1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:04,971 This program is based in suits available in the public domain 2 00:00:05,038 --> 00:00:08,274 and official records. The broadcaster is not responsible 3 00:00:08,341 --> 00:00:10,610 for the opinions expressed in this program. 4 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:14,681 The criminal investigation department arrested Nithyananda, 5 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:16,416 but found no victims. 6 00:00:16,483 --> 00:00:19,085 They are heading to the public and asking 7 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:21,254 to any victim to introduce yourself. Why? 8 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:22,856 Because of fear. 9 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:26,259 Who will speak? It can be high class or middle class, 10 00:00:26,326 --> 00:00:28,962 even if the real name not appear in the complaint. 11 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:31,197 {\an8}Based on Dharmananda's complaints, 12 00:00:31,264 --> 00:00:35,602 {\an8}the Tamil Nadu police registered against Swami Nithyananda 13 00:00:35,668 --> 00:00:38,271 {\an8}accusations of rape, criminal organization, 14 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:42,509 sexual abuse and also of hurting religious feelings. 15 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:46,045 Nithyananda has been out on bail since 2010, 16 00:00:46,112 --> 00:00:48,882 with several criminal charges including rape. 17 00:00:51,117 --> 00:00:53,453 I asked the two whistleblowers in the case, 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,789 to the victim of rape and to the former devotee, Lenin, 19 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:57,824 Why did they think 20 00:00:58,191 --> 00:01:00,427 that those images needed to be publicized. 21 00:01:01,761 --> 00:01:04,998 What caught your attention in the images? What would they need to disclose? 22 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,800 Then they explained to me 23 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,570 {\an8}that, if she had spoken, maybe not even her family 24 00:01:10,637 --> 00:01:13,773 {\an8}I would have believed her, She didn't know if they would believe it. 25 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,043 She thought there was no way to convince 26 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:20,013 the devotees, her family and others, 27 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:22,449 That's why they had to expose it to the world, 28 00:01:22,515 --> 00:01:26,219 especially for the ashram people that Nithyananda had another face. 29 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:28,455 {\an8}A HISTORICAL SCANDAL 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,930 {\an8}JUNE TWO, 2012 A RAPE ACCUSE IDENTIFIED 31 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:41,601 I came to the media today for the truth to be known. 32 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:43,335 So that you 33 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:46,639 Don't make the same mistake as me. 34 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:48,875 At least you can save yourselves. 35 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:52,879 Nithyananda Swami was my guru and god. 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,549 Since my first meeting with Nithyananda in 2004, 37 00:01:57,550 --> 00:02:01,020 I was led to believe that he was a modern messiah. 38 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:04,557 I was taken to trust completely in Nithyananda, 39 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:10,063 to make my mind logical and intellect aside 40 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,500 and surrender unconditionally 41 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:17,537 to obtain enlightenment or jeevan mukti. 42 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:24,878 My name is Aarthi Rao. 43 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,950 To protect my identity 44 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:33,620 and the honor of my family, 45 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:36,022 my name has been changed. 46 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:41,060 The research department changed my name in the indictment 47 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:42,829 for Amala. 48 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:48,134 That's been a year and a half. 49 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:51,871 Eighteen months since the accusation was made. 50 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:55,275 But there is no sign of a trial. 51 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:59,913 Nithyananda said that press his legs 52 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:02,482 it was also a meditation. 53 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:05,285 I used to do everything they told me to do. 54 00:03:05,718 --> 00:03:10,790 It was almost like, I don't know, a form of meditation... 55 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:12,825 And once, when... 56 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:16,029 I was doing this, Nithyananda called me 57 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:21,367 and asked me to take it a glass of water for him. 58 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:28,374 I filled a glass, took it there and I handed it into his hand. 59 00:03:31,077 --> 00:03:34,981 He took the glass of water and put it aside. 60 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:41,254 He hugged me 61 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,857 and I was in total shock at the time. 62 00:03:45,491 --> 00:03:49,629 A swami, an ascetic who I saw as my guru 63 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:53,466 suddenly, out of nowhere, He hugged me and kissed me. 64 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,336 And I didn't know what to do. 65 00:03:57,136 --> 00:04:00,173 At the time, I asked 66 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,508 what he was doing. 67 00:04:03,209 --> 00:04:07,046 I was a married woman and he was an ascetic. 68 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,716 How could he do such a thing? 69 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:13,119 I asked him, totally shocked. 70 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:15,488 At that time, he... 71 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:51,457 THE GURU, THE SEXUAL VIDEO AND THE INTENSE FIGHT 72 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:56,195 UNKNOWN NUMBER 73 00:04:58,331 --> 00:05:02,135 If he has nothing to hide, Why are you running away? 74 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,543 {\an8}DANGEROUS SECT 75 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:17,283 {\an8}JUNE TWO, 2012 A RAPE ACCUSE IDENTIFIED 76 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:23,756 Anyone accused of any type of crime 77 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:26,626 tries to present himself as a victim. 78 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:29,195 It's a pattern that we see all over the world, right? 79 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:31,731 In politicians, celebrities... 80 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:33,599 And Nithyananda used that. 81 00:05:36,335 --> 00:05:39,505 He began to hint that forces 82 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,908 {\an8}around him they were trying to attack him. 83 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:45,011 Other ashrams were being targeted at the time. 84 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:49,482 The controversial guru Nithyananda, 85 00:05:49,549 --> 00:05:52,585 who faces serious charges such as rape and intimidation, 86 00:05:53,052 --> 00:05:55,888 claims to be a victim of religious persecution. 87 00:05:56,789 --> 00:05:59,025 I am very shocked and surprised. 88 00:06:01,594 --> 00:06:05,231 How can people do an accusation of rape against me? 89 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:10,269 It's almost like accusing you of theft some leader, 90 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,439 a president, one prime minister, one state. 91 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:15,074 It's nonsense. 92 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:24,383 {\an8}At that point, it had already happened two years since the release of the video, 93 00:06:24,450 --> 00:06:26,819 {\an8}he had a lot of time to mount your defense. 94 00:06:27,353 --> 00:06:29,122 Lenin was the villain. 95 00:06:29,989 --> 00:06:32,258 But when Aarthi entered the fray, 96 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:37,430 he made them both look a united force of evil, 97 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:41,367 who was trying, I don't know, I think he even told us 98 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:43,970 that she was the incarnation of some kind of demon 99 00:06:44,036 --> 00:06:46,906 who had tried to kill Paramashiva in another life. 100 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:50,009 He built a narrative around that 101 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:52,245 and all the devotees believed. 102 00:06:52,645 --> 00:06:55,515 {\an8}We were aware of the fact that some people 103 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:58,417 {\an8}they had gone out and talked, but they told us 104 00:06:58,484 --> 00:07:02,221 that paid media was interested in destroying Hinduism. 105 00:07:02,288 --> 00:07:05,858 So when Aarthi Rao spoke in public, 106 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:09,328 {\an8}they had already told us that she wanted to attract attention, 107 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:13,099 {\an8}who had seduced the guru and he had rejected her, 108 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:15,768 and that she was doing that to get revenge on him. 109 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:19,172 And we believe. 110 00:07:19,238 --> 00:07:23,376 We all in India know the false accusations 111 00:07:23,442 --> 00:07:26,712 made by a liar called Aarthi Rao. 112 00:07:27,313 --> 00:07:31,551 We are sure that she She's lying because she's full of diseases. 113 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:34,320 She's so contagious that your medical record 114 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:37,657 says that just by touching her lip, it can transmit herpes. 115 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:40,226 {\an8}Nithyananda is spreading 116 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:44,363 {\an8}that I have AIDS and other infections sexually transmitted. 117 00:07:45,498 --> 00:07:50,136 Indian law expressly prohibits the humiliation of women 118 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:55,608 with the intention to insult their honor. 119 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:58,411 The cognitive dissonance at that point 120 00:07:58,477 --> 00:08:01,848 It was so ridiculous, because I knew... 121 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:05,151 that she was telling the truth. 122 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:07,787 But... 123 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:11,357 she was saying to the whole world, 124 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:14,327 telling people and that was wrong. 125 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:17,864 Not what he did to her or what she was saying. 126 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:20,733 {\an8}- What did you claim in your complaint? - They accepted money. 127 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:24,170 {\an8}Whoever accepted is blackmailing us, 128 00:08:24,237 --> 00:08:29,342 {\an8}is showing this video and saying who will make false accusations 129 00:08:29,408 --> 00:08:32,578 {\an8}to arrest me. So for all these crimes, 130 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:33,946 {\an8}we made a complaint. 131 00:08:34,614 --> 00:08:36,949 He knows how to use the law and the police. 132 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:39,418 I've seen many cases like these 133 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:41,254 covering crimes. 134 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:43,256 {\an8}Criminals do this. 135 00:08:43,956 --> 00:08:45,925 {\an8}A complaint against the complaint. 136 00:08:46,425 --> 00:08:51,063 {\an8}But a swami, a supposed ascetic Doing so was a shock. 137 00:08:53,499 --> 00:08:57,069 Nithyananda is not just any man. 138 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:59,605 He is capable of many things. 139 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:03,175 So Aarthi Rao might have thought in all these things 140 00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:05,378 {\an8}and then decided to speak out. 141 00:09:06,913 --> 00:09:10,383 {\an8}When she found out what he did the same with many others, 142 00:09:10,449 --> 00:09:14,253 she went there and placed a hidden camera. 143 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,155 These things were disclosed 144 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:20,793 and, naturally, it was very different the case before this one. 145 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:24,430 {\an8}Even though I knew I was a victim 146 00:09:25,031 --> 00:09:28,167 {\an8}he said it was a relationship very spiritual, 147 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:30,736 {\an8}something like being on a metaphysical plane. 148 00:09:30,803 --> 00:09:34,540 {\an8}Nithyananda said these things to brainwash me. 149 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:37,743 {\an8}I explained this and tried convince Lenin of what I thought. 150 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:41,347 {\an8}And at that moment, he encouraged me 151 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:44,216 {\an8}to talk about this behavior. 152 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:45,818 I wasn't the only one. 153 00:09:46,686 --> 00:09:48,988 There are many others like me. 154 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,791 Even older than me. 155 00:09:52,124 --> 00:09:54,527 And they completely trusted in Nithyananda. 156 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:04,937 {\an8}JUNE TWO, 2012 A RAPE ACCUSE IDENTIFIED 157 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:10,643 {\an8}MAY 2006 MEDITATION LEADS TO FAITH 158 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,462 I went there in 2006. 159 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:33,733 In the beginning, we went more by the meditation group. 160 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,570 {\an8}As there were hundreds of thousands of people following him, 161 00:10:37,636 --> 00:10:40,239 I thought he would be a good guru. 162 00:10:41,874 --> 00:10:44,443 Initially, there was no need invitation to enter. 163 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:46,846 I liked working in the kitchen at the time. 164 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:50,683 So I was more used to working in the kitchen there 165 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:51,784 or in the gallery. 166 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:55,988 The gallery was the store that sold photos of him, flower necklaces. 167 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:58,624 I also worked there for a while. 168 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:02,795 To be honest, We were crazy at the time. 169 00:11:03,396 --> 00:11:06,532 Sometimes to an almost delirious level. 170 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,202 Nithy would go out when the sun rose. 171 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:14,306 He spoke to us that the sun rose because it appeared. 172 00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:16,876 We believed in him a lot naively 173 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:19,178 and we thought that God was among us. 174 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:21,180 When he visited the kitchen, 175 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:23,816 he said he made sense the smell of food 176 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:25,251 and asked to eat. 177 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:27,920 He pulled up a chair and kept waiting. 178 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:32,291 He acted freely, like a member of the family. 179 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:35,127 He used to tell me who was afraid of me. 180 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,763 He thought my daughter even scarier. 181 00:11:38,864 --> 00:11:41,233 I have three daughters. 182 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:43,836 My daughters are my life. 183 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:47,006 Sangeetha is my third daughter. 184 00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:50,109 She felt curious for spirituality 185 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:53,579 and was full of energy, just like this one here. 186 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:55,881 - Jansi. Photo. - What happened, my dear? 187 00:11:55,948 --> 00:11:58,317 - Photo? Here, take it. - There. 188 00:11:58,818 --> 00:12:00,352 That's it, take it and go there. 189 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:06,492 Apparently, a storm is going to break out. 190 00:12:16,168 --> 00:12:18,704 She was always very simple since I was little. 191 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:23,008 She wore no jewelry on her arms, on the neck or nose. 192 00:12:23,075 --> 00:12:25,311 She looked like a saint in the house. 193 00:12:26,178 --> 00:12:27,446 She was very simple. 194 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:30,449 Said I needed to participate from the meditation group 195 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:34,253 to recover from stress after graduating in Administration. 196 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:36,755 She wanted to stay at the ashram for a month. 197 00:12:37,556 --> 00:12:42,061 He was like a god and a guru, very important for us in the beginning. 198 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:46,098 After the scandal video, I didn't know what to believe. 199 00:12:46,565 --> 00:12:49,935 In his words or in the video. I was confused. 200 00:12:53,339 --> 00:12:57,943 For me, that stained someone which stood on a very high pedestal. 201 00:12:58,677 --> 00:13:02,681 So I started investigating what was happening behind the scenes. 202 00:13:02,748 --> 00:13:04,950 I investigated and, just like Lenin, 203 00:13:05,017 --> 00:13:07,186 I tried to understand what everything was like inside. 204 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:12,091 Furthermore, Aarthi Rao I had been through a lot there. 205 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:15,828 Get out of it like she did it must have been difficult. 206 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:20,132 After what I discovered, I couldn't tolerate it any longer. 207 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:22,601 I started to move away from the ashram, 208 00:13:22,668 --> 00:13:26,238 but my daughter was staying increasingly involved. 209 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:30,075 I told her who didn't like it, 210 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:32,845 that if she wanted to go to another place, just say so. 211 00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:34,280 I would take her to another. 212 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:36,582 That one no longer seemed be a good ashram. 213 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:40,386 She took most of her belongings there without me knowing. 214 00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:43,556 He took it hidden. She decided to spend some time there. 215 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:47,393 We tried, but she didn't want to come back. 216 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:50,329 I practically begged her, 217 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:53,899 but she told me I wanted to spend another ten days there. 218 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:57,503 And ten days later, when I went there, 219 00:13:58,304 --> 00:14:01,707 they had already given the kavi to her, the orange clothes. 220 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:04,176 I couldn't take her home anymore. 221 00:14:04,577 --> 00:14:07,546 My daughter had a lot of respect for that man. 222 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:13,786 During the visit, I decided to ask him 223 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:17,423 why had he given her the clothes, 224 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:19,892 because I wanted to take my daughter home. 225 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:23,462 If a person receives these garments, 226 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:27,399 seven generations before and seven generations later 227 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:30,936 all karmas and the sins of the house are forgiven 228 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:33,639 through that one person. 229 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:38,577 I told him to leave his sins behind of the past in their place, 230 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:42,014 so as not to give her clothes, because I wanted to take her home. 231 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:43,849 He said it was no longer possible. 232 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:46,085 When a person makes a vow, 233 00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:50,489 the vow of brahmacharya, or, as they called them, the sanyas, 234 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:54,960 {\an8}she lives with the minimum of things, no stealing, no violence. 235 00:14:56,528 --> 00:15:01,767 The person no longer has the right to live life as she wants. 236 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,470 {\an8}We had to cut ties with family, 237 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:07,806 {\an8}say goodbye and send our blessings. 238 00:15:08,207 --> 00:15:11,377 The new family is the guru and its organization. 239 00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:15,981 This became our life. It's not with our family anymore, 240 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:18,851 We are no longer born into the family. 241 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:23,722 {\an8}The relationship with the guru is everything. 242 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:26,692 {\an8}As an ascetic, one does not have more relationship, 243 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:29,728 besides the one like the guru and cannot be attached 244 00:15:29,795 --> 00:15:31,930 to no other human being. 245 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:37,436 I was told not to keep in touch with my friends or family. 246 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:42,041 It wasn't an order, I was supposed to try not to do it. 247 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:46,545 It would be better for growth spiritual. There was always this barrier. 248 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:50,783 But at the same time, we are not angry at anyone for this. 249 00:15:50,849 --> 00:15:52,718 We feel angry with ourselves. 250 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:56,221 You don't know how to solve it, but you know you're doing it wrong. 251 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:58,991 When we enter in this kind of thing, 252 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:05,431 there is also a feeling of power that happens at certain times. 253 00:16:06,398 --> 00:16:08,701 I need someone who can direct me, 254 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:13,906 {\an8}direct my life, the purpose and the importance of what I did or didn't do 255 00:16:13,972 --> 00:16:16,575 {\an8}and I must do it from now on. 256 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:21,647 And in the end, It's your or my state of mind 257 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:25,984 that decides to emerge and reach the surface. 258 00:16:27,786 --> 00:16:28,921 That's the truth. 259 00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:32,358 After the person decides enter an ashram, 260 00:16:33,058 --> 00:16:36,295 she ends up forgetting of the whole family quickly. 261 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,964 Until we entered, we were mother and daughter. 262 00:16:39,431 --> 00:16:43,535 {\an8}When we were there, each had their own room, 263 00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:46,538 {\an8}each one worked separately, each in a corner 264 00:16:46,605 --> 00:16:49,942 {\an8}and we didn't know nor where the other was sleeping. 265 00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:56,248 She was a leader of a group of ten members. 266 00:16:56,682 --> 00:17:00,652 Meetings, blessings, healings, energy exchanges. 267 00:17:00,719 --> 00:17:03,756 All these activities were recorded. 268 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:06,859 These were Swami's daily activities. 269 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:11,296 People from USA, Malaysia, Singapore watched the broadcast 270 00:17:11,363 --> 00:17:13,031 that her team produced. 271 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:17,903 To do all this, they had to wake up between 4am and 5am. 272 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:20,773 And they only went to sleep at 2am. 273 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:22,841 Two hours. Two in the morning. 274 00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:26,478 He was a god. It's like you're nothing without him. 275 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:28,313 She had already been convinced of this. 276 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:33,652 That wasn't a religious order, to begin with. 277 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,788 It was a work camp. 278 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:39,358 {\an8}But nothing in the vows we made 279 00:17:39,425 --> 00:17:43,562 {\an8}said we would have to stay 24 hours a day available 280 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:44,997 of the sect leader. 281 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:48,767 {\an8}After a while, he turned adheenam leader in Madurai. 282 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:53,372 I don't know how, but they declared it adheenan leader there. 283 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:56,775 And that's how he tried to take over control there. 284 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:01,046 {\an8}MAY 2006 MEDITATION LEADS TO FAITH 285 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:07,719 {\an8}APRIL 27, 2012 DESIRE FOR POWER 286 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:12,324 An adheenan is a place of teaching 287 00:18:12,391 --> 00:18:15,027 and tradition of Shivaism. 288 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:18,530 The patron, so to speak, from that adheenan, 289 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:21,500 {\an8}is the one who guides that community specific to people 290 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:23,035 {\an8}to the Shivaism of Tamil Nadu. 291 00:18:23,101 --> 00:18:27,940 Arunagirinatha, Sri Gnana Sambandha Deshika Paramacharya Swamy, 292 00:18:28,373 --> 00:18:34,179 adheenan leader from the city of Madurai for 37 years, 293 00:18:34,246 --> 00:18:38,650 chose Nithyananda to occupy a position like his 294 00:18:38,717 --> 00:18:42,387 and be his successor and next leader. 295 00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:46,792 A person cannot come from outside and say he's a pontiff 296 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:48,660 based on her training. 297 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:50,829 You need to be part of the organization. 298 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:54,266 You need to be chosen at a certain age 299 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,635 and there is a system that prepares someone 300 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:59,638 to be a leader of a group of Shivaism in Tamil Nadu. 301 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:02,207 With the title of Your Holiness, 302 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:07,412 the two hundred and ninety-third Paramahamsa Nithyananda. 303 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,014 That was a scandal. 304 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:12,885 I make the commitment of transforming the adheenan of Madurai 305 00:19:12,951 --> 00:19:15,220 in a religious organization international. 306 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:18,257 That had always been his objective. 307 00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:21,760 Titles like Paramahamsa, Supreme Pontiff, 308 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:25,664 two hundred and ninety-third, all these titles mattered. 309 00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:28,901 {\an8}Because he was a man of God who had fallen from grace 310 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:31,136 {\an8}and nobody thought he was important. 311 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:33,772 So it was a big victory he can get 312 00:19:34,239 --> 00:19:36,308 that huge institute in south India. 313 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:40,279 He was ready to sit on the throne of an ancient tradition. 314 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:42,447 When people from Madurai institute 315 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:44,583 invited Nithyananda to be leader, 316 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:47,653 he readily accepted and with great joy. 317 00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:51,657 The pontiff of the adheenan of Madurai 318 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:54,493 tried to give many justifications 319 00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:57,296 {\an8}to have chosen Nithyananda, 320 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:59,631 {\an8}but people They weren't ready to accept it. 321 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:07,973 People like him are responsible for defaming our society. 322 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,909 He shouldn't become leader from any institute 323 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:12,644 and not even receive recognition 324 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:15,781 These fake saints and babas they should be arrested. 325 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:20,619 There was a negative reaction against him from other institutes 326 00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:23,088 and Hindu activists. And there was a lot of talk in the media, 327 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:26,158 how they would leave Nithyananda be leader of Madurai, 328 00:20:26,224 --> 00:20:27,492 such a big institute. 329 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:30,228 Nithyananda must be the leader from the Madurai institute? 330 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:33,899 Many people say not feel comfortable having it 331 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:37,069 as leader of a religious institution so prestigious. 332 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:41,473 But those who support him insist that there is nothing spiritual 333 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:43,141 in this legal battle. 334 00:20:43,208 --> 00:20:47,679 I went to cover that protest in the adheenan of Madurai. 335 00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:51,783 When I got there, it was already completely taken over by the disciples 336 00:20:51,850 --> 00:20:53,585 of Nithyananda. 337 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,658 There's fire on all sides. I'm fighting the fire. 338 00:21:02,861 --> 00:21:05,397 So many weapons are being pointed at me. 339 00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:07,432 Deadly weapons of destruction. 340 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:12,204 I'm turning them all and sending it back to them. 341 00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:13,772 For the same ones. 342 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:18,310 Everything was centered on him. That's why I use the word sect. 343 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:20,979 Everything revolved around Nithyananda. 344 00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:25,784 {\an8}He tried to infiltrate there and, at the time, he made many absurd statements. 345 00:21:25,851 --> 00:21:27,686 Then you can come. They can come. 346 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:30,956 He became more and more arrogant during that period. 347 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:34,326 Let society be purer. Tell her to be more pure. 348 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,094 Be more pure. 349 00:21:43,368 --> 00:21:46,638 I worried a lot after seeing their arrogance. 350 00:21:47,205 --> 00:21:51,076 {\an8}When Nithy was happy, they celebrated all day, 351 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,310 {\an8}like a festival. 352 00:21:52,944 --> 00:21:54,846 {\an8}It was a real party. 353 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:58,450 Around that time, they called us to Madurai 354 00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:01,219 and we went. Sangeetha did volunteer work 355 00:22:01,286 --> 00:22:02,688 and I was in a class. 356 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:05,724 They asked for everyone to write questions 357 00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:07,893 that would be asked for him to respond. 358 00:22:08,326 --> 00:22:10,662 One by one, everyone went there. 359 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:14,099 When we looked up, we saw the words displayed. 360 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:17,369 The answers to the questions what we did were displayed 361 00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:21,239 and Nithy read them out loud on a big screen. 362 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:22,941 - On a screen? - A big screen. 363 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:26,878 That's when I asked my daughter what was happening in the ashram, 364 00:22:26,945 --> 00:22:30,048 because it was too much to understand and I didn't like it at all. 365 00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:31,917 I asked her to come home. 366 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:35,821 Without looking at me, she shook her head. I didn't want to come. 367 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:40,992 I don't know what they said to her. He just shook his head. 368 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:44,029 So I asked for her to come back whenever she wanted. 369 00:22:47,666 --> 00:22:49,468 He plans every step. 370 00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:53,238 He prepares to speak with the press, prepares statements. 371 00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:55,340 {\an8}The way he thinks about what he's going to say 372 00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:58,477 {\an8}not what you expect of a spiritual guru. 373 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:01,046 {\an8}A spiritual guru must be spontaneous, 374 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,682 all those processes, 375 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:07,119 issues with the police, court, 376 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,488 divergent complaints. 377 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:12,457 Nobody expects a guru get involved with these things. 378 00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:14,860 Things have totally changed there. 379 00:23:14,926 --> 00:23:19,231 That day, I came to work and my editor-in-chief 380 00:23:19,297 --> 00:23:23,034 sent me for that press conference. 381 00:23:23,101 --> 00:23:25,937 I had to go to the press conference at the Bidadi ashram. 382 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:28,874 Who are you? 383 00:23:29,741 --> 00:23:31,409 {\an8}APRIL 27, 2012 DESIRE FOR POWER 384 00:23:34,546 --> 00:23:38,083 {\an8}SEVENTH OF JUNE 2012 DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER 385 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,188 It was June 7, 2012. 386 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:44,956 A pretty normal day for me. 387 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:50,195 Nithyananda's move was the topic of the moment, 388 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:52,798 I needed to do some questions for him. 389 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:54,366 I had a general idea... 390 00:23:54,432 --> 00:23:57,803 Aarthi Rao's allegations and Vinay Bharadwaj. 391 00:23:58,236 --> 00:24:01,807 In the accusation made by Lenin, Vinay is mentioned in the rape accusation. 392 00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:04,776 The research department of Karnataka received 393 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:08,613 a statement from Vinay via email confirming rape accusations 394 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:09,981 against Nithyananda. 395 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:12,250 Vinay was introduced a Swami Nithyananda 396 00:24:12,317 --> 00:24:14,386 in the United States in 2005. 397 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:17,088 Vinay's life turned upside down after that. 398 00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:20,725 He felt motivated promoting Hinduism around the world, 399 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:23,595 and took vows at the ashram in 2007. 400 00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:27,432 In 2008, Vinay decided leave the ashram permanently. 401 00:24:27,499 --> 00:24:30,936 In 2010, Nithyananda was arrested for the sex scandal. 402 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:36,474 The editor-in-chief called me into his office. 403 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:38,009 He had an envelope. 404 00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:41,179 Vinay had also opened a case against him. 405 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:44,216 It was the quote of a United States court 406 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:47,185 which Nithyananda was avoiding. 407 00:24:48,286 --> 00:24:52,557 If it were delivered, he could not set foot in the USA. 408 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:58,797 I said that delivering citations was not my work. I'm a journalist. 409 00:24:59,497 --> 00:25:02,567 He said that, if I delivered that quote 410 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:05,003 would be the greatest justice what could I do 411 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,304 to the victims of Nithyananda. 412 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:10,175 It started with Aarthi Rao's interview, 413 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:16,114 but things cooled down and people They forgot that it had happened. 414 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:19,284 And I had no idea, did not intend to deliver 415 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:20,952 the quote that day. 416 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,157 As always, I went there and went through the security procedure 417 00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:27,993 from Nithyananda's ashram. 418 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:30,495 My car was searched, all that. 419 00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:34,933 SEVENTH OF JUNE 2012 420 00:25:37,135 --> 00:25:41,706 The leader of the adheenan of Madurai I was with Nithyananda. 421 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:46,711 About 200 of his devotees were also there, 422 00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:49,547 sitting behind the media people. 423 00:25:51,016 --> 00:25:53,852 What is the complaint against Vinay Bharadwaj, Swami? 424 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:56,855 They are a group of people who conspired against me 425 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,624 and tried to take over the organization and its wealth. 426 00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:03,528 Did Vinay Bharadwaj commit any crime in the United States, 427 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:07,465 people who have been victimized They filed a lawsuit for him. 428 00:26:07,532 --> 00:26:11,002 But why didn't you receive no Vinay Bharadwaj quote? 429 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:13,905 He sent court summons that you didn't receive? 430 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:16,641 No, I don't know whether any citations were sent. 431 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:19,044 I don't know about that, nothing arrived. 432 00:26:19,110 --> 00:26:22,314 I heard that your people is avoiding citations. 433 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:25,817 No, that's not true. That's not true. 434 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:30,889 The person who arrives with the quote cannot enter the ashram. 435 00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:34,359 You will see and understand the general idea 436 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:37,395 of these people gathered together conspiring. 437 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:40,799 Not just plotting, because they are not successful 438 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,601 in taking over the organization, to abuse me. 439 00:26:43,668 --> 00:26:46,504 It was at that moment that I had to deliver the citation. 440 00:26:50,709 --> 00:26:53,211 No, I won't receive it. He can't come here. 441 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:55,880 Please don't take it. Don't accept it. No. 442 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:58,850 You're not here as a lawyer, He's like someone from the press. 443 00:26:58,917 --> 00:27:01,519 {\an8}Please don't leave. Don't allow it. 444 00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:06,424 I, Ajit, deliver the quote by Vinay Bharadwaj... 445 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,160 Please stop. Go away. 446 00:27:09,227 --> 00:27:10,528 Go away. 447 00:27:10,595 --> 00:27:12,030 Then the chaos began. 448 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:14,766 They began to call his disciples, 449 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:18,003 especially Ma Achala. 450 00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:20,672 Are you part of the press? 451 00:27:20,739 --> 00:27:22,507 If it's not the press, leave. 452 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:24,976 - The media was invited. - Can only do media, 453 00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:27,879 - cannot do legal work. - I'm just asking. 454 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,948 I want to know if you're not avoiding... 455 00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:31,916 Please go away. Go. 456 00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:35,754 It was very sudden. Out of nowhere, Ajit showed the quote 457 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:38,123 and I think Nithy panicked. 458 00:27:38,189 --> 00:27:42,894 They started to fight with him, shout and a crowd gathered around. 459 00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:45,630 Basically, they tried to kick him out. 460 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:49,801 Did you understand? The situation has reached a point that everyone thinks 461 00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:52,704 that can abuse and that you will get away with it. 462 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:54,739 Skirt. Go away. 463 00:27:54,806 --> 00:27:58,243 I was kicked out of the press conference. 464 00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:01,980 Can't bring unauthorized documents. 465 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,582 Take the documents from here. Not in my space. 466 00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:06,785 I am the representative and I'm making it clear. 467 00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:09,154 It doesn't matter who you are. Take the documents. 468 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:11,556 I don't want threats to the security of our space. 469 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:16,094 They said I was bringing an unauthorized envelope. 470 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,996 They didn't know what was inside. 471 00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:20,799 Which could even be anthrax. 472 00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:23,134 I said I had gone at their invitation, 473 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:27,005 that had passed through three magazine levels. 474 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,408 And I said to open it in front of the camera 475 00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:33,078 to see if it wasn't a quote. 476 00:28:33,711 --> 00:28:36,214 They weren't ready for that. They weren't. 477 00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:39,017 They wanted to prove that the summons had not been served 478 00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:42,620 so that Nithyananda could travel to the USA without any problems. 479 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:44,222 We don't know what it is! 480 00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:46,124 The whole thing was shown live. 481 00:28:46,624 --> 00:28:47,759 Just open it! 482 00:28:47,826 --> 00:28:50,195 It was a sensation across Karnataka. 483 00:28:50,628 --> 00:28:53,264 Even our competitors they had to cover the story. 484 00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:55,967 Things changed after that. 485 00:28:57,135 --> 00:28:59,637 Women's organizations began to protest 486 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:03,007 in favor of Aarthi Rao and other victims. 487 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:09,948 Many protests started in Bidadi and other parts of Karnataka. 488 00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:16,921 JUNE 8, 2012 489 00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:25,597 To Nithyananda, for attacking the activists. 490 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:26,663 How embarrassing! 491 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:29,367 To Nithyananda, for abusing a person. 492 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:32,237 To be honest, in place of Nithyananda 493 00:29:32,303 --> 00:29:34,339 I would have handled the situation better. 494 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:43,047 It wasn't because of my question, 495 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:48,486 it was because of his answer that he lost control of the situation. 496 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:52,423 {\an8}SEVENTH OF JUNE 2012 DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER 497 00:29:57,495 --> 00:30:00,532 {\an8}OCTOBER 19, 2012 A KING LOSES HIS THRONE 498 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:03,401 {\an8}The controversial guru, Nithyananda, 499 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,970 {\an8}lost his position as leader from the adheenan of Madurai. 500 00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:08,206 The senior pontiff, Sri Arunagirinathar, 501 00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:11,242 had appointed Nithyananda as his successor in April, 502 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:14,445 but since then, it has been pressured by the state government, 503 00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:17,382 Hindu institutes and devotees who are against the appointment. 504 00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:21,052 Nithyananda faces criminal charges including rape, in Karnataka. 505 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:26,124 {\an8}Some women claimed sexual exploitation and he denies it. 506 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:29,494 {\an8}The leader of the Madurai institute 507 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:33,064 {\an8}finally came to his senses, He said he couldn't take over anymore 508 00:30:33,631 --> 00:30:39,504 {\an8}and tried to take away his nomination of successor. 509 00:30:41,606 --> 00:30:44,375 Many may be aware. 510 00:30:45,076 --> 00:30:49,247 There are some technical issues in the adheenan of Madurai 511 00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:52,050 and I was told 512 00:30:52,884 --> 00:30:57,855 that a leader can't be there while the previous one is alive, 513 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:02,160 so, for technical reasons, we may have to resign. 514 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:04,028 Fine by me. 515 00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:06,598 I offered my resignation voluntarily. 516 00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:12,270 So, no problem. Let's continue 517 00:31:13,004 --> 00:31:16,174 with missionary work as Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. 518 00:31:17,976 --> 00:31:23,147 It was obvious he was devastated with verbal insults. 519 00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:26,017 He wasn't in a constant state of happiness. 520 00:31:26,884 --> 00:31:29,754 {\an8}And often, he used the same answer 521 00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:32,257 {\an8}for all our questions, which was the one... 522 00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:37,528 {\an8}from the human perspective, we couldn't understand Leela. 523 00:31:37,595 --> 00:31:40,698 And he told us who was the avatar of a God. 524 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:43,835 He also said it was an empty space 525 00:31:43,901 --> 00:31:46,070 that mirrored our interior space. 526 00:31:46,971 --> 00:31:50,341 The guru is the personification of all the emotions of the disciples. 527 00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:54,178 He said we were agitated 528 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,547 because of Aarthi's accusations 529 00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:59,250 and that made him act that way. 530 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:02,120 In other words, he totally freaked out. 531 00:32:02,186 --> 00:32:04,422 and then said it was our fault. 532 00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:06,791 May our feelings caused his actions. 533 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:11,396 It's not easy at all try to serve someone 534 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:13,464 who has impossible standards 535 00:32:13,798 --> 00:32:15,700 and impossible expectations. 536 00:32:18,636 --> 00:32:20,938 OCTOBER 2013 537 00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:31,849 Many of the organizations sociopolitics of Hinduism 538 00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:35,119 lose spiritual strength. 539 00:32:35,186 --> 00:32:38,289 Because of this, the country continues to suffer. 540 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:40,692 First time... 541 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:46,597 I'm trying to connect. It's time. 542 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:48,266 We need to connect. 543 00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:52,337 The spiritual strength 544 00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:55,940 and a powerful 545 00:32:58,242 --> 00:33:02,113 inspiration to reach society. 546 00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:06,684 A leader remains a leader 547 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:10,054 as long as it transforms all into leaders. 548 00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:14,559 Create leaders 549 00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:18,863 It's a leader's job. 550 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:24,602 {\an8}Life there, since the first day, It's very chaotic. 551 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:30,174 We are kept distracted and busy mentally and physically 552 00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:32,043 and there's no time to think. 553 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:36,147 We are taught to blame ourselves for everything that happens around us. 554 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:38,716 Anyone who doesn't do this gets scolded 555 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:43,321 suffers horrible verbal abuse of administrators 556 00:33:43,388 --> 00:33:44,622 or Nithy himself. 557 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:47,859 And sometimes we get something called prayaschitta, 558 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:49,660 which is like a punishment. 559 00:33:49,727 --> 00:33:53,164 It's horrible to go through this, because it's always some kind 560 00:33:53,231 --> 00:33:57,568 of physical deprivation, be it sleep, food or not being able to speak. 561 00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:02,640 And at the same time, You can't trust anyone. 562 00:34:03,441 --> 00:34:07,278 If the person wants to leave and talk to another woman there, 563 00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:09,247 This ends up reaching the administration, 564 00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:10,715 get there on time. 565 00:34:11,149 --> 00:34:13,351 {\an8}It was a sad thing to see, 566 00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:17,121 {\an8}it was horrible to see people be punished by three. 567 00:34:17,188 --> 00:34:21,159 {\an8}It started with Nithyananda, then Ranjitha, Achala, 568 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:23,594 and the administrative team took turns. 569 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,497 People were attacked with words. 570 00:34:27,632 --> 00:34:30,134 And everyone was cowering, like... 571 00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:33,204 I was lying down one night when the phone rang. 572 00:34:33,271 --> 00:34:36,274 It was an unknown number, It wasn't in my contacts. 573 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:39,811 I heard her say "Mom, it's Sangeetha." 574 00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:42,113 They had changed her name there. 575 00:34:43,214 --> 00:34:45,216 Her name was Duryanandha. 576 00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:47,885 That man called her by Nithya Duryanandha. 577 00:34:47,952 --> 00:34:51,956 {\an8}It was the first time she used the real name in many years. 578 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:54,225 She said she wanted to go home, 579 00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:57,695 I asked when and she said than the very next day. 580 00:35:00,865 --> 00:35:03,034 {\an8}OCTOBER 19, 2012 A KING LOSES HIS THRONE 581 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:10,908 {\an8}DECEMBER 28, 2014 THE CONNECTION NOBODY WANTS TO RECEIVE 582 00:35:22,086 --> 00:35:24,288 After that I waited every day. 583 00:35:24,355 --> 00:35:27,091 I was waiting by the bed for a connection. 584 00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:29,494 Three or four months passed. 585 00:35:31,028 --> 00:35:35,099 DECEMBER 28, 2014 586 00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:08,733 I got a call from the ashram. 587 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:11,302 One day, around ten at night, I was sitting, 588 00:36:11,369 --> 00:36:14,739 when my phone rang. I answered right away and said "hello". 589 00:36:15,139 --> 00:36:19,043 I heard my name said and that my daughter had had a heart attack. 590 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:22,880 I interrupted the call. 591 00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:27,084 I didn't say anything else, I just hung up and called my brother, 592 00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:30,154 who came on time, even though it's four in the morning. 593 00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:33,357 We get out of here and only then did they tell the truth. 594 00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:35,560 That my daughter had died. 595 00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:39,497 {\an8}Mysterious and sudden death of a 24 year old woman 596 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:42,166 inside the ashram by controversial guru Nithyananda 597 00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:44,602 put it back at the center of a controversy. 598 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:48,639 When we arrived at the hospital, I looked around 599 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,208 and saw a van at the side entrance. 600 00:36:51,642 --> 00:36:54,145 They were taking her out of there. 601 00:36:54,612 --> 00:36:57,882 They had placed an orange sari on her. 602 00:36:58,215 --> 00:37:02,153 There was also a red bindi huge on her forehead. 603 00:37:02,219 --> 00:37:04,488 The kind they put in gods. 604 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:07,124 She was lying on her side, turned over. 605 00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:10,328 I ran to her, I turned your face to me 606 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:13,998 and I shouted "Is that what you went there for? Did your wish come true?" 607 00:37:14,665 --> 00:37:18,703 I turned her face and something ran out of his nose. 608 00:37:18,769 --> 00:37:21,906 Blood and something white in color ran from the nose 609 00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:23,507 and soiled her shoulder. 610 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:27,144 As it was a liquid thing, I screamed 611 00:37:27,211 --> 00:37:28,980 but I cleaned it with my own sari. 612 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,116 I asked "Is that what you went there for?" 613 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:34,085 and some people came and took me away. 614 00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:37,922 Nithyananda called one of the people who was with me and said 615 00:37:38,956 --> 00:37:43,628 to call all the relatives to go to Bidadi. 616 00:37:44,128 --> 00:37:46,831 To call everyone. They had to bury her there. 617 00:37:46,897 --> 00:37:50,067 Since I had made my vows there, could not be taken home. 618 00:37:50,401 --> 00:37:51,702 I didn't agree. 619 00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:55,473 I said I had a place to bury my daughter at home, 620 00:37:55,539 --> 00:37:59,377 that if she was an ascetic so my house was a temple. 621 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,979 I said I wanted to go in the car with my daughter. 622 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:04,982 I asked that, at least that night, I could 623 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:07,084 be with my daughter one last time. 624 00:38:07,151 --> 00:38:10,588 Sangeetha's mother suspects of her death. 625 00:38:11,222 --> 00:38:15,993 She has doubts about to Sangeetha's death, so now 626 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,364 she came to bangalore and filed a complaint with the superintendent 627 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:22,166 of Ramanagara police. 628 00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:25,903 Until we reach Krishnagiri, nobody told me anything. 629 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:29,407 They just told me that she was at the hospital and that I should go quickly. 630 00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:33,110 As soon as we arrived, they told me that my daughter was dead 631 00:38:33,444 --> 00:38:35,279 and that was a heart attack. 632 00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:39,483 A 24 year old girl dies of a heart attack is impossible. 633 00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:42,386 We have no cases of heart attacks throughout our family. 634 00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:43,921 I've never seen anything like this. 635 00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:47,658 And there was the case of the young woman found dead at Nithyananda's ashram. 636 00:38:47,725 --> 00:38:51,195 Her mother, Jansi Rami and her father, alleged 637 00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:53,664 that her daughter had been murdered. 638 00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:57,301 There is a mystery in my daughter's death. 639 00:38:57,935 --> 00:39:00,371 I told them who had many doubts. 640 00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:03,307 And as I had suspicions, I wanted them to do an autopsy. 641 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,209 So I decided to file a petition 642 00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:09,346 and filed a police report. I handed everything over to them. 643 00:39:09,413 --> 00:39:11,849 AND. I handed everything over to them. 644 00:39:11,916 --> 00:39:16,487 I was told the case was closed and they wouldn't do anything else. 645 00:39:17,354 --> 00:39:19,290 It's a battle of David and Goliath. 646 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:23,794 Even if mom is saying the truth, there is no way the case can evolve. 647 00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:30,167 {\an8}I've noticed a very common pattern when stories like this are reported. 648 00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:33,471 {\an8}Everything is sort of agreed from the beginning. 649 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:35,806 {\an8}From where the body is taken, 650 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:38,542 to which hospital, Where does the autopsy come from? 651 00:39:39,176 --> 00:39:40,544 Everything is combined. 652 00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:44,982 And the family is left with almost nothing to prove their claims. 653 00:39:45,382 --> 00:39:48,819 In fact, what I learned 654 00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:51,789 It's just that her family has... 655 00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:55,159 a history of heart problems. 656 00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:59,396 Including her sister, died of a heart problem. 657 00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:01,532 I have no proof. 658 00:40:02,032 --> 00:40:03,768 I can't produce evidence. 659 00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:06,337 {\an8}But until then, most of corrupt acts 660 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:08,639 {\an8}it is not possible to produce evidence. 661 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:10,941 {\an8}Even if it was a cardiac arrest, 662 00:40:11,008 --> 00:40:15,279 {\an8}the circumstances that led to this 663 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:17,815 and after the alleged heart attack, 664 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:21,619 what happened? This raises 665 00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:23,820 questions 666 00:40:24,688 --> 00:40:26,190 difficult to answer. 667 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:29,894 {\an8}Sangeetha mentioned that one of the ashram's associates 668 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,363 {\an8}had harassed her. 669 00:40:32,429 --> 00:40:35,199 {\an8}They also made her delete all notebook data 670 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:36,600 {\an8}and her flash drive. 671 00:40:36,667 --> 00:40:39,170 The people in the ashram started talking 672 00:40:39,236 --> 00:40:41,672 as if we wanted destroy Hinduism. 673 00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:44,074 First they started saying that I was Christian. 674 00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:47,578 Then they said that Lenin was also a Christian. 675 00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:53,818 Aarthi Rao? Where could they put her? They said she was Muslim. 676 00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:57,188 I, as a journalist, I often can't do anything. 677 00:40:57,588 --> 00:41:01,025 Because if I follow all the norms of journalism, 678 00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:03,527 and you have no proof in front of me, 679 00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:05,896 if it's just my mind and my heart telling me 680 00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:08,399 that their story is true, there comes a time 681 00:41:08,465 --> 00:41:10,401 where I have nothing else to do. 682 00:41:11,635 --> 00:41:13,170 Nithy never responded. 683 00:41:13,971 --> 00:41:14,971 Not once. 684 00:41:15,573 --> 00:41:18,175 When my daughter died and he was asked, 685 00:41:18,242 --> 00:41:20,344 he said that he had no idea about her death. 686 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:24,048 They said the case was closed, that nothing could be done. 687 00:41:27,818 --> 00:41:31,021 He kept deceiving us the same way until the end. 688 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:37,728 I believed and followed him faithfully because I had a lot of faith in him. 689 00:41:38,095 --> 00:41:40,865 But he made me lose faith completely. 690 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:59,250 I think that even if it's not fraud, 691 00:42:00,117 --> 00:42:03,687 It's an impressive case which should be investigated by the media, 692 00:42:03,754 --> 00:42:06,624 by the police and by the government of this generation. 693 00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:11,262 For the simple reason that he is not just any person. 694 00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:15,633 This guy claims he can go to any part of the world 695 00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:18,035 and create his own country. 696 00:42:18,802 --> 00:42:20,738 And call it Shiva's country. 697 00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:23,474 And that he is Shiva. 698 00:42:25,009 --> 00:42:26,410 That he's not even human. 699 00:42:28,178 --> 00:42:29,413 He is God. 700 00:42:30,247 --> 00:42:32,750 {\an8}The whole world is against me. 701 00:42:34,051 --> 00:42:37,354 {\an8}They told you do not come to Nithyananda. 702 00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:44,128 {\an8}But you showed your integrity for me being here. 703 00:42:45,496 --> 00:42:48,532 {\an8}I will show my integrity towards you 704 00:42:48,599 --> 00:42:52,202 {\an8}revealing reality and the complete truth. 705 00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:56,840 With all my integrity, I can tell the truth. 706 00:42:57,508 --> 00:42:59,310 I am Paramashiva. 707 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:03,580 No ridiculous courts You can sue me. 708 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:05,649 I am Paramashiva.