Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari


Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari better known as Chariji, was the third in the line of Raja Yoga Masters in the Sahaj Marg System of Spiritual Practice of Shri Ram Chandra Mission.

Early life

Chariji was born in a South Indian family. The eldest of four children, his father Shri C. A. Rajagopalachari served in the Indian Railways and his mother, Srimathi R. Janaki, was an amateur violinist who died when Chariji was only five years old.

Professional life

After graduating from Banaras Hindu University with a B.Sc., Chariji worked for Indian Plastics Ltd. and T.T. Krishnamachari & Co., retiring from employment in 1985 as a corporate executive director in the TTK Group

Sahaj Marg and contribution to Spirituality

In 1964, Chariji met and became the disciple of Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is better known as Babuji and was the founder President and the second in the line of Raja Yoga Masters of the Sahaj Marg System.As Babuji health was deteriorating, he nominated Chariji as his successor. After Babuji's Mahasamadhi in 1983, Chariji became the President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission and the third Raja Yoga Master of Sahaj Marg. He oversaw the growth and expansion of Sahaj Marg into more than 100 countries. Chariji started the system of Value Based Education and the , Chennai, India based on Value Based Education principles. He traveled extensively around the world giving talks and conducting seminars on Raja Yoga up until 2008.
His books, videos and audio tapes have been translated into 12 languages.

Final years and mahāsamādhi

Chariji's health deteriorated from 2008 until he attained mahāsamādhi on 20 December 2014. His spiritual successor – Shri Kamlesh Patel also known as Daaji, is the current Guide of Sahaj Marg System and is the President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission.