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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.
Settled in southern India, Nityananda gained a reputation for performing miracles and curing the sick. He started building an ashram near Kanhangad, Kerala state. The hill temple and Ashram in Kanhangad are now pilgrim centres. The Guruvan, a forest in the hills nearby where Bhagawan sat on penance, is now a pilgrim retreat. [5]
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 ...
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Gurumayi or Swami Chidvilasananda), born Malti Shetty on 24 June 1955, is the guru or spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path, with ashrams in India at Ganeshpuri and the Western world, with the headquarters of the SYDA foundation in Fallsburg, New York.
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Gurudev Siddha Peeth has been linked by multiple commentators with the ashram in Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love, since, among other clues, it has a multilingual female guru who was a swami's translator, succeeded him, and resides in the United States, attributes of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and where a 90-minute Guru Gita is sung every morning.
Nityanand Swami (Devanagari: नित्यानन्द स्वामी) (1793-1852) born as Dinmani Sharma, was one of the senior Paramhansa’s initiated by Swaminarayan. [1] He was given the name Nityanand as a reflection of his lasting joyful persona.
Ranjitha is an Indian former actress and alleged politician, said to be currently serving as the Prime Minister of the fictional micronation of Kailaasa, [citation needed] which she has been developing with religious leader Nithyananda since 2023.