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Rajneeshpuram

99% Invisible

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The story of rajnich perem, which was a city that popped up in oregon in the 19 eighties. They were trying to build a utopia, guided by new age religious principles. And almost as quickly as this place went from mud hole to city, it went from utopia to dis pia. This is 99 % invisible. I'm roman mars. It's hard to imagine building a city from scratch. Turning a little mud hole into a full service city takes an incredible amount of resources and people. The story really begins with one man, an indian gooroo named bagwan shri rajnish. His name loosely translates to sir god

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