Leadership Attacked - Human Right to Justice Denied
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On 18 October 2012, due to pressure of a power lobby spearheaded by the Hindu extremist forces, the government filed a case against the 292nd Pontiff for mismanagement and questioned the appointment of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda as junior pontiff of the temple monastery.
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Mob lynching life-attack at Kanjanur Mutt
29 May 2012
In a shocking act of violence by the Hindu extremist forces, who opposed the appointment of Paramahamsa Nithyananda as the 293rd Pontiff, the two Sanyasis of His Divine Holiness who were at the temple in Kanjanur belonging to Madurai Aadheenam, were brutally assaulted and had to be hospitalised.
On 16th of May 2012, both the pontiffs of the Madurai Aadheenam had visited Kanjanur and announced a range of services to be provided shortly to the people of Kanjanur, including clean drinking water, hygienic toilets and drainage facilities, and a 20-bed hospital.
[Figure: Sanyasis inside the temple]
_Sanyasis and Volunteers of the Nithyananda Community cleaning the_ _Kanjanur temple in Madurai_
Sri Nithya Hamsananda - administrative head of the four major temples belonging to the Madurai Aadheenam - and Sri Nithya Paramamanda who was with him, were in Kanjanur to supervise the accounts and auditing operations of the ancient Kanjanur Agneeshwara temple of the Madurai Aadheenam. The disgraceful incident occurred when the two Sanyasis came out of the Kanjanur Temple on the 29th of May after offering their everyday morning worship.
_Sri Nithya Hamsananda and Sri Nithya Paramananda_
A mob of around 100 persons who openly identified themselves as 'messengers' of Kumaraswami Tambiran (junior pontiff of Dharmapuram Aadheenam) and Muthukumara Swamigal (pontiff of Tiruppananthal Matham) closed in on the Sanyasis, and attacked them verbally and physically, threatening their life, seizing their cellphones and Rs. 1,00,000/- in cash, and smashing their car. Inspite of the two Sanyasis telling them that they have the legal court order to own and administer the temple, the assassins just attacked brutally. The badgered Sanyasis escaped, got into the vehicle, and started the engine. But the murderers beat and broke the car also. Nevertheless, they drove away, and first went to the local police station, filed a complaint and then went to the hospital and got themselves admitted.
Kumaraswami Tambiran (junior pontiff of Dharmapuram Aadheenam) and Muthukumara Swamigal (pontiff of Tiruppananthal Matham)
At the police station
The car that was thrashed by the assassins
A complaint was filed against the two junior pontiffs by both the victims at Tiruppananthal Police Station under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 506B (criminal intimidation). Fortunately, the entire incident was videotaped by another devotee and the video has been handed over to the police as evidence to what had happened. The two Sanyasis were also taken to the local hospital for immediate medical care.
The Sanyasis at the police station
The hospital where the Sanyasis were admitted
His Divine Holiness along with the 292nd Pontiff of Madurai Aadheenam visit the injured Sanyasis at the hospital
Legally, the Pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam is the hereditary trustee of the Kanjanur Temple and has certain rights and responsibilities related to worship and maintenance of the temple. It is this that the two Sanyasis were executing when the attack happened.
Both the pontiffs visited the injured sanyasis in the hospital and later gave a press meet about the brutal attack.
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