Merwan Sheriar Irani was born February 25, 1894, in Poona, India, into a Zoroastrian family. His father, a genuine seeker
for God, was informed by the Spiritual Hierarchy that God Realization would come to him through his son. He came out of his
desert retreat, married and established a family. Merwan, his second son, was an exceptionally fair and loving boy in all
respects, and everyone recognized his high destiny. He attended the Christian High School and Deccan College.
Meher Baba, as he came to be called by his disciples,
took up his avataric duties early in 1922 after seven years of intense work with the five Perfect Masters of the time. Hazrat
Babajan, the aged woman master of Poona, initiated his spiritual awakening in January, 1914, by kissing him on the forehead.
Almost immediately he entered into a transcendental state of mind out of touch with normal gross consciousness. He scarcely
ate or slept for nine months.
MEHER BABA'S TOMB
Ahmednagar, Maharastra State, India
Though Meher Baba dropped his physical
body in 1969, thousands of pilgrims from East and West continue to visit his tomb (samadhi) each year at Meherabad, near the
Indian city of Ahmednagar. Meher Baba repeatedly stressed that God is available at all times and all places to sincere seekers;
however, the spiritual atmosphere at his tomb gives disciples a focal point for devotion and meditation.
The Avatar Meher Baba Bhopal
Centre came into existence on September 13, 1959. The starting of the centre has a brief history. Back in the early 1950's,
Bhopal was a small town in central India. Bhopal shot into prominence in 1956 when it was declared the capital of the newly
formed state of Madhya Pradesh. Around that time, some lovers and devotees of Meher Baba came from the adjoining towns of
Jabalpur and Nagpur and settled in Bhopal. On the 10th of July 1958, Meher Baba, who was alive then, called a meeting
at Meherabad and gave, what he called his Universal Message and asked his lovers to spread this message of love and truth to all. A Baba devotee from Bhopal, who attended that
meeting, decided to start a centre at Bhopal with the help of other devotees and wrote to Meher Baba seeking his blessings.
Meher Baba, replying in his letter of 29th August 1959, gave his encouragement and blessings after which, the Bhopal centre came into being.
Links to Meher Baba Web Sites
Meher Baba, Avatar of the Age - a complete Meher Baba resource.
http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/
Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai!
Another extensive site.
http://home.sol.no/~erics/
Avatars' Abode
Discusses Baba's Australian exploits.
http://www.avatarsabode.com.au/
Meher Baba Bhopal Centre
http://members.tripod.com/~meherbhopal/
Avatar Meher Baba
http://indians.australians.com/meherbaba/
Meher Baba Avatar of the Age http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~kovalevy/meher/
Meher Baba Intentional Community
http://members.tripod.com/~ishader/
The Home Pages of Some of Meher Baba's Lovers
http://www.cookit.com/mehrbaba/mbhp.htm
Baba Words: the Master’s Glossary
http://www.cookit.com/mehrbaba/glossary.htm
Sheriar Foundation
http://www.sheriarfoundation.org/
Avatar Meher Baba Search Engine
http://sandman.npac.syr.edu:8888/Excite/AT-Avatarquery.html
