Satpal Maharaj

Satpal Maharaj (born Satpal Singh Rawat, 21 September 1951) is an Indian spiritual guru turned politician.

He is a national executive member of the BJP.

Currently, he serves as the tourism, cultural, and irrigation minister in the cabinet of the Government of Uttarakhand.

He is the founder of Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti.

Satpal was born as the eldest son of Hans Maharaj, a spiritual guru, and his second wife, Rajeshwari Devi, in a small town named Kankhal in Haridwar district.

Since childhood, he has had an interest in spirituality and often practices deep meditation techniques.

His brothers, Bhole Rawat and Prem Rawat are also spiritual gurus.

Satpal went to St. George's College, Mussorie for formal education.

His father passed away in 1966, giving him the task of communicating spiritual knowledge to the world.

He used to address a large crowd of followers with his spiritual discourses at very young ages.

His message is "God is neither Hindu, Muslim, nor Christian. God is one and is our father.

Since the early years of his life, he has been a social activist, bringing about reforms.

He has opened multiple non-profit clinics and brought other important services to the people of remote areas, who do not have access to government programs due to their geographical conditions.

In his teenage years, he became familiar with the problems faced by people living in mountainous, remote areas of then-Uttar Pradesh, and he out-reached people living in such areas and supported their demand for a separate state of Uttarakhand.

=He set up a socio-spiritual society with the objective of uplifting mankind from the morass of ignorance and superstition.

The society is called "Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti", with its headquarters in Delhi, India.

He established a socio-spiritual organization called Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti.

He founded Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti with the motive of preaching the meditation techniques called "Knowledge".

The Society stands for sanskritizing the lower classes in the society and sharing with them the joys and sorrows of life as brethren by providing them with spiritual succor.

It fights for their rights and against atrocities on the lower castes and condemns depriving their entry into the place of worship.

Community lunch and commune living is a common feature of society.

He headed many padayatras, both nationally and internationally, many social causes, and to bring awareness and peace.

He is connected to the motive of building a better, healthy, and contented society and has made many efforts to this end, as listed below:

Shri Satpal Maharaj Ji has undertaken many social initiatives by the means of the MUSS.

This initiative was taken under the guidance of his son, Shri Shradhey Maharaj Ji, where they developed a model to supply the recurring stationery to the underprivileged of the society, who drop school due to lack of stationery.

Under this initiative, the aim is to create a value system amongst the students of well-to-do families to care for the underprivileged and donate the excess of their stuff.

This initiative focused on collection of items from well-off institutions and create awareness, and then making kits of necessary involved, and distributing them in underprivileged schools, so, there is no money involved at all.

This is being run at the international level.

He inaugurated a survey to this project as a Union Minister, and Minister of Railways of State of Uttar Pradesh (Now, in Uttarakhand) in 1996.

This project got budget allocation and other clearances from the government, it is said to be the longest tunnel rail project in the country, which will play a vital role in the security of the country, and livelihood of the people of Uttarakhand.

The Rishikesh to Karnprayag Rail Line is proposed to serve a vital role in the country, for prompt movement of Army (as the geographical location of the line is near India-China Border), pilgrims and locals.

The foundation stone for the project survey was laid down by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, on 9 November 2011 at Rishikesh, this was a 125-kilometer railway line project.

The survey of the project completed somewhere by the year 2013, however, the project was delayed by state ministers to provide necessary land to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the commencement of the project construction due to nonfinalization of land acquisition rules of Uttarakhand.

He brought a private member's bill to include Garhwali and Kumaoni language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India.

Uttarakhand Government has inked a tourism promotion horticulture research agreement with Peru.

State Government will have intergovernmental interaction of scientific communities from both the countries in order to boost horticulture and wool production in the State.

According to Maharaj, the president of Peru will visit Uttarakhand in January to explore the possibilities and economic opportunities here.

In May 2019, this initiative became the world's quickest and largest system to donate the stationery, achieving a Guinness World Record.

Shri Satpal Maharaj is the current Cabinet Minister in the State of Government of Uttarakhand, serving as the Minister of Tourism, Irrigation, Culture.

He had played a vital role in the formation of Uttarakhand.