
John Ballantyne (Australia)
Ben Hayman (Texas)
Max Haefliger (Switzerland)
Frank S. Hendrick (Pacific Coast of U.S.A.)
Tom Sharpley
Dorothy and Tom Hopkinson (London, co-authored Much Silence)
Dr. Dhanapathy Rao
Kutumb Sastri
Ranga Rao
Nana Kher (attendant at Meher Baba's Samadhi)
Madhusudan
Yeshwant Rao
Narendra and Sheila Thade
Bal Kishan Bakhshi and his wife, Meher Kanta (established Meher Dham centre in Dehra Dun)
Elcha Mistry
Jagannath N. Hellan (known generally as Hellan)
Was Deo Kain and his wife, Harjiwan Lal and family
Keki and Dhun Desai
Ader Ardeshir Desai
Dhun Satha (crippled with muscular dystrophy)
Trailokya Nath Dhar (Often named simply T. N. Dhar, Delhi)
P. H. Ganjoo (Delhi)
Kishan Singh (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
Prakashwati Sharma (mistress of Kishan Singh)
Adi and Dolly Arjani (Karachi, Pakistan)
Denis and Joan O'Brien (Australia)
Meheru Damania (Eruch Jessawala's younger sister, cooked on Blue Bus travels 1938-39, died of cancer at age 32. Marriage to Savak Damania was arranged by Baba)
Burjor and Sheroo Chacha (Opened their home to Baba's companions in "The New Life" phase of Baba's life. Secretly took two photographs of Baba and the men begging in their white kafnis, green turbans and white canvas shoes.)
Enid Corfe (Italy)
Harish Chander Kochar (Lawyer)
Curshed Talati (Died in London at 21 of heart failure taking Baba's name. Ashes buried at Mehrabad)
Naval and Dina Talati (parents of Curshed and his sisters Jeroo and Perviz)
Naoroji and Bachamai Dadachanji and their children Tehemtan, Arnavaz, Nargis, Rhoda. and Soona. (Bombay family)
Rustom and Freny Dadachanji
Joseph Harb (California)
G. S. N. Moorty, his wife Saviti, and their baby that they brought to Baba (Calcutta)
Stan and Clarice Adams and their children Noel, Cynthia and Colin (Australia, Cynthia made a trip of her own to India and met Baba again in 1964)
Ena Lemmon (Australia)
Elsie Smart (Australia)
John and Joan Bruford and their son Bernard (Australia)
Reg Paffle (Australia)
Lorna and Robert Rouse (Australia)
Oswald and Betty Hall (Australia)
Bill and Joan Le Page and their children Michael, Jenny, and Ruthie (Australia)
Pophali Pleader (Lawyer and big Baba worker)
Sadashiv Patel
Shivnath Vibhuti Gademali (known as Vibhuti, very early long time disciple)
Vithal Bhokre
Madhusudan and Subhadra Bundellu (Married bhajan singers from Poona. Baba blessed and attended their wedding at Guruprasad.)
Matra Dutta Shastri (Hamirpur)
Bachoobhai Jairam Soni (bhajan singer - Navsari)
Maharani Shantadevi (Maharani of Baroda, Owned a palace called Guruprasad in Pune that she frequently put at Baba's disposal and later became a close follower. Cut ribbon for Mehersthan center built by Kodury Krishna Rao in Kovvur.)
Yogi Shuddhanand Bharati (author of Meher Mahima. Seen in orange robes seated on the Dais near Baba in films of the 1962 East-West darshan )
Gadge Maharaj (Famous Hindu Saint who Baba said was on the 6th plane)

[edit] Followers who left Baba

Meredith Starr ("Give me either the 400 pounds you owe me or illumination; otherwise, I will leave you and expose you as a fraud!") ^[2]
Babadas (Borrowed money in Baba's name without asking. Baba paid back money and cut off all contact) ^[3]
Mohan Shahane ^[4]
Herbert Davy (Brother of Kitty Davy)
K. J. Dastur (Left Baba and began publishing anti-Baba literature in India, asking Baba for funds to help finance it, which Baba gave him) ^[5]

[edit] Famous or notable people who served or corresponded with Baba but were not followers

H.S. Kraft (Wrote a treatment titled How it All Happened for a movie idea of Baba's)
Karl Vollmöller (Wrote a treatment titled This Man David for a movie idea of Baba's)
Mahatma Gandhi (Met on the S.S. Rajputana, London, and Bombay, and corresponded)
Thomas A. Watson (Inventor, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, Met Baba in England in 1931 and invited him to America)
Dr. Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Das)
Dr. Timothy Leary (Researcher, counterculture icon and proponent of the therapeutic spiritual benefits of LSD. Corresponded with Baba who urged him to stop promoting LSD, saying it was spiritually harmful)
Louis van Gasteren (Son of Dutch actor Louis van Gasteren Sr. He and three assistants filmed Baba the first and only time in 35mm color movie film with synchronized sound on September 19, 1967 at Meherazad, India)
Jan de Bont (Cinematorapher who filmed Meher Baba on Van Gasteren's crew in 1967. Very famous director now)

[edit] Famous or notable people who currently follow Meher Baba

[edit] Famous or notable people who no longer follow Meher Baba

Melanie Safka

[edit] Famous or notable people who followed Meher Baba but have died

[edit] Famous or notable people who met Meher Baba but did not follow him

[edit] References

All names of people who met Baba are taken from the 20 volume biography, "Lord Meher" by Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation Inc. 1986.

^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 4753.
^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 1747, 1795.
^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 4113.
^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 1075. 5045.
^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 1527, 1852.

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