H. Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam🔗

Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam

• 184. On 7 Nov 2012, Tiruvannamalai, the State government Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department sent a notice to the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam (monastery) declaring the State's intent to take over the monastery. The Tiruvannamalai temple-monastery complex is private property. HR&CE (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments board) attempted to falsely present it as a public temple to get ownership over it and destroy its cultural heritage. It is an ancestral property of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's pre-monastic family. HR&CE had no business nor jurisdiction to attempt to breach any private property. In principle the State takeover of Hindu temples by HR&CE is unconstitutional, but this was doubly illegal as they additionally falsely show the private ASMT temple as a public temple.
• 185. On 26 November 2012, in response to the show-cause notice of the HR&CE that the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam (monastery) of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam falls under its purview, the Madras High Court ordered a status quo till the disposal of the case for both the parties – Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Tiruvannamalai and HR&CE. The Court clarified that Nithyananda Peetham, Tiruvannamalai can continue with all its services. The next hearing of the case was posted for December 5, 2012, when the HR&CE was directed to file its counter to the Writ Petition.
• 186. On 30 January 2013, Chennai the Hon'ble High Court of Madras allowed the Writ Petition filed by Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and set aside the show cause notice issued by the HR&CE claiming that the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM comes under the purview of HR&CE as it is a Hindu religious institution. The Hon'ble High Court order clearly said that Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Trust Deed and its objectives show that it is a Public Charitable Trust and thus HR&CE had no legal bearing in its claim. The Trust Deed clearly shows that the institution is open to all people, irrespective of caste, creed, or religion. The various construction activities on the premises are per the objectives of the Trust to spread meditation, yoga and provide various social services to the public at large. The Hon'ble High Court allowed the Writ Petition and the show cause notice was set aside because even the show cause notice was uncalled for as it was based on a non-existent foundation. This did not remedy the situation. The government filed another petition challenging this order. The appeal was also in the favor of the SPH, but it had a clear prohibition on doing any Hindu religious activities in the place.

• 187. 26 Feb 2013, Tiruvannamalai The ASMT Kumarakoil Murugar Temple was grabbed by Neo-Hindutva extremists. Kumaracoil Murugan Temple is a community temple that was run by the ASMT (Saiva Vellalar) community for many hundreds of years. The entire community recognized THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM as the Incarnation of Annamalaiyar (Shiva) who descended on the planet earth and took birth in this community. The community Ordained Him as the Hereditary Trustee of Temple, who after assuming the responsibility, started major renovation work. Hindu extremists who could not tolerate this productive effort conspired to stop the project. Hindu Makkal Katchi, a Neo-Hindutva extremist political party, filed a vexatious complaint against the temple trustees, claiming that they were mishandling the temple money. Based on this accusation, the Government body, the Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment board, illegally took over the temple and appointed an Executive officer for the temple. A huge legal battle followed and in the end, the ASMT community got the order from the High Court of Chennai, that the community can run the Temple administration. Despite the court order, the community is unable to start the Temple activities because the anti-Hindu extremists are continuously attacking the temple and trustees physically. They also released false propaganda in the media about the temple trustees. To this day, the temple remains in the same state, needing renovation and authentic services for the public have not been started.
• 188. 7 Dec 2013, Tiruvannamalai: Charitable free organic food service of the ASMT Tiruvannamalai monastery was stopped by the Government Food Department. Many devotees were affected by this wrongful decision. ASMT monks and community members appealed to the District Collector with evidence of the quality of service that was offered by the monastery. The Collector intervened and issued an order for Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam to continue with food offering service. Later the Food department visited Aadheenam again for an inspection and concluded that the food was of first-class quality and best practices of hygiene were being followed. This was a complete turnaround from the earlier observations it claimed. This did not remedy the situation as various vexatious litigations continued to be made to stop religious and charitable services done by the ASMT.
• 189. 8 Nov 2019, the government withdrew its petition that challenged the court order dismissing the government's claim over the ASMT monastery in Tiruvannamalai. Assistant Commissioner, HR & CE Department, Thiruvannamalai, filed in the court:

"7) It is submitted that the Ashram also has a large Kitchen area with many utensils (big & small) which is capable of preparing food for more than 500 people at once. Near the Kitchen there is also a Library and rooms for the Ashram members to stay. …

1. It is most humbly submitted that during the Inspection it was clear that there is no consecration of Idol in the Ashram and there is no Idol Worship there."

• 190. This did not remedy the damage. The memo submitted by the Government showed that if any Hindu Deities were placed in the monastery the HR&CE department could again claim ownership of the monastery by vexatious legal processes. Hinduism cannot be practiced freely in Bharat as the government taxes the practice of Hinduism exclusively, and misappropriate all funds donated by devotees for religious and social purposes. This is done by both the Neo-Hindutva extremists and anti-Hindu atheists. The State Governments in Bharat have been ordered time and again by the Supreme Court to withdraw themselves from Temple administration but neither the government nor the government officials respect court orders in Bharat.

Pavazhakundru

• 191. 24 May 1994, a year before her death, Mata Vibhutananda Puri, declared Rajasekaran as Her successor to the spiritual seat of Arunachala Sarvajnapeetham, Tiruvannamalai, by Guru Parampara (Guru lineage) from Isakki Swamigal, and gave the title "Brahmasukhi" through a formal initiation letter. She built and gifted Him a small ashram (monastery) in Pavazhakundru. Pavazhakundru is a sacred hillock in Tiruvannamalai where Devi Parashakti (primordial Hindu Mother Goddess) had Her enlightenment experience during one of Her incarnations on the planet earth. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM also had His first enlightenment experience in Pavalakundru. Even though all the property documents show THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM as the owner of the land, the Tamil Nadu State Government has repeatedly prevented the monks and nuns of the SPH from performing puja (worship) to the sacred hill. Monks were forcibly evacuated by authorities beaten and raped in front of the State Police by State-groomed militants of the DMK and CPI(M).
• 192. 16 June 2017, Pavazhakundru, three nuns Ma Nithya Deepikananda Swami, Ma Nithya Satyagjnananda Swami, and her per-monastic minor daughter Ma Nithya Prajnanananda, were cleaning the area around Paramashiva Shila (the sacred rock worshipped as a Deity) for worship. They were attacked and tied up by State groomed militants of CPI(M). The militants defiled the Paramashiva Shila (the rock worshipped as a Deity) with footwear and drew lewd figures on it. Ma Nithya Satyagjnananda Swami was brutally beaten. Meanwhile Ma Nithya Deepikananda Swami was trying to protect the deities and a young nun. The child was trying to protect herself by being close to the senior nun. The child expected help from the policemen, but they pushed her amongst each other, something which deeply terrorized her about the role of the police in society. ASMT monk Parabrahmananda Maharaj survived an attempted murder. The community sent letters of appeal to the District Executive Officer who ignored all their appeals. Despite peacefully using the land for more than three decades, and showing all land documents, along with bills and vouchers of annual fees that were paid to the State Revenue department the State authorities headed by the district collector, declared the hut to be an illegal construction and ordered demolition. The hut where worship items were kept was torn down by police and aired in media and publicized as demolition of illegal construction. The politically owned media reported this event in a biased way, they cruelly vilified the ASMT nuns and monks and addressed them as "cheats", "landgrabbers" along with other stereotypes that the politically owned media had established to marginalize the community – "sodomized disciples" , "witches" , "prostitutes" , "sex slaves" .

• 193. This was not a sole incidence. Even though all the property documents were shown to authorities repeatedly and they were convinced the attacks did not stop. On 5 February 2017, ASMT monk Sri Nithya Bhaktimayananda Swami escaped an attempt to murder with a bleeding head. On 22 June 2017, nuns were forcibly evicted while worshiping the Paramashiva Shila (the sacred rock worshipped as a Deity) and taken to Police Station beyond permissible time per law for women to be arrested or kept for interrogation. They were threatened by the police and released. 18 May 2018, the Paramashiva Shila (the sacred rock worshipped as a Deity) was vandalized again – the anti-Hindu terrorists from CPI(M) and DMK urinated on the deity and defiled it with slippers, and broke the worship altars.

I. The Incitement of violence by the Chief Minister of Karnataka

• 194. 09 Jun 2012, Bengaluru, Chief Minister of Karnataka State D V Sadananda Gowda, went on air and declared the Government's stand to prosecute the SPH and the ASMT community. He announced the State takeover of the privately owned temple monastery and the arrest of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. The Chief Minister made the following statements:
  • a. "Bail of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM should be canceled and he should be arrested" ,

• b. "I have asked the district administrator to seize the Dhynapeeth Ashram of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM and recover all documents and arrest him immediately"
• c. "I have asked the Police to file strong objections against his bail petition".
• d. The arrest of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM swami should be done as early as possible and a serious mechanism should be opted for this purpose. We received the report. The Law Minister, the Home Minister and the District minister along with officers we had detailed discussion and they decided to hold a high-level inquiry headed by the regional commissioner to look into the matter in detail
• e. He also told on June 11: "I have directed the investigators to frame a perfect charge sheet against THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM and I will ensure that this is so. We do not encourage such immoral people in Karnataka, and I am going to make an example out of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM."
• f. The Chief Minister of the State went to the extent of claiming that he was ready to face jail term but would not stop targeting The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.
• g. The Law Minister of Karnataka, Suresh Kumar, said, "The Karnataka government has been planning to take over the ashram of controversial self-styled godman THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM at Bidadi, taking into view allegations of objectionable activities taking place there. The government is mulling to take control of the administration of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam situated at Bidadi following allegations of objectionable activities going on in there. He said the government was also planning to appoint an administrator for the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, located in the Ramanagara district.
• 195. Shankarappa who is a legal expert gave his legal opinion on the matter as, "The chief minister's order is illegal, and he acted in haste. The political head of the state has no power to order anyone's arrest as it is an infringement of an individual's rights. It is unfortunate.. he seems to have surrendered himself to some vested interests. If anyone has a grievance, he should file a complaint. Or police can take up a suo motu case and investigate what occurred in the ashram. Media reports cannot be the basis for any order".

• 196. 11 Jun 2012, State Police seizes temple property, seals the Monastery, enforces curfew, displacing hundreds of residents.
• 197. 13 Jun 2012, The SPH came to Court to apply for anticipatory bail for a crime that He was framed on illegally – breach of peace. On the contrary, His monastery complex was trespassed into by neo-Hindutva terrorists who barged into the monastery and attempted to murder the administrator of the monastery and raped female monks, and assaulted male monks to murder them. This was broadcast live on television. But the police slapped a case of breach of peace and assault against The SPH instead. When the SPH came to apply for anticipatory bail in this false case, the police arrested Him and took Him into custody. They again attempted to assassinate The SPH taking Him to an undisclosed location. They kept Him in police custody in the night where he was again deprived of food and given poisonous food thereafter.
• 198. 14 Jun 2012, The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was granted bail. But the SPH was immediately arrested in yet another false case. A 600 battalion police force was used to arrest and take Him into custody. Public money to the tune of 30 million INR was used and The SPH was paraded in the streets of the city, showcasing him as if He was a most wanted terrorist and enemy of the State. Ironically, the District Commissioner in the guise of protecting the SPH arrested Him. Even if the false charges under which the SPH was arrested were considered to be true, were a bailable offense, even if, which show the extent of the illegality of the government's actions.
• 199. The High Court in its order implicitly exposed the State terrorism, where it termed the arrest of SPH in 2012 as "illegal", "without any authority", "contrary to law", "without jurisdiction". This did not remedy the situation. There were no repercussions for perpetrators of the crime who were protected by the State. This is the reason why assassination attempts, illegal imprisonment, and custodial torture was repeatedly done to SPH until 2018 when SPH was forced to withdraw from public life in Bharat. The Chief Minister who had openly given orders to the police to use the brutal force of SPH only escalated in his position and capacity in the government and became the Central Government's Law Minister.
• 200. The State of the Republic of Bharat made several attempts to illegally capture temples of the ASMT community. The land where the Adi Kailasa Bengaluru Aadheenam (temple-monastery), Bidadi, is constructed is owned by the temple trust. In 2020, the High Court of Karnataka directed the Ramanagara District court to attach all properties owned by the SPH. The SPH is a Hindu monk and following the religious practices of Aparigraha as per Hinduism (which is similar to the vow of poverty that His Holiness Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, the Bishop of Rome (Pope) takes) has not even one piece of land or bank account to His name. The police did not attach any property unlike as directed by the court as there are none. For this, on 30 March 2021, the court order accused the police of "not been cooperating with the court", as if there were properties in the name of the SPH which the police were not reporting to the court. The order has been quoted below:

"In this case the complainant COD police has not been cooperating with the court by furnishing details of property of accused THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. It is their say that accused THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has property at Bidadi by having his own Ashram. But so far no details of such property is mentioned by the respondent COD police. Since the tenure of the P.O. of this court i.e., for the last 2 years there has been no progress in the case on hand particularly in the matter of procuring accused THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. On each and every date of hearing the officers who represent complainant COD before this court gives one or other reason without taking any satisfactory steps. On questioning the so called Nodal Officer who visits this court once in while submits that the property at Bidadi i.e., Nithyananda Ashrama Property has been in the name of the mother of accused THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. But no steps are taken by the complainant COD Police to attach other properties of Ashram at Bidadi which is in the name of accused THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. This court is not at all satisfied with the answers given by the so called Nodal Officer from time to time. Therefore, the following ORDER The Nodal Officer/the officer in-charge of this case in whatsoever capacity shall take proper steps in terms of Cr.PC by taking steps to attach the property at Bidadi Ashram so as to procure accused THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM and other accused persons who are regularly remaining absent before this court. A3 to A6 are absent. EP filed. For proper steps in this behalf by 17.04.2021."

J. Attacks in State of Uttar Pradesh

• 201. 6 June 2020: Taking advantage of the lockdown due to the CORONA pandemic, and the lack of clear visibility of Government illegalities and brutalities, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh destroyed the Hindu Temple of The Kashi Sarvajnapeetha of the SPH at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi. At around 1 AM neo-Hindutva militants destroyed the temple using heavy machinery and earthmover machines. The Hindu monks were still inside but managed to escape from death in the collapsing temple building.
• 202. The demolition was completely illegal and done despite multiple High Court orders that specifically had given a stay order in favor of the ASMT and forbid the government from touching the property including the High Court order to W.P. 58947/2017 (dated 11 Dec 2017) specifically prohibiting the government to demolish the Kashi Sarvajnapeetha. Both District Court and High Court orders were ridiculed by the government officials.
• 203. The sacrilege of the deities and destruction of the temple caused great pain to the Hindu monks to Hindus worldwide who witnessed the shocking events on social media.
• 204. The Hindu monks tried to stop the heavy machinery by using their bodies as an obstacle. ASMT monk Sri Nithya Shantimayananda Swami's neck was broken, still, he fastened his body to the steel rebars to protect the Temple from the terror attack. Sri Nithya Shantimayananda Swami was subjected to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment by Police, who broke his neck and took him in custody. All legal recourse was denied. Several Hindu monks have died due to these atrocities of the police and militants.

• 205. When the Mahant (ASMT regional head), went to the government officials in protest of what they had done and showed the High court order to them and exposed the wrong that they had done, the government officials led by Vishal Singh (Head of the government project) challenged him - "Yes, I am doing Contempt of Court, so what will you put me in jail?! Try doing and see," and threw the High Court order copy in the office dustbin.

6 June 2020: When the Mahant (ASMT regional head), went to the government officials in protest of what they had done and showed the High court order to them and exposed the wrong that they had done, the government officials led by Vishal Singh (Head of the government project) challenged him - "Yes I am doing Contempt of Court, so what will you put me in jail?! Try doing and see," and threw the High Court order copy in the office dustbin.