ATTACKS AT BENGALURU AADHEENAM🔗

Soon after the fabricated obscene video was released, trying to link His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda to a South Indian actress, brutal violence broke out at the Bengaluru Aadheenam, with the sole aim of assassinating His Divine Holiness and vandalizing the sacred heritage site. His Divine Holiness had just entered the Bengaluru Aadheenam on the 3rd of March from Salem...

3 March 2010: His Divine Holiness along with the group of sanyasis reached Bengaluru Aadheenam from Salem on the morning of 3rd March. The Sanyasis entered the aadheenam through the less used side gate which has closer proximity to the highway.

They arrived and settled His Divine Holiness inside the quarters that was linked to the side exit. They then assisted Him in freshening up. He did not want to eat anything. They saved His meal that was packed in Salem and they themselves quickly ate the food that they had brought from there.

The horrifying attack begins At around 11:30 am, news started pouring in through multiple phone calls on various mobile phones, that the Bengaluru Aadheenam was being attacked in full force from several directions. The Sanyasis heard of blazing fires, inhuman manhandling, aadheenavasis running helter skelter and more.

News came from the main security gate that a bunch of assassins had gathered there, shouting slogans asking for His Divine Holiness to come out. They were demanding to see Him. They broke the compound wall and smashed the security cabins and other structures at the entrance.

The security and handful of sanyasis at the main gate were totally outnumbered as the assassins started jumping over the gate and side walls into the aadheenam premises. They rushed everywhere armed with petrol bombs and acid. They carried weapons like chains, iron rods and other explosives.

Sanyasis’ living quarters burnt down

Sannyasis’ (monks) living quarters set on fire.

The assassins lit fire to the dry palm leaves which formed the roof of the living quarters for the sanyasis. The fire spread rapidly and within minutes burned down the mattresses, charing it to soot. The residents ran out of the building to diffuse the fires by throwing buckets of water on them hoping to save some of the belongings. When they realised it was futile, they ran from one building to the next in order to secure themselves from the assassins. All the female residents were instructed to lock themselves up in one of the innermost rooms.

Direct attack on the quarters of His Divine Holiness The assassins with fireballs and explosives, attacked the very building where His Divine Holiness was staying with His assistants. In a terrifying series of events, the attackers locked all the doors to the structure from outside, and threw petrol bombs on it. They ignited the thatch roof with the clear plan to kill His Divine Holiness.

By then, the panic-stricken Sanyasis, after hearing the updates about the approaching assassins, gathered a few essentials and along with His Divine Holiness was about to leave the quarters to take Him to the vehicle that was waiting near the rear restroom exit.

Just as they were moving to the vehicle, the roof was set ablaze. They could not believe what was happening. Without getting diverted by the blazing fire, they literally pushed His Divine Holiness into the vehicle, jumped in themselves and sped away.

Running for survival - on the road again They hit the highway within minutes without the assassins sighting their departure. Panic was rushing through their veins as they sped off on the Mysore - Bengaluru highway. Only when the disciples confirmed they were not being chased did they slow down a bit.

Now the question on everyone’s mind was: where to find a safe haven. A unanimous and quick decision was made to go to the relatively small aadheenam in Hosur, tucked away surrounded by agricultural fields, merely an hour and a half away. They sped off towards Hosur aadheenam in Tamilnadu.

One of the senior Sanyasis (monks) - Ma Nithya Bhaktika Swami - who was present inside the Bengaluru Aadheenam during the attack, recollects the horrific events of the morning:

The next day morning (March 3rd, 2010), there was a pandemonium at the gate. We barely had a compound wall. The media came like vultures. Assassins entered from all over.

The Bengaluru Aadheenam was under attack from all around. We were being covered in the news continuously, not as victims but as accused! Accused of what? Of featuring in a fabricated video created by someone else! It was utter injustice and persecution of a completely clueless and innocent community. There was fire blazing, media persons running rampant, tussles between the Sanyasis and the assassins in the utterly vulnerable situation, police, mobsters and what not... They had successfully converted a peaceful and serving Aadheenam to a warfield of terror and confusion.

We were all huddled in the Ananda sabha with our belongings. We had to somehow walk over and enter Anandapuri where we would be relatively safer. But we could not leave the Ananda sabha because the assassins had entered the premises. Swamiji was in the aadheenam, and we did not have the courage to think about what might be happening to Him. We knew there was a team taking care of Him, and that was all we could handle at the time.

The nightmare news reached us – the attackers had set ablaze the thatched roof structure where Swamiji was staying. We just held our malas (rosaries with Swamiji's pendant) tightly and continued to pray, not daring to think about what might be happening there. After some time, news reached us that Swamiji had exited the campus safely. We heaved a mighty sigh of relief. Our life energy was restored. Shortly, we managed to run over and enter Anandapuri.

Assassins locked His Divine Holiness in his hut and set it ablaze.

(Left) Sannyas dormitory reduced to ashes. The dorm was set ablaze when some monks were still inside, nobody died. (Right) The Aftermath - Firefighters on inspection rounds.

Catching wind of His safe exit, the assassinators went ahead and defaced Paramahamsa Nithyananda's posters with brutal force, using even their footwears to mutilate them, making their agenda clear: they wanted to eliminate Him from the face of the Planet. They inflicted extensive damage to property, stoning and burning the Aadheenam premises. There was terror in the Aadheenam amidst the residents to protect the life of their beloved Guru who was also the lifeline of millions of seekers worldwide.

irreparable losses The devotees who had come in by then, saw the entire scene of blazing fire and torn and vandalised property. Terrorized by the life-attack on their beloved Guru, the devotees started putting out the fire to salvage what they could. The whole heritage was vandalized and destroyed in the fire, which burned out the building from top to bottom. From the books, rudraksha malas (sacred rosaries), devotional music, audio and video equipment, nothing was left when the fire was extinguished. The place was their temple of worship. They were shocked and heavily saddened by this brutal crime of the assassins.

The assassins vandalising properties in the aadheenam

In the months of March and April 2010, a series of attacks were planned and executed on the Bengaluru Aadheenam by multiple departments of the State Government. They are described as under:

The State-Police-Media-Criminal Nexus Raid the Monastery Media kept airing a baseless and terrorising false news that there are several video CDs in the Bengaluru Aadheenam showing relationship of His Divine Holiness with many women. Playing into the pre-planned conspiracy with the media, the police landed at the Bengaluru Aadheenam on the 15th of April, and barged into all the areas, ransacked the place, dismantled the computers and confiscated the hard disks and CDs, unlawfully, without any court-warrant to do so.

In the subsequent court proceedings, that happened later, it was officially recognized that nothing was found on any of these storage devices. However, when the items were returned back to the residents of the aadheenam, they found that the CDs and hard disks had been completely erased of data, and not in working condition anymore.

Police sexually harass female monks The police, led by DIG (Deputy Inspector General) of CID (Criminal Investigation Department) Charan Reddy and DGP (Director General of Police) and head of CID (Criminal Investigation Department) Guru Prasad made it a customary practice to come and conduct raids in the Bengaluru aadheenam. Every time, Charan Reddy and Guru Prasad came, they would unabashedly and inappropriately handle the female monks. Charan Reddy and Guru Prasad would barge into the dorms of the female Sanyasis (Hindu monks), ruthlessly pulling them out, sexually harassing them and forcing them to file false rape complaints against His Divine Holiness.

The irony is, Lenin had raped 2 female Sanyasis in the monastery, but the cases are still pending in the court of Bangalore. Media and police were hand-in-hand executing the atrocities, nobody offered help, no women rights organization, no Police, no law, nobody.

Destruction of evidence of Genocide Media laid the grounds for justifying unauthorized police entry and destruction of evidence by the police in the Bengaluru Aadheenam. The hard disks, taken by the Police, contained the CCTV footage (Closed Circuit Television) of the criminal attempts

on life of residents, destruction of property and acts of violence inflicted on the monastery by the Extremist Hindu Militants and Sun Television Mafia.

Destruction of intellectual property Some of the hard disks contained several terabytes of spiritual discourses of His Divine Holiness and scans of ancient Hindu manuscripts. This atrocious theft and irreversible destruction of intellectual property is a fundamental crime which got no coverage in the media at all. It is the equivalent of burning libraries or destroying the hard work of a man’s lifetime dedication and earnings. Books, talks, and tremendous amount of intellectual contribution that was of immense value to humanity, was stored on those hard disks. However now they are lost to history.

State-sponsored terrorism causes loss of Rs. 200 million (3 million US $) Public resources were spent on this State-sponsored terrorism.

In this attack, more than Rs. 200 million worth of temple property was destroyed.

Conclusion - Mass Euphoria to Kill

During these riot in the ashram, even the daily essentials like the food and milk supplies which arrived in the Ashram to be consumed for the residents was thrown and damaged to deprive the community of food. The whole campus was ravaged, demolished and a fear psychosis was generated. After the first riot in the ashram, 121 residents got admitted into the hospital with major injuries such as bone fracture, acid injuries and burn injuries. Several children went through psychological trauma.

It was a well planned strategy of the crime perpetrators who wanted to lend the victim helpless and non-defensible by demolishing his establishment and his community.

It is well-known that in India, mob-lynching is a clear strategy to eliminate someone without any particular individual or organisation to blame for it. Hindu terrorist groups such as Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who are looking to destroy all Guru-based traditions, have been known to use such strategies. In the case of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda, this is exactly what was attempted.

To ensure that His Divine Holiness would be terminated, the mob lynching attack spread like a wildfire across all the monasteries of the organizations. Hundreds of Sanyasis (monks) were physically attacked, crores of property was burnt and damaged, the revered sacred worshipped deities were defecated.

2010-03-25

Mob destroys Picture of His Divine Holiness spewing life threat to Him

25 March 2010

On 25 March 2010 another brutal attack on His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda was initiated by mainstream extremist Hindu terrorist militant groups. The media falsely announced a second sleaze video featuring His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda and another South Indian actress. Although this video does not exist, the public was again incited with more hatred towards His Divine Holiness. This has two effects: 1) people are activated to hurt His Divine Holiness (mob lynching) and 2) gives justification for any violence executed towards His Divine Holiness and His mission. This is called ‘justification propaganda’ in the world of conspiracy where before attacking a person, the attack is justified by hurling a host of allegations on him and portraying him in bad light.

False media news sets the stage for dehumanizing attacks

The continuous stream of false news reports, portraying His Divine Holiness as bringing disgrace onto Hindus and the Hindu religion, is filling Hindus with hatred against one of the main elements of their own religion: the Guru. So when a group of mainstream Hindu extremist militants went on the 25th of March to Bengaluru Aadheenam, they quickly attracted more people joining along the way. The group went with the intent to eliminate Him.

Dehumanising attack methods

On the way to the headquarters of the Nithyananda Sangha - Bengaluru Aadheenam - they already give a clear dead threat to His Divine Holiness by tying shoes around His images. When you watch the news that covered this, one can clearly see that it was a conspiracy between Hindu extremist groups and the media, as it was orchestrated such that the cameraman could capture everything and spread it to incite more hatred against His Divine Holiness.

By the time they reached the gates of the Bengaluru Aadheenam, the crowd had grown huge and very aggressive. They stormed the gate, broke it and climbed over the walls. When they found out that His Divine Holiness was not in, but had moved to safety, they beat and broke the property and threw the effigy of His Divine Holiness on the street and stamped on it.

NEWS presents a mob on the way to Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam, giving a direct death threat. The murderous crowd even goes further by throwing the effigy of His Divine Holiness on the street and stamping on it, conveniently making the whole scene visible through the planned media cameras that covered the incident to spread it as News to innocent public, whereas the truth is, the media is the one that spread the false news about a ‘second sleaze video’.