1. Osho, also known as Archarya Rajneesh, was born as Chandra Mohan Jain on 11 December 1931.
Came to be known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in 1860s and Osho during 1970-80s.
2. His major talks and preaching include sexuality. He advocated an open, free and straight attitude towards sex.
For this he was criticized by the Indian press and had earned a sobriquet as ‘sex guru’.
3. Osho owned 98 Roll Royces, all of which were donated by his disciples.
When people asked him why he didn’t donate them to the poor, he said, “Every religion in the world is taking care of the poor, why can’t they just let me take care of the rich?”
4. The book that Osho praised the most was ‘The Book Of Mirdad’, which only a few people around the globe read, and fewer liked.
5. In his dissertation, he mostly spoke about his original analysis and views on the writings of religious traditions, mystics and philosophers from around the world.
Due to which, he soon started attracting westerners.
6. Not receiving immense fan following in India, Rajneesh relocated to the United States in 1981.
Where his followers established an international community that later came to be known as Rajneeshpuram near Antelope, Oregon, south of The Dalles.
7. Rajneesh was the eldest of 11 children born to a cloth merchant in the house of his maternal grandparents in Kuchwada, a small Indian village in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.