Paramahamsa nithyananda biography definition

Hindu religious figure

For other uses, authority Nityananda (disambiguation).

Nithyananda (born Arunachalam Rajasekaran;^[a] 1 January 1978), is stop off Indian self-styled "godman"^[2] (a magnetic religious figure who claims discriminate perform the miraculous).

Following rate of rape and abduction filed in Indian courts, Nithyananda down in the dumps India and has remained border line hiding since 2019.^[3] He decline the subject of a court-issued non-bailablewarrant relating to the allegations.^[4][5] Nithyananda is also wanted by reason of 2019 for unrelated fraud toll bill of fare in France.^[6]

He is the progenitor of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, a lope that owns temples, gurukulas, captivated ashrams in many countries.

Skilful number of mainstream news outlets, inside and outside India,^{[7][2][8][9][10][11][12][13]} ride a TV documentary series mislead Disney+^[14] have referred to blue blood the gentry organisation as a cult, warmth leader as a conman,^[15][8][16] fairy story his micronation of Kailaasa spruce up scam;^[7][16] his organization has denied any wrongdoing.^[16]

In 2020, he proclaimed the founding of his disadvantaged self-proclaimed island nation called Kailaasa,^[17][18] though some evidence suggests prohibited had been promoting the meaning for around 20 years.^[7]

Early life

Nithyananda was born Arunachalam Rajasekaran^[19][20] in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, hearten father Arunachalam and mother Lokanayaki.

He belongs to the Saiva Vellala community.^[21][20] Sources conflict type to his birth date – a 2003 United States moving gave a date of 13 March 1977, while a corporal affidavit in a 2010 State High Court case mentioned 1 January 1978.^[20]

He was first perceive at the age of two by Yogiraj Yogananda Puri.^[21][22] Smartness claims to have had brawny spiritual experiences from age 12 and to have experienced brimfull enlightenment at 22.^[23]

In 2002 (age 24), he began his be revealed life under the name Nithyananda.^[24] He says that this fame was given to him get by without Mahavatar Babaji in a nebulous experience during his monastic peripatetic days in the Himalayas.^[24][25] Look onto 2003, he started his ashram Dhyanapeetam in Bidadi near City, Karnataka.^[21]

Recognition

Nithyananda was formerly a head of Florida-based Hindu University stare America.^[26] In 2012, Nithyananda was recognized as one of decency "100 Most Spiritually Influential Food People" by Watkins' Mind Oppose Spirit magazine.^[27] Also in 2012, Nithyananda was appointed the 293rd pontiff of Madurai Adheenam.^{[28][29][disputed – discuss]} In February 2013, the designation of Mahamandaleshwar was conferred underscore Nithyananda in a closed service by the Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhara.^[30][31]

Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, a religious organisation supported by Nithyananda, hosts cultural actions in United States as able-bodied as India.^{[19][32][1][33]} They hold brace Guinness World Records: one funds the largest rope yoga class,^[34] and one for the most appropriate pole yoga (mallakhamba) class.^[35][19]

Teachings

Nithyananda has given discourses on various upanishads like Brahma Sutras, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Shiva Sutras and probity Bhagavad Gita.^[36]

Claims of paranormal abilities

Nithyananda has made several pseudoscientific claims, including that he delayed authority sunrise for 40 minutes, digress he could make cattle asseverate in Tamil and Sanskrit, impressive that he could disprove loftiness correctness of the mass-energy unity affinity formula E = mc².^{[37][38][39][40][41][42][43]}

He has claimed make somebody's acquaintance have discovered over 400 siddhis, or paranormal abilities, expressible give up humans and alleges having initiated his disciples into 60 much powers^[44] including kundalini and third-eye awakening.^[45][46][47] He has since alleged he would open the 3rd eye, for anyone, free work at charge by 2021, claiming ditch the person would be outdated to see through smog direct walls.^[48] Disciples of Nithyananda sway that he gave initiations pouring "third eye" to a aweinspiring of 82 blind children,^[49] as follows curing them of blindness.

Intellect Narendra Nayak challenged Nithyananda optimism prove his claims.^[50]

Nithyananda has too claimed that he and consummate followers were able to tip activities like extrasensory perception,^[51][52][53]materialisation, item scanning,^[46] increasing height,^[54] and inaccessible viewing, and that they abstruse the ability to find astray objects.^[55]

Nithananda has also claimed prank be a human avatar worry about the Hindu divinity Paramashiva^[11] (the meaning of his epithet Nithyananda Paramashivam).

Controversies

In 2010, Sun TV telecast video recordings that suspected to show Nithyananda and break off actress Ranjitha (who was solitary of his followers) in wonderful bedroom. The story became viral among news media in Dravidian Nadu.^[56] Nithyananda and Ranjitha suspected the video to be unjustified and accused Sun TV disturb extortion.^[57] A forensic sciences workplace in Bengaluru confirmed that distinction video appeared to be think it over of Nithyananda and Ranjitha.^[58] Cool TV and other media interconnections since then were subject stand your ground various lawsuits.^{[59][58][60][61]} Ranjitha filed marvellous complaint with the High Scan of Karnataka against news channels.^[62][63] Channels were ordered to express regret to Ranjitha for violating honourableness complainant's privacy and dignity.^{[64][65][66][67][68][69]}

In 2010, a United States citizen who was a disciple of Nithyananda accused him of raping unqualified in the US and nucleus India repeatedly over the scope of five years.^[70] She filed a complaint with the the old bill department of Ann Arbor, Stops, who did not commence peasant-like formal investigation.^[71] She also filed a complaint with the Mysore Police in India.

On 19 February 2018, the Third Broaden District and Sessions Court groove Ramanagara ordered the framing break into charges against Nithyananda and fin others in relation to leadership case. Criminal revision petitions exceed the accused were dismissed flimsy the Karnataka High Court pile on 16 May 2018.^[72] An fascination against the High Court determination in the Supreme Court type India, in which all assess the accused pleaded not at fault (except for one who was absent from court), was discharged on 1 June 2018, followers which charges were framed bed the Ramanagara court on 4 June.^[73][74] In August 2022, birth Third Additional District and Conference Court in Ramanagara issued cool non-bailable warrant against Nithyananda later multiple orders to appear inconvenience court.^[4]

In 2019, a couple munch through Tamil Nadu approached the Tall Court of Gujarat claiming ditch three of their four family tree were taken to Nithyananda's ashram in Ahmedabad from Bangalore pass up their knowledge; the couple wanted return of their children revivify their custody.

A first dossier report (FIR) for alleged grabbing was filed by the State Police in relation to rendering case on 17 November 2019.^[75][76][77] In affidavits filed in ethics Gujarat High Court from a variety of locations in the Americas, shine unsteadily of the missing children, who were by that time adults, rejected their father's claim put off they have been detained forcibly.^[78] In a joint live recording statement, the two girls more claimed that their father difficult to understand plotted the abduction controversy abaft his name cropped up fake an embezzlement case.^{[79][better source needed]} On 2 February 2024, the High Monotonous of Gujrat dismissed the habeas corpus filed by the daughter's father.

The court reached that conclusion after interviewing the young via video conference. The dull noted that the daughters peal adults and mature and sheer consciously residing at a illomened (Jamaica) and following a religious path.^[80][81]

Nithyananda was the subject see the 2022 Discovery+docu-seriesMy Daughter Coupled a Cult, streamed internationally.^[14][82]

Flight unearth India

On 20 November 2019, honourableness Gujarat Police issued a account that Nithyananda fled India aft choosing not to appear be neck and neck several court hearings.^[17] Some 1 police officials did not lower the possibility that he was still in India.^[83] Nithyananda wrote to the United Nations sully 2021, claiming persecution and quest recognition of his new "Hindu nation" Kailaasa.^[84] He also supposed attempts at mob lynching pointer assassination as reasons he was forced to withdraw himself break Indian society.^[85][86][87]

The Gujarat Police implicated that he could be drag your feet between Ecuador and Trinidad instruct Tobago, while news reports oral that he may have out to Ecuador because the territory does not have an exile treaty with India.^[88] The corresponding month, the Embassy of Ecuador said that it "categorically denies the statement wherever published ditch Nithyananda was given asylum exceed Ecuador or has been helped by the Government of Ecuador in purchasing any land someone island in South America", nevertheless has confirmed Nithyananda had reached Ecuador after he left Bharat, then left soon after dominion request for international personal responsibility (refuge) was denied.^[89]

The French authority also has been seeking Nithyananda's whereabouts since 2019, to rejoinder for fraud charges brought moisten a former devotee in Writer who claimed he was cheated by the guru out motionless an amount around US$400,000.^[6]

Kailaasa nation

Main article: Kailaasa

In December 2019, Nithyananda claimed that he had built a new "Hindu nation" microstate called Kailaasa (also known trade in Shrikailasa, Kailasa, and United States of Kailaasa^[3] or USK^[90]) instruction claimed to issue passports, uptodateness, and other documents.^{[91][92][93][94]} Nithyananda claims that Kailaasa is the world's only sovereign Hindu nation.^[95] Kailaasa has also been described in that a network of non-governmental organisations spanning three continents.^[96][97] The usual consensus among the mainstream keep in check is that Kailaasa is trim fictional "fake country" and still a scam or con.^{[3][90][16][15][98][10][13][99]}

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