Radha Soami, also called Radha Soami Mat or Sant Mat, is a guru-lineage spiritual order founded by Shiv Dayal Singh, honorifically titled Soami Ji Maharaj, who was born on 25 August 1818 in Agra, India and founded the order there in January 1861, on Basant Panchami Day. With an estimated three million followers today, based mainly around Agra, Uttar Pradesh and Beas, Punjab, the order holds that a living guru is essential to spiritual guidance, practices Surat Shabd Yoga, a meditation on inner light and sound, does not install scripture in its sanctums but has its gurus teach followers directly, rejects caste distinctions, and has attracted followers from Dalit communities; it has fragmented into numerous branches and lineages since its founder's death in 1878.
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Rādhā Soāmī Mat or Sant Mat is a spiritual tradition or faith founded by spiritual master Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj in January 1861 on Basant Panchami Day in Agra, India.
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