Rajneeshpuram

Also known as Big Muddy Ranch, Rajneeshpuram, OR

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, later known as Osho.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Rajneeshpuram
Settlement.etymology: From Hindi: Rajneesh's village
Settlement.image_skyline: 1983 festival at Rajneeshpuram.jpg
Settlement.caption: Rajneeshpuram in 1983
Settlement.government_type: Theocracy
Settlement.leader_title: Bhagwan
Settlement.leader_name: Rajneesh
Settlement.leader_title1: President of the Rajneesh International Foundation
Settlement.leader_title2: Mayor of Rajneeshpuram
Settlement.established_title1: Established
Settlement.population_as_of: 1984
Settlement.population_total: Approximately 7,000

Article

12 sections

Contents

Settlement
Increasing tensions
Role in 1984 bioterror attack
Allegations of neglect and sexual abuse of children
Air Rajneesh and Big Muddy Ranch Airport
Outcome
Washington Family Ranch
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Some of 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.