was a Maharashtrian saint who lived in Pune, India, in the late 19th Century.
"Jungle" (Jangali) "King" (Maharaj) is an eponym of Shiva.
He was a disciple of Swami Samarth of Akkalkot.
In his youth he was said to be a towering person over seven feet tall and a wrestlers build to match.
He was a hath yogi who had acquired his yogic capabilities after severe penances.
A major commercial road in Pune (Jangali Maharaj Road) is named after him.
It is believed that he was born in the state of Baroda (Vadodara of present day Gujarat)
in the early 18th Century. Very little is know about his early life other than
that he was an athlete and participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
He was said to have meditated in the Bhamburde jungles of Shivajinagar,
Pune which earned him the sobriquet Jangali Maharaj or King of the Jungle.
After he breathed his last in 1890, his disciples built a samadhi at Shiavajinagar,
next to the ancient Pataleshwar cave temple.
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