A Profile of Raja T. Vijaykumar: Conspirator against Paramahamsa🔗

Nithyananda in Thondaimandala Aadheenam

Raja T.Vijaykumar was a member of the Seikizhar Kalvi Panpattu Kazhagam, an organisation that is involved in the Thondaimandala Aadheenam administration. He had aspirations to grab the political power that comes with being the head of the ancient spiritual order of Thondaimandala Aadheenam, and also lusted after the financial benefits that come with it.

When he launched the conspiracy to take control of the Aadheenam, many of his scams and internal politics were exposed. His entire persecution of this Aadheenam was masterminded by Kalyanaraman Rangaswamy, who spearheaded the entire media attack against Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

Raja Vijaykumar committed several crimes against the Thondaimandalam Aadheenam, including cheating and embezzling money from the mutt. In one such instance, he illegally leased out one of the properties of the Aadheenam without the knowledge of the 232nd pontiff, collecting a lease of 7 lakh rupees which he used for his personal benefit. For this, the 232nd Pontiff (Guru Mahasannidhanam) lodged a police complaint on him.

The 232rd pontiff was aging and when Paramahamsa Nithyananda was named the 233rd pontiff of the Aadheenam, this threatened Raja’s criminal conspiracies. Being much younger and with a growing organization Raja clearly saw that His Divine Holiness had the administrative capacity to run the Aadheenam successfully.

Nithyananda:

26th June, 2017 – Raja gathered a group of individuals to pose as representatives of other mutts at the Thondaimandala Aadheenam and started a discussion on how to remove Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s disciples from the mutt.

A few days later, Raja Vijaykumar came to the mutt (monastery) and met with Sannidhanam. He told him not to make use of any of the support given by Paramahamsa Nithyananda and instead use all the facilities arranged by Raja himself. Calling his men over and shouting, he openly threatened Paramahamsa Nithyananda disciples to move out of the Aadheenam immediately, warning them that if they didn’t leave, that he would have them killed.

On 2 July 2017, he sent a letter through a representative of Hindu Makkal Katchi (a Hindu Nationalist party) threatening Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s devotees; claiming they were engaging in illegal activities and to vacate the mutt immediately, failing which, they would be killed.

Later Raja Vijay kumar met Sannidhanam and handed a copy of a 6-page letter which included a fake court order to remove Sannidhanam from the mutt.

The letter falsely stated that:

• Paramahamsa Nithyananda was encroaching on the mutt. • Paramahamsa Nithyananda was planning to keep one of his devotees as a successor, after Sannidhanam. • The Sannidhanam was planning to escape to Bengaluru. • Urging the community members to come and rescue the mutt from Paramahamsa Nithyananda and Sannidhanam

All the above mentioned statements were fabricated to create chaos in the community-

• Sannidhanam himself expressed to the media and the Police officials that His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda and his disciples were at the mutt only to take care of him. • He stated, no one can decide the successor of the mutt other than himself.

Holiness: On 20 July 2017, Sannidhanam went to Bengaluru while his brother was being healed by Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Raja Vijaykumar came to the mutt during his absence and created more trouble. He started spreading the rumor that Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s devotees had kidnapped Sannidhanam.

On the same day, he threatened the devotees of Paramahamsa Nithyananda saying that the mutt belongs to him (Raja). He said that he was the one who introduced the Sannidhanam to this mutt and only he had the authority and right to appoint the next Sannidhanam! When he toured the South of Tamil Nadu, he himself posed as the Ilaya Sannidhanam (junior pontiff) of the mutt and posted about it on platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook.

Sannidhanam’s reply through a media interview: While in Bengaluru Aadheenam, Sannidhanam gave a statement assuring the public that he was not kidnapped and there on his own free will. Very often he would frequently visit Bengaluru Aadheenam and this is one such occasion.

Mis-propaganda, dehumanization, character assassination On 25 July 2017, Raja informed all the local media and the police that the Sannidhanam had been kidnapped by Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s devotees. Based on his rumors, all the media and police personnel visited the mutt and interviewed Sannidhanam.

On 26 July 2017 all the local media people published abusive articles against Paramahamsa Nithyananda and Sannidhanam. This publicly lead to a character assassination, dehumanization and discrimination of His Divine Holiness.

Calling the local community together on July 30th, 2017 he created programmed confusion, desiring a scenario of mob lynching. Raja came to the mutt bringing a group of local politicians and media persons. He created a false scene that Sannidhanam had been kidnapped, by showing the locked gate of the mutt. In actuality the mutt was locked for its safety, as Sannidhanam was out of station.

On the same day he gave complaints to the police, HR & CE (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department) office's mentioning that Sannidhanam had been kidnapped.

On 31 July 2017 the HR, CE and police personnel visited the mutt inquiring on the whereabouts of Sannidhanam. They spoke to the Sannidhanam over the phone and confirmed his safety. He informed them that he had not been kidnapped by Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s devotees. Stating he went as a guest speaker to participate in a program. Raja continuously tried to undermine both Sannidhanam and Paramahamsa Nithyananda to take over the organization but instead miserably failed at every attempt.

Raja indulges in unwarranted protests On 4th and 7th Aug 2017 Raja conducted two protests publicly against Sannidhanam and Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Using his absence to justify the necessity for Raja to take control of the mutt, he goes on a tour of South Tamil Nadu. Trying to gain the support from community members, and other Aadheenams like Dharmapuri Aadheenam, Thirupananthal Aadheenam and Thiruvaduthurai Aadheenam.