Mr. Yishu Das Tiwari from U.P.,JESUS Christ became his " ISHTA DEVTA" & He baptised in Jan 1935,& Dedicate his life to Jesus
Y. D. Tiwari Y. D. Tiwari (1911-1997) was an Indian Theologian and a leading participant in Hindu-Christian dialogue. He was a Scholar in Sanskrit, Hindi and Greek. The Bible Society of India made him revise the Hindi Bible (New Testament) into contemporary version. History Yisu Das Tiwari was born Badri Prasad Tiwari into a Vaishnavite family in Agra in 1911 to Smt. Rajkunwar and Pandit Hari Govind Tiwari. As a growing youth, Tiwari was influenced by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of the Arya Samaj and Swami Rama Tirtha. It was during his college days, that he came under the influence of Canon Holland, E. Stanley Jones, C. F. Andrews and others. After a reading of the Gospel according to Saint John, he took keen interest in the studies of the Bible and devotional writings of Christian mystics. Jesus Christ became his Ishta deva. However, his new found faith did not go well with his family members who sent him for internment to a mental asylum. Tiwari however became a