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Hindu swami caught in compromising position on TV
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....u got a crush on him?
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First of all, welcome to defence.pk
Second, Introduce yourself in member introduction area
Third, Dont use all caps
Fourth, watch ur language.
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Sir, i appreciate your concern for us to shield us from hell. Now, kindly go and read the forum rules or you might get banned. It would be a shame to lose someone who cares so much for us.
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Sex scandals, stampedes: a bad week for India's 'godmen'
MUMBAI: With two sex scandals anWorld d a fatal stampede, it’s been a bad week for India’s “godmen”, the self-styled Hindu ascetics whose followers range from farmers and housewives to politicians and rock stars.
On Thursday, 63 people — all of them women and children — were crushed to death in a stampede at an ashram run by a popular holy man in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
The day before, angry villagers in the southern state of Karnataka attacked another religious retreat after a television station aired footage purportedly showing its long-haired 30-something guru fondling two women.
And last weekend, police in the capital New Delhi revealed they had arrested a godman for allegedly running a vice ring involving air-hostesses, college students and housewives.
For sceptics, the sex scandals show that many godmen, despite their spiritual air and claims of mystical powers, are nothing more than confidence tricksters craving cash and power.
“Ninety-five per cent of godmen give the remaining five per cent a bad name,” joked Dipankar Gupta, a former sociology professor at Jawarhalal Nehru University in New Delhi.
“Most of them are not (holy). They’re charlatans. That’s why they crave indulgence from the rich and the gullible. This happens all the time. I don’t know why people fall for them.”
But for many Indians, these gurus play an integral role in daily life, taking their place in the country’s vast spiritual supermarket to be handpicked as a pathway to enlightenment.
Foreign tourists have flocked to India seeking spiritual awakening and an escape from their hectic lives in the West, ever since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi captivated The Beatles with his teachings on transcendental meditation.
Today, popular gurus include Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the so-called “hugging saint” of Kerala, and Sathya Sai Baba, a wild-haired south Indian godman who claims to be the reincarnation of a 19th century yogi, Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Both have massive followings and hundreds of spiritual centres and charitable foundations working in areas like health and education around the globe.
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi — known as “Amma” or mother — pledged 23.4 million dollars in aid for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, as well as free education and counselling for children orphaned in the tragedy.
Padmini Sardesai, a 72-year-old part-time shop worker from south Mumbai who also acts in commercials, is wary of modern-day gurus but like many Hindus reveres Sai Baba of Shirdi.
“He’s like a god,” she told AFP. “He has done some miracles. I have faith in him because he’s the incarnation of Dattatreya (a combination of the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
“Whatever your wish it will be fulfilled. Praying to someone like Sai Baba is for mental peace. These people won’t harm you. They will show you the proper path.”
The latest scandals, however, are further ammunition for critics of modern-day godmen like Sanal Edamaruku, head of the Indian Rationalist Association, which campaigns for scientific reasoning over superstition.
“All godmen are fake,” he said. “All godmen work on the basis of the gullibility of people... they only want power and money.”
He said anyone can don saffron robes and proclaim to be a godman or join the ranks of the saddhus — the unwashed, wandering mystics often found through a fug of marijuana smoke in places like the holy city of Varanasi on the River Ganges.
Shiv Murat Dwivedi, arrested last weekend in New Delhi, “used the guise of spirituality” as well as the offer of money, expensive gifts and cars to lure young women into a prostitution, from which he made millions, police said.
Edamaruku suggested a need for answers in an increasingly complex world explained the cult of godmen.
“It’s people who want instant solutions, instant miracles, they need something in front of them,” he said.
Gupta agreed. “People want customised, designer religion and the public is becoming more and more individualistic,” he said. “They can’t look for the usual routes to salvation.”
Hinduism — with its many gods, magic and mysticism — leads people to seek out such individuals to fulfil the emotional desire to believe or even a basic human need to congregate, he added.
MUMBAI: With two sex scandals anWorld d a fatal stampede, it’s been a bad week for India’s “godmen”, the self-styled Hindu ascetics whose followers range from farmers and housewives to politicians and rock stars.
On Thursday, 63 people — all of them women and children — were crushed to death in a stampede at an ashram run by a popular holy man in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
The day before, angry villagers in the southern state of Karnataka attacked another religious retreat after a television station aired footage purportedly showing its long-haired 30-something guru fondling two women.
And last weekend, police in the capital New Delhi revealed they had arrested a godman for allegedly running a vice ring involving air-hostesses, college students and housewives.
For sceptics, the sex scandals show that many godmen, despite their spiritual air and claims of mystical powers, are nothing more than confidence tricksters craving cash and power.
“Ninety-five per cent of godmen give the remaining five per cent a bad name,” joked Dipankar Gupta, a former sociology professor at Jawarhalal Nehru University in New Delhi.
“Most of them are not (holy). They’re charlatans. That’s why they crave indulgence from the rich and the gullible. This happens all the time. I don’t know why people fall for them.”
But for many Indians, these gurus play an integral role in daily life, taking their place in the country’s vast spiritual supermarket to be handpicked as a pathway to enlightenment.
Foreign tourists have flocked to India seeking spiritual awakening and an escape from their hectic lives in the West, ever since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi captivated The Beatles with his teachings on transcendental meditation.
Today, popular gurus include Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the so-called “hugging saint” of Kerala, and Sathya Sai Baba, a wild-haired south Indian godman who claims to be the reincarnation of a 19th century yogi, Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Both have massive followings and hundreds of spiritual centres and charitable foundations working in areas like health and education around the globe.
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi — known as “Amma” or mother — pledged 23.4 million dollars in aid for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, as well as free education and counselling for children orphaned in the tragedy.
Padmini Sardesai, a 72-year-old part-time shop worker from south Mumbai who also acts in commercials, is wary of modern-day gurus but like many Hindus reveres Sai Baba of Shirdi.
“He’s like a god,” she told AFP. “He has done some miracles. I have faith in him because he’s the incarnation of Dattatreya (a combination of the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
“Whatever your wish it will be fulfilled. Praying to someone like Sai Baba is for mental peace. These people won’t harm you. They will show you the proper path.”
The latest scandals, however, are further ammunition for critics of modern-day godmen like Sanal Edamaruku, head of the Indian Rationalist Association, which campaigns for scientific reasoning over superstition.
“All godmen are fake,” he said. “All godmen work on the basis of the gullibility of people... they only want power and money.”
He said anyone can don saffron robes and proclaim to be a godman or join the ranks of the saddhus — the unwashed, wandering mystics often found through a fug of marijuana smoke in places like the holy city of Varanasi on the River Ganges.
Shiv Murat Dwivedi, arrested last weekend in New Delhi, “used the guise of spirituality” as well as the offer of money, expensive gifts and cars to lure young women into a prostitution, from which he made millions, police said.
Edamaruku suggested a need for answers in an increasingly complex world explained the cult of godmen.
“It’s people who want instant solutions, instant miracles, they need something in front of them,” he said.
Gupta agreed. “People want customised, designer religion and the public is becoming more and more individualistic,” he said. “They can’t look for the usual routes to salvation.”
Hinduism — with its many gods, magic and mysticism — leads people to seek out such individuals to fulfil the emotional desire to believe or even a basic human need to congregate, he added.
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I have not done anything against law: Nityananda Swami
CHENNAI: Self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, who is at the centre of a controversy after his alleged sleazy acts was telecast on TV channels, on Sunday claimed that he had not done anything illegal and against law.
"Neither the ashram nor I did anything that is against the law. We will find out the truth and will come back to you very soon. Till then please be patient," he said in a video clip.
The CD of him speaking before a camera at an undisclosed location was sent through his lawyer and circulated to select media.
Nityananda said he was in the process of collecting details with regard to the charges and allegations levelled against him. The contents of his speech were telecast by a private Tamil Satellite Channel.
His statement comes a day after his former disciple Nithya Dharmananda alias K Lenin said he had shot the video purportedly showing Nityananda in a compromising position with an actress which was later telecast on TV channels.
Based on his complaint, police registered cases against Nityananda under various sections of the IPC including cheating, criminal intimidation and rape.
Police Commissioner T Rajendran had said all cases would be transferred to Bangalore since the incident had taken place at his ashram at Bidadi. Special teams had been formed to trace Nityananda.
The video aired on Tamil TV channels recently had caused a furore, with some Hindu groups and others protesting against Nityananda even as Karnataka government promised "very strict" action against him. The Ashram, however, has maintained that the video footage was morphed.
I have not done anything against law: Nityananda Swami - India - The Times of India
CHENNAI: Self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, who is at the centre of a controversy after his alleged sleazy acts was telecast on TV channels, on Sunday claimed that he had not done anything illegal and against law.
"Neither the ashram nor I did anything that is against the law. We will find out the truth and will come back to you very soon. Till then please be patient," he said in a video clip.
The CD of him speaking before a camera at an undisclosed location was sent through his lawyer and circulated to select media.
Nityananda said he was in the process of collecting details with regard to the charges and allegations levelled against him. The contents of his speech were telecast by a private Tamil Satellite Channel.
His statement comes a day after his former disciple Nithya Dharmananda alias K Lenin said he had shot the video purportedly showing Nityananda in a compromising position with an actress which was later telecast on TV channels.
Based on his complaint, police registered cases against Nityananda under various sections of the IPC including cheating, criminal intimidation and rape.
Police Commissioner T Rajendran had said all cases would be transferred to Bangalore since the incident had taken place at his ashram at Bidadi. Special teams had been formed to trace Nityananda.
The video aired on Tamil TV channels recently had caused a furore, with some Hindu groups and others protesting against Nityananda even as Karnataka government promised "very strict" action against him. The Ashram, however, has maintained that the video footage was morphed.
I have not done anything against law: Nityananda Swami - India - The Times of India
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The bitter truth that Indians generally disregard or are ignorant of.
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Actually for me he is not done any crime ..he is an adult and she is also an adult..they are free to do what ever they like since both are agreed to it..its the Disciple who is the criminal who shoot the private time of the swami
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Tainted Swami Nithyananda's religious centre ceases operations in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR: A religious centre here which promotes the teachings of tainted Indian spiritual guru Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda, who is allegedly involved in a sex scandal, has ceased its operations.
"We made the decision to stop operations for a while following advice from the Malaysia Hindu Sangam," the centre's spokesman was quoted in the local media as saying after the centre was flooded with calls from followers since the guru's alleged involvement in the scandal broke out in India.
Nithyananda landed in trouble following the telecast of video footage by a South Indian television channel allegedly showing him in a compromising position with a Tamil actress.
The spokesman said the ashram, set up two years ago, in Taman Desa Gombak was the only centre in Malaysia to promote the teachings of Nithyananda.
"We do not have the exact number of devotees in Malaysia or healing centres. I believe there are about 400 healers in the country," the local Star newspaper quoted him as saying.
Chennai police has registered a rape and cheating case against Nityananda after video footage of his alleged sleazy acts were telecast by TV channels.
Nityananda's ashram in India has said that he would make a public appearance soon and answer all allegations.
Tainted Swami Nithyananda's religious centre ceases operations in Malaysia - India - The Times of India
"We made the decision to stop operations for a while following advice from the Malaysia Hindu Sangam," the centre's spokesman was quoted in the local media as saying after the centre was flooded with calls from followers since the guru's alleged involvement in the scandal broke out in India.
Nithyananda landed in trouble following the telecast of video footage by a South Indian television channel allegedly showing him in a compromising position with a Tamil actress.
The spokesman said the ashram, set up two years ago, in Taman Desa Gombak was the only centre in Malaysia to promote the teachings of Nithyananda.
"We do not have the exact number of devotees in Malaysia or healing centres. I believe there are about 400 healers in the country," the local Star newspaper quoted him as saying.
Chennai police has registered a rape and cheating case against Nityananda after video footage of his alleged sleazy acts were telecast by TV channels.
Nityananda's ashram in India has said that he would make a public appearance soon and answer all allegations.
Tainted Swami Nithyananda's religious centre ceases operations in Malaysia - India - The Times of India
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