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Sohan Qadri (born 2 November 1932, in Punjab, India^[1] – died 2 March 2011, in Toronto, Canada) was a yogi, poet and a painter from India who lived in Copenhagen for 30 years.

During his life, Qadri interacted with a number of well-known cultural figures including Surrealist painter René Magritte, Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll, and architect Le Corbusier. His paintings result from states of deep meditation, and are influenced by the colors of India: luminous, dye-infused works on serrated paper.

He had more than 70 exhibitions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa.^[2]

Early life and career in India

Sohan Qadri was born in the village of Chachoki, in 1932, in British India.

Chachoki is near the industrial town of Phagwara in the Kapurthala district of Punjab.

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He grew up in a wealthy farming family with a Hindu mother and a Sikh father. The village had no electricity, running water, roads or cars.

At the age of seven, Qadri was str