Osho Tree, Jabalpur
The Jabalpur is the city from where the spiritual career of Acharya Shree Rajneesh, the Indian spiritual guru, was started. Acharya Rajneesh also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and latterly as Osho, was an world famous Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and the leader of the Rajneesh movement. Before going to Pune and later USA, he begin his career as professor of philosophy in Jabalpur and simultaneously as spiritual guru. At the age of 21 Osho became spiritually enlightened on 21 March 1953, underneath tree of Maulshree at Bhanvartal Garden in Jabalpur. According to him when he entered the Bhanvartal garden very late one night, everything became luminous. One tree was tremendously luminous, it was the maulshree tree. He went and sat under the tree and then things began to settle. It is under this very Maulshree tree that he received the message and blessings of God and thus achieved enlightenment. This world famous Maulshree tree dedicated to spiritual growth of Osho is preserved with great care even today in the Bhanvartal garden and is popularly called as the “Osho Tree”. This tree is of great significance to the followers of Osho all round the globe.
