Yogi Adityanath
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Yogi Adityanath
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| Born |
Ajay Singh 5 June 1972 Panchur, Garhwal, Uttarakhand |
| Residence | Gorakhnath Math, Gorakhpur |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University |
| Website | www |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Sect | Nath |
| Temple | Gorakhnath Math |
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| Predecessor | Mahant Avaidyanath |
| Rank | Mahant, Peethadheshwar |
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| Teacher | Mahant Avaidyanath |
| Works | Hindu Yuva Vahini |
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Member of the India Parliament for Gorakhpur |
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Assumed office 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Mahant Avaidyanath |
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| As of 26 May, 2014 Source: [1] |
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Mahanth Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Singh; 5 June 1972) is an Indian politician and a priest. He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament who has represented Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) since 1998. Adityanath is the Mahant or head priest of the Gorakhnath Mutt, a Hindu temple in Gorakhpur, following the death of his spiritual "father," Mahant Avaidyanath in September 2014. He is also the founder of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a social, cultural and nationalist group of youth who seek to provide rightist Hindu platform.
Yogi Adityanath comes from a Rajput family.(Kshatriya family) He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Science from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand.
Adityanath was the youngest member of the 12th Lok Sabha at 26. He has been elected as an MP from Gorakhpur to the Lok Sabha in the 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 elections. He is the successor to former Hindu Mahasabha president Mahant Avaidyanath at the Gorakhnath temple. He holds a B. Sc. from the H.N.B. Garhwal University in Srinagar, Uttarakhand.
Currently he is Mahant of Guru Gorakhnath Temple, following the death of Mahanth Aavaidyanath on 12th Sept 2014. Yogi Adityanath was made Peethadheshwar of Gorakhnath Temple amid traditional rituals of the Nath sect on 14th Sept 2014.
In 2005, Adityanath allegedly led a purification drive which involved the conversion of Christians to Hinduism. In one such instance, 1,800 Christians were reportedly converted to Hinduism in the town of Etah in Uttar Pradesh.
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