Swami Anand Ji Maharaja is the great guru of Kularnava Tantra and he attained the supreme knowledge of the Vedas and Shastras, at a young age. He was born in the day of Asun Krishan Paksha Dwadashi and the disciples and followers of Swami Anand Ji Maharaj also affectionately called him as Bab Sahib. He started his search for spiritual education and education about ancient Indian philosophies at a very young age and later on he spread the knowledge among the common people.

As a part of his search for spiritualism, Anand Ji Maharaj decided to remain a bachelor throughout his spiritual life and he was also not known to anyone at the time he was residing in Pt. Deena Nath Dullu`s house. He stayed there for a long period of for almost 12 years and he shifted to an exotic holy place nearly 25 kms from Srinagar, named Khir Bhagwani, in a later period. He started staying in Shri Gwash Ram`s small house, facing the goddess `Raginya` and the spring temple, in Khir Bhagwani.

There is a famous quote of Bab Sahib that he always used to utter while blessing all his devotees, and the phrase is "let Almighty bloom fortune". However, though Swami Anand Ji Maharaj had developed kidney trouble in the year of in 1983, he never seemed to be worried about his disease and he left his mortal body on 17th July 1983. The ashes of his body were taken to Gushi Kupwara or Khir Bhawani, according to his last wish.