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Oregon Experience  Rajaneeshpuram

The story of Bhagwan in Eastern Oregon. Details

 

Program: Oregon Experience

Episode: Rajaneeshpuram

In 1981, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a spiritual leader from India, and thousands of his disciples, set out to build a new city, a utopian community in the desert -- Rajneeshpuram -- on what had been the Big Muddy Ranch in Eastern Oregon. Thousands of people from around the world gathered here to celebrate life and transform the landscape. But by 1986, they were gone.

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Duration: (59:56)
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR
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Funding provided by James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation, Robert D. & Marcia H. Randall Fund for Lifelong Learning, Oregon Cultural Trust and Roundhouse Foundation.

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