Meet India’s ‘Golden Baba’, The Godman Who Wears 12 Kg Of #Gold Jewellery

Sudhir Kumar Makkad, a 54-year-old former garment businessman from Delhi, now goes by the name ‘Golden Baba’. The ‘ascetic’, who reportedly wants to “atone” for “sins he committed as a businessman”, wears gold jewellery to pay homage to Goddess Laxmi.

This year, he was spotted wearing 12 kilograms of gold chains, bracelets, rings, and a diamond watch. All of these come from donations from his followers, he claimed. The net worth of the jewellery he wears is about ₹4 crore, according to a report in The Times of India. The watch alone costs ₹27 lakh.

About 10 bodyguards and 200 followers are accompanying him this time in his annual pilgrimage, reported Hindustan Times. The budget for his trip this year is ₹1 crore. This is his 24th kanwar yatra, an annual Hindu pilgrimage by Shiva devotees to holy sites in India.