A CARTE BLANCHE FOR SEX AT ASHRAM🔗

BM, Apr 23, Pg 4.
Ashram volunteers had to sign agreement
that forbade them from objecting to sex
and erotica as part of tantric rituals

The non-disclosure agreement
that volunteers at Swami
Nithyananda's ashram had to
sign suggests that sex, nudity and
erotica were part of the goings-on,
all in the name of tantric rituals.
Vidya Vishwanathan, who accused
Nithyananda of outraging and
hurting religious sentiments,
signed the agreement on Sept
2009 and hence could not object
to anything related to sex and sex-
ually explicit material at the
Dhyanapeetham Ashram.
Nithyananda and the ashram man-
agement did their best to keep
themselves immune from contro-
versies by including several claus-
es in the same agreement.
A3, the most important clause,
reads: "Volunteer (Vishwanathan)
understands that the programme
may involve the learning and prac-
tice of ancient tantric secrets as-
sociated with male and female ec-
stasy, including the use of sexual
energy for increased intimacy/spir-
itual connection, pleasure, harmo-
ny and freedom. Volunteer under-
stands that these activities could
be physically and mentally chal-
lenging and may involve nudity,
access to visual images, graphic vi-
sual depictions and description of
nudity and sexual activity, close
physical proximity and intimacy,
verbal and written descriptions
and audio sounds of sexually-ori-
ented and erotic nature etc. By
reading and signing this adden-
dum, the volunteer irrevocably ac-
knowledges that he/she is volun-
tarily giving his unconditional ac-
ceptance of such activities and dis-
charges the leader and the foun-
dation, and anyone else not specif-
ically mentioned here but directly
or indirectly involved in the organ-
isation, management or conduct of
any such programmes from any li-
ability, direct or indirect arising
from such activities".

CID officials are examining the ve-
racity of the video content obtained
from a hard disk seized during its
first raid. According to CID officials,
the hard disk carries some 30 clip-
pings, in which Nithyananda is seen
with a number of female followers
in compromising situations. "There
are many girls in different clippings.
Footages show Nithyananda with
girls in different sexual positions,"
CID sources said.