Babaji

According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:

Babaji or Babajee, real name S. Krishnamachari or Krishnaswami. A Maratha Brahman youth who was a probationary chela of KH. He was at one time a clerk in the Collector's office in Nellore. After arrival of the Founders in Bombay, assumed the name of "Babaji" but was also later sometimes called "Bawaji" or "Bowaji." he was present at the time of the Hodgson investigation at Adyar. There is considerable mystery surrounding some phases of his life and the identity of the entity operating through his physical vehicle. It is said that a t one time his physical body was "lent" to accomplish certain work and , in doing this, he used the chela's mystical name, "Dharbagiri Nath," and continued to use that name subsequently at various times. In March 1885, he accompanied HPB and others to Europe and looked after HPB for some time. There are statements indicating that he was again at one time overshadowed by Gwala K. Deb, and his continued use of the name Dharbagiri Nath caused considerable confusion. Later he turned against HPB and caused much trouble in theosophical circles in Europe and England, especially at Elberfeld with the Gebhard family. He returned to India and died in obscurity. See brief biography in D, p. 537. See references in ML index to Bawaji, Dharbagiri Nath, Gwala K. Deb. See LBS, pp. 286, 335, 336, 340; LMW I: 132.