Stripped Of His Halo A hidden video camera exposed the ‘swamiji’ as a sexual pervert. The godman has since been trying to fend off a flurry of charges against him.
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Swami Nithyananda The ‘obliging’ godmen of the modern era
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Swami Paramahansa Nithyananda Founder of the Nithyananda Mission, which claims to have 1,000 branches worldwide, is infamous for allegedly featuring in a sex tape with an actress. ...
Supporters of Swami Nithyananda, protesting the charges against him
A morphed photo of women shown as protesting against Nithyananda. The messages on the placards have been changed meticulously from those supporting the Swami to attacking him
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Swamy Nityananda waves upon his release on bail from Mysore central jail.
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Swamy Nityananda after being produced in a court at Ramanagara near Bengaluru.
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Police take away Swami Nityananda after he surrendered before a magistrate at a court in Ramanagara near Bengaluru.
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Self-styled godman Nityananda after being coronated as the 293rd pontiff of Madurai Adheenan (Mutt), one of the oldest Saivite mutts in the country, greets his followers in Madurai...
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Self-styled godman Swami Nityananda addressing a press conference in Chennai. Actress Ranjitha (R) is also seen in the picture.
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Swami Nithyananda pays his last respect to Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Prashanthi Nilayam in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh.
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Self-styled godman Swami Nityananda, facing charges of sexually abusing devotees, addressing a press conference at his ashram at Bidadi near Bangalore.
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South Indian actress Ranjitha addresses a press conference during which she denied that she was the woman in a sleazy act video involving self-styled godman Nityananda Swami in Ban...
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Swami Nityananda Swami and Fiends Award for ungodly bonding with women
disciples and for his now-thwarted noble intention of leading a hermit’s life on a Los Angeles island.
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Self-style godman Swami Nithyananda performs a ritual with his disciples at his ashram after being released on bail from Ramnagaram Jail near Bangalore.
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Self-styled godman Swami Nityananda, who was absconding in the wake of an alleged sex scandal, after being arrested from Arki village, some 50 kms from Shimla.
Nithyananda is wanted by the police in Gujarat and Karnataka in a case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of children to make them collect donations for his Ashram in Ahmedabad.
The Ecuador government statement came as the India's Ministry of External Affairs said that it has cancelled Nithyananda's passport and has also "sensitised" all its foreign missions and posts to keep track of his movements.
Petitioners Janardana Sharma and his wife told the court they had admitted their four daughters to an educational institution run by Swami Nithyananda in Bengaluru in 2013 when they were in the age group of 7-15 years.
Two year after being caught on a CD in a “compromising” position with an actress and several charges of rape, the past has caught up with Swami Nityananda
Jayalalitha's party candidate may have won the Pudukottai bypoll by 1,01,998 votes but DMDK Chief Vijayakanth says he's not defeated because his candidate retained his deposit, winning 30,500 votes...
Swami Nityananda is back in the news for being challenged after being appointed as the 293rd pontiff of Madurai Adheenam by the incumbent Arunagirinatha
The full transcript of the interview with the controversial godman who is back in the news because of a spill-all TV interview by a former lady devotee, two years after the surfacing of a sleazy sex video purportedly featuring him.