Nakheeran magazine published a fake porn article about me!🔗

On the 2nd April 2011, Nakheeran magazine published a perverse article attacking a Sanyasi (monk) of Nithyananda order, ma Nithya Gopikananda Swami. The magazine presented the article as if it was a real interview of a young girl from Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s ashram.

She recalls: “This happened after the persecution, on March 2nd, 2010, when the so-called Sun TV aired a morphed video on Swamiji.

The magazine cunningly avoided my name but presented an article which is a really disgusting one. A woman or any normal public can’t even read. Nakheeran wrote it like a soft porn article. Why and how can these articles be written? I can’t even use words, it’s that disgusting. The article narrated the physical appearance of me and says that I gave the interview to the magazine. I never gave any such interview. They used a model, a blurred model image and made it appear like me. My whole life story was narrated in that article. It said how that girl got abused living in the aadheenam which NEVER happened. All the women in the aadheenam are still living here happily, we are safe, secure and we are enriching the world. So Nakheeran took real instances but false information. When a person, the public reads it, what kind of image will they hold for a woman in an aadheenam, a sanyasi? How dare they do such a thing and who give that right to write lies that affect the public? There must be laws against writing false information, fabricated stories?

I became depressed for over a month. I really felt bad even to show my face to public. The article continues; the same false information about lots of other female sanyasis living in the aadheenam just to defame Swamiji and just false propaganda. I can see Sun TV, Nakkheeran and all the media don’t care about facts or truth. They don’t care what the sanyasis went through; it is all about a pre-planned attack to print false information to defame Swamiji.

And just for this false information, I filed a petition on Nakkheeran, the court and other female sanyasis also have filed a complaint on him. It is still going on but we will not stop until we get justice. Media cannot just cook up stories by themselves just to defame Swamiji, to make a false propaganda. Even today, the media avoids to get right information from us on how safe, secure we are and they don’t want or care to know the true facts. No media is supporting us.”

The unfair sexualization of a young monk, and the sexualization of the most sacred and innocent Guru-disciple relationship is beyond perverse by any measure. Her decision to go beyond strict social conventions, and to live an austere life dedicated to serving humanity is something that would inspire so many young women as a true role model. Instead, her public image was baselessly and unfairly tarnished.

Her humiliation, her anxiety and her depression as a result of this unexpected attack was never given a chance to be heard and known. She remains a real victim, a voiceless victim whose dignity has never been restored.

“When my pre-monastic father learned about the defamatory article, he was very upset. As a father, he was naturally worried about me safety and public image.

I explained to him and we decided not to tell my mother about the article. We both knew very well that it would be extremely shocking for her.

All throughout the attack against Swamiji and against his mission, my parents supported my decision to continue with my chosen path. Later, I told the whole story to my mother. And in spite of all false propaganda created by the media, my parents sent me to the aadheenam with their full blessings as they saw that the allegations made by the media were baseless. The did not believe any of it.”

The articles by Nakkheeran magazine: