Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj was born in the village of Mangarh, about 60kms from Allahabad, India, as the son of a most respectable Brahmin Shri Lalita Prasad Tripathi (father) and Bhagvati Devi (mother) in the year 1922, on the auspicious night of Sharad Purnima, the full-moon night on which Lord Krishna had performed the Divine dance Maharas some 5,000 years ago, such a divine person appeared on the earth..
Named at birth as Ram Kripalu Tripathi, he is known worldwide as Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj, lovingingly called Shri Maharaj Ji by all.
