Please Tell Nithyananda and His Cult Followers that They are Wrong to Do Fraud.
Hi there, Sri Nithyananda. How are you doing? Really? We thought you would be doing really well with all that fresh air from the Himalayas and being surrounded with a whole new flock, albeit much smaller, of potential room service ladies. There's also your very trusted and sincere aid, Bhaktananda, to beckon to every whim and fancy you have just like during your 53 days of being cooped together in the ladies' jail. And, what not a better person than an alleged murder suspect to help keep everyone in line. We hope that you, 'Paramahamsa' Nithyananda, snap out of your recent bout of bad PR quickly, because if you do not, then all those potential donors who can help rebuild the new you, won't think that you're enlightened any more. Better swallow some of your magic medicine so you become, happy, happy, happy again. Really, 'Swami' Nithyananda, you're future is counting on this.
OK, 'Paramahamsa' Nithyananda, we gave you enough bantering about your holy tour guide agency in our post a few days ago:
Nithyananda, Holy Tour Guide & His Fantasy Fulfilling Fraud ('Paramahamsa' Nithyananda's Second Act, as a Tour Guide with Tut Tut Tours and Travel)
So, it's not that we really want to give you a break. In fact, Sri Nithyananda, we will never leave you alone until you have given up this foolishness of cheating sincere devotees, defrauding them, and breaking up families for your worldly benefit. But today, we want to look address the people who you cheated and ask them to take some action. Don't worry, 'Paramahamsa' Nithyananda, it is for your own good, and everyone's good for that sake.
CALL TO ACTION
Hi Loyal Readers, if you are in the Himalayas or you know people who live in the Himalayas, could you please place them on alert and look for Nithyananda and his followers. If you see them, could you please tell Nithyananda and his followers very nicely and politely, but very FIRMLY that they are wrong and that they are ruining Hindu and Vedic traditions.
Update:
Since we wrote this blog post, Nithyananda, henchmen, and followers all returned from the Himalayas without known issue (but we're still waiting for any new report. This post makes a good introduction and warning to the world of would be followers to know about what type of spirituality Nithyananda really offers and what he is doing to Hinduism and Vedic Traditions. So, please forward this blog post to anyone who once attended any of Nthyananda's lectures, watched his YouTube videos, or attended any of his programs including the Life Bliss Program (LBP). Through these pictures and information below, potential followers will quickly know the true colors of Nithyananda and the potential fraud he and his cult offers.
Yes, our traditions are being tarnished. No doubt, that they will survive whatever damage Nithyananda and his followers come up with, but as the sake of defending dharma (righteousness) and standing up to the values of our inner-core, please let Nithyananda and his followers know that this is not the correct way. That they offer nothing but spiritual pollution, commercialization, materialism, and hypocrisy to our sacred traditions. People no longer respect the holy saffron kavi cloth and the work of earnest Hindu monks because of the irresponsible and greedy actions of Nithyananda. Our true swamis worldwide are placed on the defensive and have to explain that Nithyananda does not represent their traditions and beliefs. Yes, Nithyananda has soiled the world's opinion and has made a joke out of Hinduism as if it were a cheap commodity that could be marketed like accessories for a movie launch.
Here are just a few of the crimes that Nithyananda and his cult-followers have done.
On March 2, 2010, a video was widely circulated showing Nithyananda wearing the saffron kavi cloth of a sanyasi (renunciant) in bed with a married film star devotee.
Feeling a little under the weather?
Getting special care.
May I have this dance?
Nithyananda could not bare to defend the truth, so he went hiding. While absconding from the law, occasionally, Nithyananda issued statements claiming that the video was morphed, and at the time of the video he was sick, was in samadhi (trance), was 'experimenting' (with tantra), or was being taken care of by Ranjitha (the married actress). Later, he denied that it was him in the video and said that he was neither man nor woman, therefore above lust. Ranjitha, the married film actress also denied that it was her in the video, but identified the male as being Nithyananda. Two CID Police forensic laboratories, one in New Delhi and the other in Hyderabad, declared the sleaze videos featuring Nithyananda to be authentic and not altered.
It is very easy to find Nithyananda and these followers in the Himalayas (or other tours). Nithyananda issued them all sacred saffron kavi cloth, which they proudly wear, like souvenir t-shirts from Disneyland. They can all be seen marching together. But, when the tour is done, this sacred saffron kavi cloth will go into some sock drawer, and their worldly lives will continue, just as they did during the tour. This year's tour seems to be about 40 to 50 in total and are traveling in two buses. They will be hard to miss.
Let's Party in the Himalayas and pretend we're sanyasis (monks) for a day.
Nithyananda will also wear clothes to whatever he feels like. He has no respect for the sacred saffron kavi cloth. He claims to be a sanyasi (renunciant) or Paramahamsa (great enlightened sanyasi/renunciant) as he seems fit. One moment he will be in saffron robes of a monk, the other is anyone's guess. Sometimes he has the nerve to dress in women's saris and masquarades as the Divine Mother.
Say, aren't brides suppose to be dressed in blue?
Other times, Nithyananda dresses up like Lord Shiva. Nithyananda has no problem imitating our Gods in order to entrap others without living up to their ideals. One of his standard 'pick-up' lines to young attractive lines is to say that in his past life he was Lord Krishna, and that the potential sex victim was a gopi (milk-maiden), and that he, Nithyananda, has come down into this world to liberate the sex victim from the cycle of birth and death and reach the ultimate experience of 'enlightenment'.
Perhaps he's not Tarzan after all.
Nithyananda has acquired many dark siddhis (esoteric powers). Most likely he learned these in Tarapith, West Bengal. This picture shows him using thousands of red chilies into a fire ritual. Other witnesses have seen him use human hair and marijuana seeds into the fire ritual. This is not accepted practice in our Hindu traditions and is accepted practice in dark tantra.
That's one spicy tantric fire ritual.
Nithyananda seems to have a real love for gold and money. While he absconded from the law, the CID Police found some of his bank accounts with a total of $7.1 Million U.S.D. in them. Nithyananda once told a Telugu Association in November 2007 in his ashram that he was interested in making BIG money. Needless to say, the other true swamis were disgusted at Nithyananda's statements. Nithyananda love for gold is obsessive. He likes to wear 24K gold accessories and sit on 24K golden thrones. He has not just one 24K gold throne, but a whole collection. We counted at least ten. Worse yet, inscribed on the seat of these 24K gold thrones are pictures of deities. Seen by our own eyes, the 24K gold throne in his Vedic Temple in Montclair, California U.S.A has a picture of Lord Shiva on the seat of the throne. Yes, he sits right on top of the deity.
Another view of the same 24K gold throne pictured above.
This is a different 24K gold throne than the previous pictures.
Obviously, Nithyananda is head and shoulders above the rest; especially when placed on a 24K gold pedestal.
Nithyananda sporting some of his 24K gold jewelery.
Another picture showing Nithyananda with his 24K gold mala (rosary).
Pictured above is the 'famous' 24K gold throne that has embossed pictures of deities on the seat of the throne.
Nithyananda claims to an original and preaches new Truths. In reality, what we get is warmed-over-Osho. Same stories, same behavior, same followers of Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). Even Nithyananda's logo is 'inspired' by one of Osho's logo. Nothing is new.
Osho's (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) Swan Logo.
Nithyananda's Paramahamsa (Swan) Logo.
Nithyananda's concept of 'unclutching' was also stolen from U. G. Krishnamurti. U. G. Krishnamurti book titled "Mind is a Myth". U. G. Krishnamurti originally coined the term declutched as in the "declutched state of mind". With the sleight of the hand, Nithyananda changed declutched to become unclutched. Nithyananda followed a similar trend of heavily borrowing concepts and techniques from other spiritual masters and intellectuals and then re-branding those ideas as his ideas without giving credit to its original source. Some might call this plagiarism. Nithyananda calls this 'good for his holy business'.
Nithyananda also created an elaborate story of becoming enlightened. It involved years of wandering by foot across India until on January 1, 2000, he had the 'ultimate' experience. Inconsistencies soon developed in his stories. For instance, his wandering went from nine year to seven years to six years, etc. The polytechnic school that claims to have attended stated that Nithyananda was there from the years 1990 to 1993. Small problem. Nithyananda claims to be born on January 1, 1978. The chances that he attended as a twelve-year-old if very unlikely. Other stories of Nithyananda claim that he was still in his home town of Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu during this time. It was later revealed that Nithyananda was at the Ramakrishna Mission in Chennai and later Belur during all the years of Nithyananda's wandering and enlightenment. How can a 'holy' man preach Truths when his whole story is a lie?

Click on this picture to get a view of the inconsistencies with Nithyananda's timeline and enlightenment story.
Finally, Nithyananda seems to have a sense that he should be worshiped like the Divine. As stated, he feels as if he can sit on top of the deities that are embossed on his 24K gold thrones and dress up like other divine Gods in Hinduism, and even claim that he is avatars of Lord Shiva, Devi Meenakshi, Lord Krishna, Lord Subramanya (Lord Kartikeya), just to name a few that he has claimed. But, his contempt to the Divine manifests in not self-contained. Nithyananda leads his followers to corrupt the sacred Hindu and Vedic traditions by allowing himself to be worshiped in lieu of the Divine. Nithyananda has altered many of the sacred mantras to include his own name or substitute his name with the Divine's name. For instance:
"Brahmanandam Parama Sukhadam..."
becomes:
"Nithyanandam Parama Sukhadam..."
Nithyananda has even corrupted the mantras for the Hatha yoga asanas, Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation). Instead of:
Om Mitraya Namah
Nithyananda inserted his name to become:
Om Nithya Mitraya Namah
and so forth.
Nithyananda not only has made statues of himself to be worshiped in his temples, but seems not to have any guilt, shame, or remorse in having himself be photographed worshiping himself.
This looks like the 'living' Nithyananda. But actually, it is a statue of Nithyananda in his ashram in Bidadi. Notice how food is being 'offered' to this his idol. Click on the picture to get a closer look.
Another mini-alter featuring Nithyananda as the presiding deity.
The lily-white figure is Nithyananda of course. Trying to wash away some of those sins?
In case you miss the big picture, then there's always a granite statue of Nithyananda to pray to.
Nithyananda is doing worship to his own idol. Does that make him self-idolizing?
Nithyananda encourages his devotees to worship him as a living god. He deceitfully quotes, "I'm Not here to prove i'm God. I'm here to prove YOU are God." Yet, Nithyananda's so-called 'Vedic' services includes large parts of Hindu ceremonies co-opted to include worship to himself.
Nothing like the living god being in the praying hands of an alleged murder suspect. To the right of Sachitananda (center) is Medhananda.
Keeping good company. Surrounding Nithyananda, both in picture and statue form, is left to right, Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) and his Consorts, Dakshinamurthy, and Lord Buddha.
Firing up an offering to Nithyananda, the master of hot tantric bed practices.
Nithyananda looking down on all of the Hindu Deities.
Have you heard of any True Master who was known for this type of worship? To lead his followers down this type of path?
Please if you see this man and his followers. Tell them your opinion. You have every right to do so. Tell them nicely. But, tell them firmly. They most likely will not listen to you now, but they will remember. Your words can help save these people from the trap of a well-planned cult. Let also Nithyananda know that he does not get a free pass to corrupt and exploit our traditions. He needs to learn to respect these traditions and live by these traditions.
So, Nithyananda and his followers are planning to be in these places in the next week:
- Rishikesh
- Baar Kode
- Yammunothri
- Uttarkashi
- Gangotri
- Keerthi Naga
- Sitapur
- Kedaarnaat
- Peeplekoti
- Haridwar
- Delhi
If you see Nithyananda and his followers, tell them "Hi, and stop polluting our rich traditions. Reform now, before it is too late."
Loyal readers, thank you for your help. Please send this blog post to your family and friends via email. Awareness and action will help restore our faith.
Further Reading:
If you're interested in getting a detailed, but very readable synopises of some of the many lies Nithyananda has committed, we recommend this article from our sister blog, Standup For Dharma:
Truth about Nithy's Lies!!
Please do read this article. You'll be glad you did.
Follow your dharma. Use your common sense. Listen to your inner-conscience, and follow the Truth. Come out of this trap, and escape from this fake and fraudulent cult scam.
Special thanks to our super commenter, Anonymous, a.k.a. Ma Mark Jackson of Los Angeles, with a Comcast IP address of 67.188.196.# (Comcast Cable), operating in or near Fremont, using a Mac OS X 10.5, FireFox browser, screen resolution of 1440 x 900, and a color depth of 24 bits and who has political connections by claiming that her "Uncle is a serious high court judge in Chennai". Thanks for inspiring us to go forward to continue the battle against 'Paramahamsa' Nithyananda. You were a real savior.