Paohari Baba: a short biography of Harabhajana Das a Hindu Saint of Ghazipur commonly called Paohari Baba. Pavhari Baba or Paohari Baba (died 1898) was an Indian ascetic and saint. He was born near Varanasi in a Brahmin family. In 1890 Swami Vivekananda went to Ghazipur and met him.According to Sister Nivedita, Baba died by burning in 1898, which is considered as self-immolation.