Rajneeshpuram
1981–1985 religious intentional community in Oregon, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Etymology: From Hindi: Rajneesh's village | |
Coordinates: 44.842°N 120.482°W / 44.842; -120.482 | |
Established | May 1981 (1981-05) |
Disbanded | De facto: September 1985 (1985-09) De Jure 1988 (1988) |
Government | |
• Type | Theocracy |
• Religious leader | Rajneesh |
• President of the Rajneesh Foundation | Ma Anand Sheela |
• Mayor of Rajneeshpuram | David Berry Knapp |
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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.