Brutal attack in Nithyananda Peetham, Tiruchengode🔗

Aadheenam, Tamil Nadu, South India

The first real settlement of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda was in Tiruchengode in Erode, in a village called Avathipalayam on the banks of sacred river Kaveri in Tamil Nadu, South India. It was in a place called ‘Bhavani Sangamam’, the confluence of the three sacred rivers - Kaveri, Bhavani and Amirtha. Here, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda established the Adi Nithyanandeshwar temple on 14 Apr 2001, the first temple of the Mission. Here, His first public satsangs (spiritual talks), gatherings, meditation programs, pūjās and homas were held.

The sacred river Kaveri is called the Ganga of the South. The sacred river Ganga, the lifeline of millions of people, originates in North India and is worshipped most fervently along its entire course. The river Ganga takes a U-turn against its own current at Kashi (also called Varanasi), just to worship Kashi Vishwanatha – the Shiva Linga at the Kashi Vishwanath temple! Similarly, the sacred Kaveri takes a U-turn against her own current exactly at this spot where the Tiruchengode Aadheenam is located.

His Divine Holiness has installed a second Shiva Linga (other than the main Linga in the main sanctum) here that carries the same energy as the Shiva Linga in the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. The Tiruchengode Aadheenam is therefore a heritage site equal to Varanasi (spiritual capital city of India) in its potential to liberate people. This second Shiva Linga here, consecrated by His Divine Holiness, Paramahamsa Nithyananda carries the same energy to liberate people in this birth.

The sacred Kaveri river

(Above) The second Shiva Linga

One day, His Divine Holiness was seated in meditation on a rock in the sacred river Kaveri, when He beheld a Vision (behind closed eyes) of a lady coming towards Him, garlanding Him and worshipping Him. He opened His eyes to find a garland around Him, and bilva leaves showered on His head. Bilva is the leaf that is sacred to Lord MahaSadashiva (Primordial Hindu Divinity). His Divine Holiness took the bilva leaves and placed it on the ground in a certain location at the Tiruchengode Aadheenam, from where grew a Bilva tree! This sacred bilva tree stands today as a sacred spot in this heritage site for people to worship!

The sacred Bilva tree

The physical attack on such heritage site properties and its residents, on top of the legal and media attacks on His Divine Holiness and His mission, are aimed at hindering the benefits of these Hindu heritage sites and its socio-spiritual activities from reaching the people.

The fruition of media abuse and justification propaganda, resulted in a direct life attack, that left a female monastic member hospitalised at the Tiruchengode Aadheenam (temple monastery complex).

On 8 Feb 2018, Ma Nithya Preetananda Swami, a female Sanyasi (monastic member), of the Nithyananda Order, was busy serving people who had come for the local temple festival at the Tiruchengode Aadheenam. After the devotees left, an assassin incited by the Hindu extremist groups, barged in, jumping over the gate and came straight at Ma Preetananda Swami. He started hurling abuses at her and shouting abuses on His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

Ma Nithya Preetananda Swami was alone, a woman about to be attacked by a male assassin, and there were only two elderly ladies nearby. Shei tried to run to a room and lock herself, but the assassin physically abused her, assaulting her sexually, breaking the deity of His Divine Holiness, and vandalising the entire property.

She made frantic calls to the police but to no avail. After the assassin had done irrepairable damage to person and property, the police came to the spot. Ma Preetananda filed a police complaint for sexual assault, criminal intimidation and use of obscene language.

Pictures of the vandalism of this shocking incident

(Left) His Divine Holiness's image, with the neck broken by the assassin, indicating wanting to eliminate His Divine Holiness by all means (Right) One more picture of His Divine Holiness damaged.

The assassin