Manavta Mandir or Be Human Temple in

Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur () is a city and a Municipal corporations in India, municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the ...

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, India, was established in 1962 by

Baba Faqir Chand Baba Faqir Chand, (18 November 1886 – 11 September 1981) was an Indian master of Surat Shabd Yoga, or consciously controlled near death experience. He was one of the first saints or gurus of Sant Mat tradition to openly speak and write against ...

(1886–1981). In order to carry forward the mission of his

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, Faqir, with the financial help from Seth Durga Das established the temple which remained his center of activity till he died in 1981. The temple houses a statue of his

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and portraits of other prominent gurus of

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Mat and

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Mat.

The Mission

There is a tomb (Hindi:समाधि) erected in the premises where Faqir's remains (bones) have been interred. A flag of humanity has been unfurled on it. Though, there is no place of 'tomb' etc. in his Sant Mat (Dayal Faqir Mat), however, his last will in this regard intended a message of selfless service to humanity. The Faqir Library Charitable Trust looks after the affairs of the temple. It runs a school named Shiv Dev Rao SSK High School where no fee is charged from the students. However, their parents have to give an undertaking to the effect that they will not give birth to more than three children. For the welfare of humanity and nation, thus, Manavta Mandir carries forward the ideology of Faqir to include family welfare programme in the religion itself. A bi-monthly magazine 'Manav Mandir', a priced publication, is another important feature of temple activity.http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ear_01/ear_01_00174.html . Retrieved on 2009-11-01 The trust also runs a free dispensary and a free kitchen (Hindi:लंगर). There is a good collection of books in the library maintained by the Trust. It contains a rare book of

, Faqir Chand and many other saints.

The following

The following of Baba Faqir Chand and his followers worldwide is now in lakhs. It also has a small following in

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and

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Location

Manavta Mandir, 'Be Human Temple', Manavta Mandir Road., Hoshiarpur, PIN Code:146001,

, India

References

{{Sant Mat Contemporary Sant Mat Radha Soami

The Mission

The following

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