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43Some say Steve Jobs was inspired by one of his favourite bands, The Beatles, whose record label was called Apple. Others say it came from his days as a young man working on an apple farm, a story Jobs himself mentions in Walter Isaacson’s recent biography. He was on one of his fruitarian diets and the name 'sounded fun, spirited and not intimidating.'
'Plus,' he added, 'it would get us ahead of Atari in the phone book.'
But there may be more to it than this anodyne account. An alternative explanation points to an ashram in India and a pilgrimage to a guru whose favourite fruit was the apple.
Before Mr Jobs founded what is now the world’s largest tech company, he travelled to India early in 1974, desperate for darshan (sight), and to be in the presence of the renowned Hindu holy man Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Maharaj-ji.
Considered to be a manifestation of the god Hanuman, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Maharaj-ji had become something of a magnet to young westerners making the now-familiar ‘journey to the East’. From his ashram in Kainchi in the foothills of the Himalayas, he received a steady flow of spiritual seekers from all over the world.
Mark Zuckerberg
A temple village in Uttarakhand has gained universal fame after Mark Zuckerberg disclosed he had visited it about 10 years ago at the behest of Steve Jobs. Mahesh Yogi in his heyday could only have dreamt of such followers. Given that Zuckerberg’s Facebook is where young Indians spend a better part of their lives, the Kainchi temple is assured of many “likes” in the days to follow.
The temple is run by the followers of Neem Karoli Baba, the spiritual leader who spent his last days at Kainchi and died, or as his followers like to believe took samadhi, in 1973.
The temple’s architecture is hardly arresting. From a distance, the glossy red paint on the spire shines through the thick foliage around it. Inside, a couple of priests bustle about preparing for morning prayers, but there is an odd sense of calm about them.
The peace is often broken by the sound of traffic on the highway. On the banks of the Kosi, the temple is small and almost empty at 9 am on Tuesday, which, considering that it is was founded by a Hanuman devotee, is surprising. Shrines devoted to Hindu gods such as Vaishno Devi, Ram, Shiva and, of course, Hanuman, are evenly spread through the premises. Outside each shrine, the passageway is carpeted. The walls too seem to have received a fresh coat of paint, adding to the overall sense of cleanliness.
The Baba, who derives his name from a district in Uttar Pradesh where he was found as an ascetic, lived in various ashrams across India before he came to Uttarakhand. He then became popular as a “reincarnation” of Hanuman, even setting up the Hanumangarhi temple near Nainital before his death.
Legend has it that the land where the temple is located was a burial ground for children who died of smallpox and other epidemics, and was thus believed to be haunted. The Baba then chanted over the land and decided to build a temple there to rid it of the “curse”. His fame spread swiftly. People from all over would come for his blessings.
One of his followers included Larry Brilliant, the famous doctor and former director of Google’s philanthropic arm, who was told by the Baba to work with the World Health Organization to eradicate smallpox. A turn of events led him to do just that, making him attribute his success to the Baba. Other followers have similar tales of how the Baba rewarded them for their devotion by magically removing hurdles from their lives. Several such stories float about, and are chronicled in Miracle of Love, a book by his disciples. Even after the Baba’s death in 1973, devotees insist the miracles didn’t end — much like Sai Baba.
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