Balaknath Yogi (बालकनाथ योगी)

Bhaktamal: Balaknath Yogi
Real name - Pankaj Yadav
Other Name - Mahant Balaknath Yogi
Guru - Khet Nath Maharaj, Mahant Guru Chanchalnath
Aradhya - Shaivism, Nath Sampradaya
Birth - 16 April 1984 (age 39)
Place of Birth - Kohrana, Rajasthan, India
Marital Status - Unmarried
Language - English, Hindi, Marwari, Sanskrit
Father - Subhash Yadav
Mother - Urmila
Famous - Mahant of Nath Sampradaya, PoliticianMahant Balaknath Yogi is a 8th Mahant of the Nath sect of Hinduism. He is also an Indian politician and current MLA from Tijara constituency in Rajasthan. He is also the Chancellor of the Baba Mastnath University BMU.

He took sannyasa at a very young age. Maharaj Kheta Nath named Pankaj Gurumukh because he was born on Thursday. After coming into the company of sages and saints at an early age, his name changed from Gurumukh to Mahant Baba Balaknath. Mahant Chandnath declared Balaknath Yogi as his successor in a ceremony in which Yogi Adityanath and Baba Ramdev were also present. His image is like that of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he is also called the Yogi of Rajasthan.