Rajneesh movement
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The Rajneesh movement is a new religious movement inspired by the Indian godman known as Rajneesh or Osho. They were formerly known as Rajneeshees, "neo-sanyassins" or "Orange People". Members of the
Rajneesh (rightmost) and disciples in darshan at Poona in 1977
Symbol of the Life Awakening Movement c. 1970
In 1984, 751 people suffered food poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, due to the deliberate contamination of salad bars at ten local restaurants with Salmonella. A group of prominent follo
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…of the Rajneeshpuram Oregon commune was arrested for crimes including a plot to assassinate U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner and the United States's first recorded bio-terror attack calculated to influence the outcome of a local election in their favour; these efforts ultimately failed. In the bioterror attack, Salmonella bacteria…
Four of the restaurants in The Dalles affected by the attack
Rajneesh in his luxury Rolls-Royce greeted by sannyasins on one of his daily "drive-bys" in Rajneeshpuram, 1982
Perpetrators spread Salmonella contaminants on surfaces in the Wasco County Courthouse
The salsa bar of The Dalles' Taco Time