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Nithyananda was born Arunachalam Rajasekaran [19] [20] in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, to father Arunachalam and mother Lokanayaki.He belongs to the Saiva Vellala community. [21] [20] Sources conflict as to his birth date – a 2003 United States visa gave a date of 13 March 1977, while a sworn affidavit in a 2010 Karnataka High Court case mentioned 1 January 1978.
A life size statue of Guru Nityananda at Bunt Bhavan, Mumbai, India. According to Bhagawan Nityananda's biographers, the identity of Nityananda's guru is a mystery. According to Healy, Nityananda did not have a guru. [6] In one of his talks, his student Swami Muktananda said that Nityananda’s Guru was an unknown Siddha from Kerala. [7]
In 2010, Nithyananda said he was in a relationship with Ranjitha, and officially made the announcement of both of them living together as partners official. [ 7 ] In 2010, Sun TV telecasted a video recording that claimed to show Ranjitha and Nithyananda in a bedroom.
‘Godman’ who fled India claims to have set up country for ‘authentic Hindu culture and civilisation after centuries of oppression’
Swami Muktananda died in October 1982, after which Gurumayi and Nityananda became joint spiritual heads of the Siddha Yoga path. Nityananda left the Siddha Yoga path in 1985; [9] according to his 1986 interview in Hinduism Today, he left by his own choice, admitting to having sex with several devotees, deciding to cease to be a Siddha Yoga ...
After seeing Swami Nityananda Maharaj and Ananda Mai Ma, Hari Datt's desire to practice yoga increased. [28] Yoga practices became part of his life. His quest continued as he visited different villages in Himalayan mountains around the age of 14, encountering several Westerners who were learning yogic practices and later recalling them as "true ...
When she reported about godman Swami Nityananda being accused of sexual abuse, she had to face sexualized harassment on social media from the followers of Nithyananda's cult. [16] In response to her reportage, the followers made several news videos by calling her choicest of abuses including presstitute, anti-national among others. [17]
Nithyananda, who has been described as leading a cult, [1] [2] [3] claimed that he had created a new "Hindu nation" microstate, and claims that Kailaasa is the world's only sovereign Hindu nation. Kailaasa has been variously described as an internationally dispersed network of non-governmental organisations , a fictional or fake country, and a ...