Son of a doctor who had migrated from Pakistan after the Partition in 1947, he had only the clothes that he was wearing when he first reached the Indian side of the border. Yogi Bhajan was born Harbhajan Singh Puri on August 29, 1929, in Lahore (now in Pakistan) and went to school in Dalhousie, Uttaranchal. SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur paid tributes to the yeoman service that Yogi Bhajan had done in spreading the message of Sikhism in western countries. The supreme Sikh religious body – Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) - closed its offices Thursday after news of Yogi Bhajan’s death came. The Miri Piri Academy here – set up by Yogi Bhajan - to train Westerners and Sikhs settled abroad on the values of Sikhism was under a wave of shock and disbelief on hearing about his death. The cremation will take place in Santa Fe in New Mexico and memorial services will be held worldwide. The founder of the “3HO” or Healthy, Happy, Holy Organisation died of heart failure surrounded by family, friends and followers Wednesday. Yogi Bhajan, 1929-2004, founder of 3HO (© 2004 Gurumustuk Khalsa – Indo-Asian News Service - From the simple environs of Espanola in New Mexico – complete with a Golden Temple – Harbhajan Singh or Yogi Bhajan to his followers spread the Sikh faith in the West.

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