In 1994, the 3HO Foundation joined the United Nations as a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, representing women's issues, promoting human rights, and providing education about alternative systems of medicine. To serve the changing times, Harbhajan Singh created the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association, dedicated to setting standards for teachers and the propagation of the teachings. Interest in yoga increased worldwide at this time. He offered them all these things with vigorous yoga, an embracing holistic vision, and an optimistic spirit of sublime destiny. They liked to experience elevated states of awareness and they also deeply wanted to feel they were contributing to a world of peace and social justice.
The Sikh practice of not cutting one's hair or beard was already accepted by the hippie culture, as was Sikh vegetarianism. His brand of Sikhism appealed to the hippies who formed the bulk of his early converts. In 1969, Harbhajan Singh established the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) Foundation in Los Angeles, California to further his missionary work. Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization ġ970 gathering at Santa Clara Canyon, New Mexico In three months, he established classes at several YMCAs, co-founded a yoga centre, was interviewed for national press and television, and helped set in motion the creation of eastern Canada's first Sikh temple in time for Guru Nanak's five hundredth birthday the following year. Harbhajan Singh made a considerable impact in the predominantly Anglo-Saxon metropolis.
In 1968, Harbhajan Singh emigrated to Toronto, Canada equipped with an endorsement from that country's High Commissioner to India, James George, who was also a student of his. In his final years in India, he also learned from Baba Virsa Singh at Gobind Sadan Institute. Eventually, Harbhajan Singh was promoted to a customs inspector at Delhi airport. He served in the Revenue Department, where his duties took him all over India. In 1953, Harbhajan Singh entered the service of the Government of India. Four years later, he graduated with a master's degree in economics. There, Harbhajan Singh attended Camp College – a hastily put together arrangement for thousands of refugee students – and was an active member of the Sikh Students Federation in Delhi. Khalsa's schooling was interrupted in 1947 by the violent partition of India, when he and his family fled to New Delhi as refugees. Theirs was a well-to-do landlord family, owning most of their village in the foothills of the Himalayas. Singh learned the fundamentals of Sikhism from his paternal grandfather, Sant Bhai Fateh Singh. His father was raised in the Sikh tradition and young Harbhajan was educated in a Catholic school run by nuns. His mother, a Hindu, was named Harkrishan Kaur. Kartar Singh Puri, served the British Raj as a medical doctor. Harbhajan Singh Khalsa was born on Auginto a Sikh family in Kot Harkarn, Gujranwala district, in the province of Punjab (now in Pakistan). Harbhajan Singh has been accused posthumously of sexual abuse by hundreds of his female followers an investigation called the Olive Branch Report found the allegations most likely true. He was the spiritual director of the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) Foundation (and business ventures), with over 300 centers in 35 countries. He introduced his version of Kundalini Yoga to the United States. Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (born Harbhajan Singh Puri) (Aug– October 6, 2004), also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib to his followers, was an Indian-born American entrepreneur, yoga guru, and spiritual teacher. Ranbir Singh, Kulbir Singh, Kamaljit Kaur Yogi, Siri Singh Sahib, Bhai Sahib, Panth Rattan
Master of Kundalini Yoga, interfaith pioneer, Sikh missionary Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO), Sikh Dharma International, Kundalini Research Institute, Siri Singh Sahib Corporation Panjab University, New Delhi, India (Master of Economics, 1952), University for Humanistic Studies, Solana Beach, CA, USA (PhD, Psychology of Communication, 1980)