Dera baba ki kahani

He lived on a foot-high 3. A barricade of wooden planks hid his naked body from his devotees. He came down only to bathe in the river. His followers claimed that he was more than years old when he died in Devraha was described as a "fully God realized master" and "an ageless saint of legendary repute". One legend has it that Devraha blessed Tulsidas — , which would make him over years old.

A rough estimate is that around the world, his devotees may number in hundreds of thousands to millions of people. Devraha Baba's birth date has been claimed as ;his death in would give a lifespan of or years, one of the longest modern longevity myths. According to Devraha, he wasn't born from a woman's womb, but emerged from water.

Devraha baba real age

According to legend, Devraha Baba never ate any food. He is described as a major attraction in the Kumbh Mela. The Baba used to bless his devotees by touching their heads with his foot. The first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, stated that his father had sat at the feet of Devraha Baba as a child in the middle of the nineteenth century, and Devraha Baba was already elderly at that time.

Another notable devotee was Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.