Osho's family
"In my childhood...there were many children in my family. I had ten brothers and sisters myself,
- then there were one uncle's children, and another uncle's children." (Osho)
(Please note that the names in quotation marks are the nicknames Osho used to call them by. Most are common in Hindi, but some are not. See references below.)
- His grandparents were
- his mother's mother : "Nani" Rani Ma (Shreemati Genda Bai Jain) (1896 - 1971)
- his mother's father : "Nana" Raja Saheb (Shree Panna Lal Jain) (1892 - 1938)
- his father's mother : "Dadi" Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain (1893 - 1930)
- his father's father : "Dada" or "Baba" Shree Hazari Lal Jain (1888 - 1958)
- His parents were
- mother : "Bhabhi" Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain
- (Incidentally, Osho's mother and her mother-in-law have the same name. When his brother Sheilendra took Sannyas, Osho named him Saraswati as well.)
- father : "Dadda" Shree Babu Lal Jain
- His aunts were
- his father's sisters :
- Shreemati Ratni Bai Jain (1914 - 1942)
- Shreemati Makhamal Bai Samaiya (1924 - 1956)
- the wifes of his father's brothers
- Shreemati Leelavati Jain (Jun 24, 1921 - Sep 8, 1999)
- Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain (Jul 3, 1929 - Oct 23, 1999)
- His uncles were
- the husbands of his father's sisters
- Shree Panna Lal Jain (1910 - 1969)
- Shree Kundan Lal Samaiya (1920 - 1978)
- his father's brothers
- "Chanchal" Shree Amrit Lal (Nov 9, 1913 - Nov 12, 1987)
- Shree Shikhar Chand Jain (Nov 22, 1921 - Nov 1, 2005)
- His sisters were
- Rasa Kumari
- Snehlata
- Neeru
- Nisha Khate
- Kusum (who died from smallpox, 1939-1942).
- His brothers were
- Vijay Kumar Khate (Sep 18, 1937 - Aug 9, 1995)
- Shailendra Shekhar
- Aklank Kumar Khate (Jul 25, 1941 - Feb 8, 2015)
- Niklank Kumar Jain
- Amit Mohan Khate
- His cousins were
- the daughters of uncle Shree Amrit Lal & aunt Shreemati Leelavati Jain
- Shushama
- Preeti
- Kumkum
- Sefali
- the sons of uncle Shree Amrit Lal & aunt Shreemati Leelavati Jain
- Paresh
- Niseeth Mohan
- the daughters of uncle Shikhar Chand Jain & aunt Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain
- Anurag Mayi
- Alankar Mani
- the sons of uncle Shikhar Chand Jain & aunt Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain
- Prafulla Mohan
- Pramod Mohan (May 12, 1953 - Nov 28, 2015)
- the daughter of Shreemati Ratni BaI Jain and Shree Panna Lal Jain
- Kranti Chirantan Brahmachari (Jul 5, 1933 - Apr 23, 2006)
- the son of Shreemati Ratni BaI Jain and Shree Panna Lal Jain
- Arvind Kumar Jain
gallery
Saraswati
Devateerth
Nisha 1981
Shailendra 2014
"Nani" Rani Ma
- sources
- The information on this page is largely based on Sw Anand Neeten's Osho Source Book
- and correspondence with Osho's brothers Niklank and Shailendra and Osho's niece Pratiksha who provided us with first hand details about their family.
- references
- Hindi: Family relations