Rajneeshpuram

Rajneeshpuram
Big Muddy Ranch
Rajneeshpuram in 1983
Rajneeshpuram in 1983
Official logo of Rajneeshpuram
Etymology: From Hindi: Rajneesh's village
Rajneeshpuram is located in Oregon
Rajneeshpuram
Rajneeshpuram
Coordinates: 44°50′31″N 120°28′55″W / 44.842°N 120.482°W / 44.842; -120.482
EstablishedMay 1981 (1981-05)
DisbandedDe facto: September 1985 (1985-09)
De Jure 1988 (1988)
Government
 • TypeTheocracy
 • Religious leaderRajneesh
 • President of the Rajneesh FoundationMa Anand Sheela
 • Mayor of RajneeshpuramDavid Berry Knapp

Rajneeshpuram was a religious intentional community in the northwest United States, located in Wasco County, Oregon. Incorporated as a city between 1981 and 1988, its population consisted entirely of Rajneeshees, followers of the spiritual teacher Rajneesh,[1][2][3][4] later known as Osho.[5]

Its citizens and leaders were responsible for launching the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attacks, as well as the planned 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot, in which they conspired to assassinate Charles Turner, the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon.

  1. ^ Graham, Steve (November 22, 1981). "Guru gulch". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Ostrom, Carol M. (December 11, 1995). "Ten years later, bitterness endures at Rancho Rajneesh". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Incorporation of Rajneeshpuram opens door to development (part 9 of 20)". The Oregonian. July 8, 1985. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh FBI File". Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Biography". Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.

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