Bhagavan Das (Devanagari: भगवान दास) (born Kermit Michael Riggs[4]) is an American yogi who lived for six years in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

[6] In India he lived and learned about many Indian lifestyles, dialects, music, songs, and traditions, and met many swamis and saints.

After six months in this arrangement, he went on a Pilgrimage with his Swami to meet the Hindu holy man Neem Karoli Baba, whom he subsequently became a devotee of.

[7] In 1967, Das was living with two women in his off-ashram time and heard that two Americans were giving LSD to people in the restaurant Blue Tibetan.

[1] In 2002, he released his seventh full album, called Now, that was produced and arranged by Mike D of the Beastie Boys, an East-meets-West musical pairing.

[14] In 1972 in California Bhagavan Das married his girlfriend, Bhavani, who was expecting their child; subsequently their daughter, Soma, was born in New York.