Balumama Maharaj, (born Ballappa, 3 October 1892 – 4 September 1966) was an Indian saint, guru, mystic, and a yogi.
Balumama was born on 3 October 1892 in a village called Akkol in Chikkodi taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka[1]in a Hindu dhangar (Shepherd) family.
[citation needed] Balumama attained samadhi at the age of 73 in 1966 in a village called Adamapur in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.
A temple was built in his memory in Adamapur which lies between Nipani in Karnataka and Radhanagari in Maharashtra.
The small flock have now grown to 40,000 sheep, which are looked after by his devotees and still considered sacred.