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[[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]], which is the remains of the mission begun by [[Baba Jaimal Singh]] at the turn of the 19th century, has had its headquarters at [[Dera Baba Jaimal Singh]] near the river [[Beas]] in [[northern India]] since [[1891]]. His Master [[Shiv Dayal Singh]] had perhaps 500 initiates, and if one wanted to see the Master it was necessary to travel to his home in Agra. Baba Jaimal Singh had perhaps 2500 initiates and did not travel more than a few hundred miles from Beas while he was a Master. Baba Sawan Singh did not travel outside of India, but is believed to have had as many as one lac (100,000) initiates, some of whom were foreigners. <ref name="link4" />.

Contemporary Sant Mat movements exist in Europe, Latin America and the United States. One of the many pretenders to the cult's spiritual leadership, [[Sant Kirpal Singh]] visited Europe and the United States in 1955 and 1963, and Europe, America, and Latin America in 1972.<ref>Ruhani Satsang USA website, Tour reports. [http://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/kirpal.htm]</ref> The various spiritual leaders who claim to lead this movement now frequently travel all over the world.

===General tenets===