Pandit Pradeep Mishra aka Raghuram was born on Thursday, 16 June 1977 in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. 

Family

Pandit Pradeep Mishra belongs to a Hindu family.His father, Rameshwar Dayal Mishra, used to sell black grams on the streets, and he passed away due to cardiac arrest. His mother’s name is Seeta Mishra. He has two brothers named Deepak Mishra and Vinay Mishra.

On 5 December 2004, he got married. The couple has two sons named Madhav Mishra and Raghav Mishra.

From Teacher to Sehore Wale Baba

In childhood, Pandit Pradeep Mishra used to accompany his parents to various kathas and pravachans organised in his village. From there, he started inclining towards spirituality. Later, he started working as a teacher in a private school. Simultaneously, he worked as a pandit in his village. After working as a teacher for 10 years, he left the job. In 1999, Pandit Pradeep started reciting kathas at small events in his village.

In one of his kathas, he shared how he started preaching Shrimad Bhagwat Katha. He said that there was a lady named Geeta Bai Parashar in his village who used to cook food at various houses in the village. After her husband’s death, she decided to organise a Shrimad Bhagwat Katha at her home. Pandit Pradeep, who was working as a pandit in the village at that time assured her that he would complete her resolution by reciting Shrimad Bhagwat Katha at her home. However, Geeta Bai politely denied the offer and said that Pandit Pradeep did not have deeksha under some guru, so he could not preach the kathas. He then went to Indore and took his guru deeksha under Shree Govardhan Nath. In his katha, while talking about his guru, he said,

"It was the Guru who taught us to wear dhoti. Guru gave a potli in my hand and said that wherever you do Katha, your pandal will never remain empty. It is by his grace that so many devotees come to my pandal.”

After completing his deeksha, he started reciting Shrimad Bhagwat Katha in his village and nearby areas. Gradually, he started developing an interest in Shiva Purana. During the COVID-19 lockdown in India in 2020, he uploaded his first Shiva Purana video on his YouTube channel titled Pradeep Ji Mishra Sehore Wale. Within a few days, his video gained thousands of views. Gradually, his Shiva Purana kathas started gaining popularity on YouTube.

After the lockdown, he organised Shiva Purana katha in Sehore along with Rudraksha Mahotsav. On the day of the event, thousands of people started gathering at the event. The roads were blocked because of heavy traffic jams. Later, the event was wrapped up in between. Pandit Pradeep did not expect that so many people would gather there only after watching his YouTube videos. In one of his kathas, he even shed tears in the joy of the love of his followers. He even apologised to his followers for not providing them Rudraksha and ending the event a few days before it was scheduled. He then collaborated with the Hindi TV channel Aastha to broadcast his kathas and pravachans. Pandit Pradeep Mishra has built Kubereshwar Dham Temple and has also started Shri Vitthalesh Seva Samiti in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh which helps in providing free food to people, cow welfare services, and free medical facilities.