Dada Mukerjee
1914 – 1999
“He was the simplest of the simple, and the greatest of the great.”
While the Western devotees often tell the story of finding Maharaj-ji, Dada Mukerjee tells the story of living with him. A respected professor of economics at Allahabad University, Dada became one of Baba’s most trusted Indian devotees, and for long stretches Maharaj-ji simply lived in his household.
His books — By His Grace and The Near and the Dear — are written with the quiet authority of someone who saw Maharaj-ji not as a distant saint but as a daily presence: demanding, playful, infinitely loving, utterly beyond ordinary understanding. For anyone who wants the texture of Maharaj-ji’s actual days, Dada’s writing is a treasure.