an ar as ) ▁in ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh , ▁India . ▁During ▁his ▁adult ▁life , ▁he ▁converted ▁to ▁Christian ity , ▁and ▁author ed ▁the ▁book ▁Death ▁of ▁a ▁G uru , ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁his ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁Tr uth , ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁The ▁book ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁languages . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Mah ar aj ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁H indu ▁community ▁in ▁Tr in idad ▁and ▁Tob ago . ▁Tra ined ▁as ▁a ▁holy ▁y og i , ▁he ▁ ▁eventually ▁converted ▁to ▁Christian ity ▁ ▁After ▁pre - med ical ▁studies ▁in ▁London , ▁he ▁received ▁the ological ▁training ▁at ▁London ▁School ▁of ▁The ology ▁( former ly ▁London ▁Bible ▁College ), ▁and ▁then ▁began ▁char ity ▁work . ▁ ▁Mah ar aj ' s ▁Work ▁Mah ar aj ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁Billy ▁Graham , ▁pre ached ▁in ▁thousands ▁of ▁churches , ▁university ▁camp uses , ▁and ▁aud itor iums ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁He ▁also ▁worked ▁to ▁re h abil itate ▁drug ▁add ict s ▁in ▁Europe ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁He ▁is ▁founder ▁of ▁East - West ▁G ospel ▁Min ist ries . ▁ ▁L ect ures ▁and ▁Broadcast s ▁Mah ar aj ' s ▁most ▁popular ▁lecture ▁topics ▁have ▁included ▁" Enc oun ters ▁with ▁the ▁Super natural " ▁and ▁" K r ish na , ▁Bud d ha , ▁Moh amm ad , ▁or ▁Christ