Meher Baba composed the prayer in Dehradun, India, in August 1953 and made it public on September 13, 1953.[1] Near the end of January 1968 Meher Baba dictated a circular to his followers to recite the Parvardigar Prayer and the Prayer of Repentance each day until March 25, 1968.[2] On February 21 of that year he issued a second circular requesting that the prayers be continued until May 21, 1968.[3] The order ended on that date.