Founder of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, who introduced the Transcendental Meditation program to the world 50 years ago for systematically developing higher states of consciousness, Maharishi is now offering every school consciousness-based education so that all students everywhere can enliven total brain functioning, unfold their full creative potential to enjoy healthy, happy and successful lives.

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was born on 12th January 1917 in Raipur City of present day Chhattisgarh, India. Originally named Mahesh Prasad Varma, he belonged to a Kshatriya caste, Hindu family, living in a small village called Chichli, near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He received his Master’s Degree in Physics from Allahabad University, in 1940. During this period, he felt inclined towards spiritual life. He then, became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswathi, who gave him the name of `Bal Brahmachari Mahesh’.