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)

Osho with some relatives in Jabalpur, 1951. L-to-R :
Shri Kundalal Samajya, Ma Yoga Kranti, Sheela Samaiya, Kundalal's nephew, Saraswati Devi, Arvind Kumar Jain, Osho

Osho with his family in Gadarwara. L-to-R :
back row : (1?),(2?),(3?),(4?),(5?), Akalank and his son and wife Shashi
2nd row : Saraswati, Osho, Devateerth
3rd row : (1?), Nisha, Amit(?)
front row : (1?),(2?),(3?),(4?)

His grandmothers were "Nani" (his mother's mother) and ... (his father's mother)

His grandfathers were "Nana" Raja Saheb (his mother's father) and "Baba" (his father's father)

His mother was Saraswati and his father was Devateerth.

His five sisters were Rasa Kumari, Sneh, Neeru, Nisha and Kusum, who died from smallpox aged four.

His five brothers were Vijay, Shailendra, Akalank, Nikalank and Amit.

His aunts were Ratnibal (his father's sister), ...

His uncles were Sri Shikher Chand, Shri Kundalal Samajya (maternal), ...

His cousins were Ma Yoga Kranti (Ratnibal's daughter), Arvind Kumar Jain (Ratnibal's son, Kranti's younger brother)

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Saraswati

Devateerth

Nisha 1981

Shailendra 2014