III. State Persecution of Hindu religious minorities🔗

16. China’s persecution of, and interference in Tibetan Buddhist institutions is relatively well-known thanks to the tireless efforts of human rights organizations, the United Nations, the Tibetan diaspora, and the efforts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself to bring it to the attention of the international community. However, a very similar, albeit virtually unknown destruction has been done by state actors in India to undermine and control ancient Hindu religious institutions for political purposes. This assault on religious freedom is part and parcel of broader authoritarian, anti-democratic trends taking place in India that have only recently been acknowledged by the international community.³³

17. Hinduism is a vast and heterogenous religion that comprises various spiritual traditions and lineages referred to as sampradayas. Many of these Sampradayas (religious Sects) date back thousands of years and are led by individuals who are regarded to be Avatars, or incarnations of divine beings, in an unbroken succession whereby a new leader or Gurumahasannidanam is selected and coronated by his immediate predecessor, the current Gurumahasannidanam. In this regard, these Hindu Sampradayas operate in a manner very similar to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of ritualistically selecting and installing new Guru Mahasannidhanams who are believed to be reincarnations³⁴ and living manifestations of divine beings.

18. In Hinduism spiritual lineage³⁵ can be passed to the next generation only through lifelong, multi-generational³⁶ spiritual practice, mentoring, and initiation by the Guru³⁷ (or Gurumahasannidanam). Hindu spiritual practices involve yogic processes which cause a conscious mutation at a physical, physiological, psychological, and neurological level, allowing practitioners to maintain meditative states of consciousness (Samadhi³⁸) for prolonged durations.³⁹ These meditative states are essential for the Hindu religion. Some short-duration experiences of these

downgrading of India's democracy" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56393944 (iii) “Textbook Authoritarianism Is Playing out in India” https://thewire.in/politics/india-modi-authoritarianism (iv) “Authoritarianism Is Winning on Every Front in India” https://reason.com/2019/11/22/authoritarianism-is-winning-on-every-front-in-india/

निष्फळं प्रोक्तं परं भावमिति स्मृतम्। सृष्टिस्थं लोकरक्षार्थं लोकस्योत्पत्तिकारणम्॥ साधकानां हितार्थं तु स्वेच्छया गृह्णते तनुः।", "In this way (Shiva) who is Nishkala - without any body and parts, who is the Ultimate Supreme Being, who is established in the Creation, who is the Cause of the creation of the Universe, assumes a body out of His Free Will for the protection of the Universe, and for the welfare of the Spiritual seekers and Devotees."

“Therefore, O My Beloved! One should seek with all efforts to have a Guru of unbroken tradition originating from Para Siva Himself."

Transgenerational Epigenetic Changes in a Fish Model https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00471/full

docs.google.com/document/d/1UB40gY9qADtdH5VrjleeJlesaDqzdX5nXxHaaXZQe3U www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/kamika-agama-uttara-pada-part-2/kamika-agama-uttara-pada-part-2.pdf (ii) Regarding ādiśaiva the Kāmikāgama says that they are born in the family of sages such as Kauśika who were initiated directly by Śiva immediately after the creation of the world. Therefore, they are qualified to undertake all the rites [as prescribed in the āgamas] such as consecration, installation [in the temple], worship in public and expounding the [āgamas] (vyākhyāna). The Kāraṇāgama and the Santānāgama also state that only the ādiśaiva is qualified to do these rites and if the rites are done by others it will bring only calamity. www.wisdomlib.org/definition/adishaiva

meditative states are studied by contemporary western scientists in various groups of meditators⁴⁰, martial artists⁴¹, and athletes⁴². Hindu spiritual processes and initiation by the enlightened Guru make the attainment of these meditative states of consciousness accessible to every practitioner, and not just to an accomplished group of people. As per the Hindu religious laws prescribed in Veda-Agamas (scriptures), only the ordained supreme pontiff (Guru or Gurumahasannidanam) can initiate their native Hindu community members into the practice of these yogic sciences, lifestyle sciences, knowledge system sciences, and sciences of ritual⁴³.

19. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Article 8 (2) declares, "States shall provide effective mechanisms for prevention of, and redress for: (a) Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of their integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or ethnic identities;".⁴⁴ Killing the Gurus (or Gurumahasannidanam), or breaking the lineage of Gurus, irreversibly disrupts the continuation of the spiritual tradition to the next generation, destroys the distinct identity of indigenous Hindu traditions, and leads to their permanent destruction. This is how the majority of the 8,000 of the 10,000⁴⁵ indigenous enlightenment ecosystems were destroyed, and less than 2,000 of them remain now. The distinct religious practices of the ASMT are extremely vulnerable to this irreversible destruction. Just like the destruction of Lamas in Buddhism is the destruction of Buddhism as the yogic bodies of the Lamas are the repository⁴⁶ of Buddhahood⁴⁷, Hinduism in its entirety and not just some traditions of Hinduism will permanently be destroyed after the extermination of the lineages of the Gurus.

1948 UN-Res.-260(III) Prevention of Crime of Genocide, Article 2 In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Ref: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

20. Destruction of the lineage of Gurus does not only destroy the religion but also the entire Hindu society in totality. The Agama scriptures are voluminous⁴⁸. As per Hindu scriptural records, there

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(ii) 'Do Top Athletes Experience the State of Pure Consciousness? Going Beyond Tiredness and Boredom' - youtu.be/tNRUKly0PMw

agama-vidya-pada_v2. docs.google.com/document/d/1UB40gY9qADTDH5VrjIeejIesaDqzdX5nXxHaaXZQe3U

are 10,000 Agamas for the ASMT alone⁴⁹. In totality, all Agamas and sourcebook scriptures of Hinduism put together are more than 100 million, of which only 20 million remain today.

> "Centuries of history of discrimination, exploitation, > dispossession, and colonization have led to the loss of traditional > knowledge. Traditional knowledge is under threat and is being > misused and misappropriated ..." > > "Indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge has been developed > over generations through daily life practices and a close > understanding of local environments. It can offer valuable > responses to climate change, food insecurity, reducing > inequalities and other challenges that we are trying to resolve ..." > > 18th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

21. The mastery over the magnanimous volume of Veda-Agamic scriptures is achieved by specializing in a branch of Veda-Agama scripture over multiple generations. Hindu sects and schools specialize and systematically practice a particular branch (Shakha) of the Veda-Agamas and continue the tradition over thousands of years.⁵⁰ It is considered nearly impossible for a single group to master the Veda-Agamas (Hindu scriptures) in its entirety, and thus each Hindu sect or school (Shakha or Sampradaya) is interdependent on other schools (Shakha) for practice and application of the entirety of Hinduism. The loss of one lineage, or school (Shakha or Sampradaya) is not just a loss for the respective Hindu sect but entire Hinduism. Therefore, the persecution of a Hindu Guru is not limited to the destruction of His lineage alone but of an integral body of Hinduism in its entirety.

22. The destruction of the lineage of Gurus destroys several thousands of years of scholarly research and practice of the Veda-Agamas. The Veda-Agamas is not just the repository of ancient spiritual and religious knowledge, they are a repository of a phenomenal volume of ancient Human knowledge and expertise, in various fields such as State Policies, Politics & Statecraft⁵¹, Law⁵², Banking & Accounting⁵³, Architecture & Civil Engineering⁵⁴, Performing Arts⁵⁵, Medicine⁵⁶, Surgery⁵⁷, Botany⁵⁸, Chemistry and Metallurgy⁵⁹, Music⁶⁰, Agriculture⁶¹, Astrology⁶², Shipbuilding⁶³,

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Manufacturing⁶⁴, Food sciences⁶⁵, etc. The entire Hindu education is done and supervised by the enlightened Guru. The Hindu knowledge in various fields is unique, unlike their modern counterparts. The Veda Agamas (Hindu scriptures) enable not just excellence in the profession but the attainment of spiritual liberation even through the mere practice of the profession⁶⁶. This is why, for example, the science of archery in Hinduism (Dhanurvidya), does not just deal with archery alone but also with the attainment of liberation. The Acharyas (Hindu scholars and teachers) can transmit some portion of the domain expertise, but only the Guru guides into the science of liberation⁶⁷ that is even realized while practicing a particular trade or profession⁶⁸ without necessarily mandating additional spiritual practices. The destruction of the Guru’s lineage destroys this possibility for every Hindu.

23. Two such ancient Hindu sampradayas are the Madurai Adheenam of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and the Thondai Mandala Adheenam of Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. Thondaimandala Aadheenam is one of the oldest Shaivite Mutts (monasteries), established originally by Paramashiva Himself, in the form of Adi Nathar, and 5000 years ago⁶⁹. Madurai Aadheenam was established by incarnations of Paramashiva and Devi themselves as Lord Sundareshwara and His consort Divine Mother Meenakshi.

24. In 1817, the colonial government of India enacted the Madras Regulation VII⁷⁰ and nationalized temples of minority Hindu sects taking over their wealth and assets. However, in 1840⁷¹, Christian missionaries lobbied and forced the government to issue a directive to return the Hindu temples to their trustees. By 1845, the responsibility of the management of temples was returned to traditional trustees and in the case of prominent temples to Mutts (monasteries). The State Board of Revenue, however, supervised the administration of large temples. In 1863, the Religious Endowments Act was enacted which completely handed over temple administration to the trustees from the State and subsequently, the government played little or no role in supervising them. Trustees ran the temple following the tenets applicable to the temple. The colonial government also recognized the sovereignty of the heads of Hindu monasteries – for example on 3 Jan 1893 the Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam was conferred with the title of Rao Bahadur ⁷², a title given to Kings by the British Empire, and also had sovereign immunity from

⁶⁴ Nagalingayna-Kutha, Vishvakurma-Poorana, Kumalesherra Kalikamahata ⁶⁵ Bhaga Shashtra ⁶⁶ Ishavasya Upanishad, verse 2 ⁶⁷ Guru Gita verse 1 to 11, https://www.hardlight.org/wordpress/images/Guru-Gita-complete.pdf ⁶⁸ Bhagawat Gita Chapter 3 verse 9,17-20. ⁶⁹ சைவ ஆதீனங்கள் (History of Śaiva Ādīnams), by முனைவர் தவத்திரு ஊரான் அடிகள் (Professor Ūrān Adigal), வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பக வெளியீடு (Vardamāna Publishers), 2002, pp. 545–550 ⁷⁰ Madras Endowments and Escheats Regulation, 1817 http://www.bareactsllive.com/TN/tn421.htm ⁷¹ (i) http://www.legalservicesindia.com/article/1687/Constitutional-Validity-of-the-Hindu-Religious-and-Charitable-Endowment-Act.html (ii) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/charge-of-temples-state-citizens-need-to-find-a-fine-balance-together/articleshow/82154364.cms ⁷² Viceroy and Governor General’s letter dated 3 Jan 1893, To Saiva Samayyachariyar, Thirugnanasambhandha Pandara Sannathi Head of the Madura Saiva Samaya Chariar Thirugnana Sambhadha Disika Swami Adhina Mattam in Madras. “I Hereby Confer Upon you The Title of ‘RAO BAHADUR’ as a personal Distinction.” மதுரை ஆதீன வரலாறு – History of Madurai Aadheenam - drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsfdTQkOXPWQAJxBmWKmpOn6WZJtecFu/view

arrests and appearances in the court.⁷³ Thus, the religious rights of Hindus to manage their temples and religious succession rights were by large⁷⁴ protected during colonial rule.

25. The British colonial era in India was brutal, wherein the government created several man-made famines that killed more than 35 million people in India by starvation and starvation-related diseases.⁷⁵ It was a silent holocaust forgotten just like much of the Hindu Holocaust. June 1918, the Spanish flue spread in India with at a scale and severity not to be seen again until the next 101 years with the onset of COVID-19 pandemic⁷⁶. The famines, the Spanish flu, the cruel-and-inhumane government policies had completely broken the backbone and spirit of the people of India. In 1914, during World War 1, the British colonial empire in India promised to give self-governance (Swaraj) at the end of the war like Canada or Australia with the status of "dominion" within the British Empire.⁷⁷ India supported the British Colonial Empire during the First World War with 1.3 million soldiers and vast sums of money collected from a country completely broken by the famines inflicted by the colonial government and Spanish flu. 11 November 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany abdicated on 9 November and Germany signed an armistice on, ending the World War I. Contrary to fulfilling their commitment of giving self-governance to the people of India, the British colonial government chose to reimpose the wartime era prohibitions on freedom of the press freedom of assembly freedom of speech and declared Martial Law.

26. On 13 April 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place. A large but peaceful crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar to celebrate the Hindu festival of Baisakhi (solar new year) which is celebrated in several states of India. A British Brigadier-General Dyer surrounded the Bagh with his soldiers and decided to punish the people for breaking the martial law which did not allow more than five people to assemble. He did not order the people to disperse, did not even fire a warning shot, he just ordered his soldiers to assemble at the gates – the sole entrance and exit to the garden and to open fire on these unarmed civilians. The troops kept on firing until their ammunition was exhausted – a total of 1656 bullets.⁷⁸

2712; order thereon 15 Sep 1880, No. 2240, "Under Section 641 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Governor-in-Council is pleased to exempt Saiva Samayachariar Tirugnana Sambanda Pandara Sannadhi Avergal, the Saiva High Priest of Madurai from personal appearance in the Courts of the Presidency." G. Stokes (For Chief Secretary) – மதுரை ஆதீன வரலாறு – History of Madurai Aadheenam - drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsfdTQkOXPWQAJxBmWKmpOn6WZJtecFu/view

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27. During an inquiry, Brigadier-General Dyer even boasted that not even a single bullet was wasted because he had surrounded all the exits. At least 379 people were killed⁷⁹ and over 1,200 other people were injured of whom 192 were seriously injured.⁸⁰ The people were left to die in the hot April sun for 24 hours. Those still alive or wailing piteously for water were ordered to crawl on their bellies on a side lane. There was an uproar during a colonial government commission of inquiry in the House of Commons which censured Brigadier-General Dyer, but the House of Lords did not only exonerated him but also praised him with some members of parliament addressing him as the man who saved India. Brigadier-General Dyer was awarded a quarter of a million pounds and a bejeweled sword. The Human rights of citizens were grossly violated during the British colonial era. Despite this, the religious rights of Hindus to manage their temples and religious succession rights were by large⁸¹ much more protected during colonial rule than after the upcoming era after World War one, when the colonial government created the Diarchal form of Government.

28. Diarchy is a form of government characterized by co-rule, with two people ruling a polity together either lawfully or de facto, by collusion and force. The leaders of such a system are usually known as co-rulers. Historically, diarchy particularly referred to the system of shared rule in British India established by the Government of India Acts 1919 and 1935, which devolved some powers to local councils, which had included native Indian representation under the Indian Councils Act 1892. This group of native Indian representatives were extremely intolerant towards Hinduism and started the destruction of Hindu temples. The anti-Hindu sentiment amongst the political circles that still prevail in the entire Indian subcontinent took roots during this era.

1919-1920. pp. XX - XXI, 44 - 45, 116 - 7. Retrieved 8 September 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (ii) Dolly, Sequeria (2021). Total History & Civics 10 ICSE. New Delhi: Morning Star. p. 71.

29. In 1917, following the Bolshevik Revolution⁸² the State of the USSR deprived the formerly official church of its status of legal personhood, the right to own property or to teach religion, especially in schools⁸³. During 1921 – 1928, there was another anti-religious campaign against churches and believers by the State of USSR, wherein the State terrorized certain religious sects with policies to deprive them of legal means of existence⁸⁴ aimed at the elimination of most religions and its replacement with the atheistic world view of the state.⁸⁵ Though the State of USSR never made it illegal to be a believer or to have religion, the activities of this campaign were often veiled under other pretexts that the state invoked or invented to justify State-sponsored religious persecution.⁸⁶ The Bolshevik revolution and developments that followed were much admired by several Indian political leaders of the time, some of whom even went to Moscow, and met Russian leaders to greet them following the revolution.⁸⁷ Similar anti-religion⁸⁸ laws were implemented in India during this same period. On 18 December 1922, during the colonial diarchy, the Hindu Religious Endowment bill was introduced by the government of Madras Presidency led by the Chief Minister, Ramarayaningar, to bring all religious institutions under State control. Ramarayaningar was one of the first native Indian Chief Ministers ruling the State of Madras Presidency under the Government of India Acts 1919 and the Indian Councils Act 1892. In 1925, the bill was enacted as "The Madras Religious and Charitable Endowments Act (1925)". Similar to the anti-religion campaigns in the USSR, wherein the State of the USSR made policies that suppressed and persecuted various forms of Christianity to different extents only depending upon State interests⁸⁹, the anti-religion laws in India, targeted certain religious communities more. Immediately after the Act (1925) came into force, Muslim and Christian communities massively protested, challenging the legislature citing that it was not validly passed, and forced the anti-religion act of 1925 to be redrafted. The act was redrafted as "The Madras Hindu Religious and Endowments Act (1927)" to be made applicable only to Hindu places of worship, it also excluded few other religious sects for which the State had a different set of laws⁹⁰ allowing these religious communities⁹¹ to self-regulate their religious institutes and temples. Some Hindu religious leaders, that had their religious institutes out of the purview of the Act, though expressed apprehensions on some of its provisions, also supported the bill.⁹² Religious institutes of minority Hindu sects, such as the Adi Shaivite Minority Tradition (ASMT)⁹³ that were unable to escape falling into the

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scriptures (Vedagamas). The most ancient Agamas - the Kāmikāgama, known to be more than 60,000 years old mentions that Ādiśaivites are born in the family of sages such as Kauśika who were initiated directly by Śiva (Paramashiva)

ambit of the Act were nationalized and forcibly brought under State control to be headed by a politically⁹⁴ nominated state executive officer called the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious Endowment Board.

30. The political leaders that ruled the Madras Presidency, such as Panaganti Ramarayaningar (1920- 26), during the colonial rule of India and such as Karunanidhi subsequently after the independence of India, had antagonistic views on indigenous Hindu culture such as Hindu feminism, Hindu worship of divine as Mother, indigenous Gurukul education⁹⁵, and traditional decentralized self-governance institutes that administered villages and temples. As the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, Panaganti Ramarayaningar banned the distribution of poems on indigenous forms of governance, Hindu education, Hindu feminism, women empowerment, and religious freedom.⁹⁶

The origin of the anti-Hindu caste system in India – a colonial-era census

31. The cause of Hindu antagonistic views of Indian leaders of the pre-colonial (and even post-independence era) such as Ramarayaningar or Karunanidhi can be understood by a study of the setting under which they grew. From the 1840s up until 1925, the Indian State under the colonial government evolved a pseudo-identity framework which faultily generalized the demographic census data into what was called castes, a Spanish word “casta”, used to mean a “lineage, tribe or class”.⁹⁷ This categorization of colonial citizens based on a faultily generalized identity that has resulted in violence is a global phenomenon as seen in the Rwanda Genocide which killed 500,000 to 800,000⁹⁸ Tutsis with total estimated death at 1,100,000.⁹⁹ The origin of this classification both in India and Rwanda was not native to these countries, but a colonial trope¹⁰⁰. The Rwanda Genocide that involved Hutu and Tutsi people, for example, was caused by a faulty classification system developed during a colonial census. The definitions of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" people have changed through time and location. Even during colonial times under Belgian rule, social structures were fluid throughout Rwanda. The Tutsi aristocracy or elite was distinguished from Tutsi commoners, and wealthy Hutu were often indistinguishable from upper-class Tutsi. When the Belgian colonists conducted censuses, they wanted to identify the people throughout Rwanda-Burundi according to a simple classification scheme. They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows (a sign of wealth) or with the physical feature of a longer nose, or a longer neck, commonly associated with the Tutsi. The Hutu and Tutsi spoke the same language, practiced the same religion, and participated in the same government, and having lived together for at least 400

immediately after the creation of the world, and therefore they are qualified to undertake all the rites as prescribed in the āgamas, such as consecration, installation in the temple, worship in public and expounding the āgamas (vyākhyāna). The Kāraṇāgama and the Santānāgama also state that only the Ādiśaiva is qualified to do these customary rites. The Adishaivas run and administer ancient temples and monasteries, some of which are more than 3000 years old.

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years, had considerable intermingling and intermarrying, such that ethnographers claim that the two groups "cannot be called distinct ethnic groups".¹⁰¹ Rather, the two terms in the contemporary setting merely referred to a colonial pseudo-identity framework in which the Hutu were primarily farmers and the Tutsi were primarily herdsmen.¹⁰² In a similar way, until the colonialization of India, the word caste in the present context was unknown to not just India but also the world. Until 1569, the Spanish word casta implying "lineage, tribe or class", did not even exist in English¹⁰³, and was used only to describe mixed-race individuals in New Spain.¹⁰⁴ In 1844, the word "caste" in India meant indigenous social structures that were seen by foreign evangelicals as "a wonderful institution" of guilds "merging in the wisdom and craft of man"¹⁰⁵. In 1871, the word "caste" was used by the colonial government to force-fit people groups in a pseudo-identity framework based on surname, appearances, facial features, etc.¹⁰⁶ The 1871 census data was used to create legislatures such as the Criminal Tribes Act (1871)¹⁰⁷ that made prejudicial negative stereotypes, which arbitrarily declared any person a criminal by the very nature of his birth in a certain people's group, or by his professing a certain surname. The Criminal Tribes Act (CTA 1871) deprived several people groups of their inalienable universal human right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty (UN UDHR Article 11). While the four Varnas that are defined based on Karmas (actions motivated by individual worldview and pursuits of life) and Gunas (activism, that is, number of active working hours per day)¹⁰⁸ are a form of self-declaration and subjective fluid¹⁰⁹ classification, and the 3000 Jatis are endogamous people groups with 25,000 Upjatis¹¹⁰ that include exogamous Gotra groups, the 1871 census and later literature faultily generalized¹¹¹ the 25,000 people groups into a force-fitted classification using the same verbiage as of four Varnas which was contrary to both practical indigenous lifestyle experience and written scriptures.¹¹² This faulty generalization is described by William Robert Cornish, who supervised colonial government census operations in the Madras Presidency in 1871, as "Whether there was ever a period in which the Hindus were composed of four classes is exceedingly doubtful".¹¹³ Such faulty generalizations coupled with

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bhavec-chudro brāhmaṇo na ca brāhmaṇoḥ॥” “If someone born a śūdra possesses the characteristics of a brāhmaṇa and someone born a brāhmaṇa does not, that śūdra should not be known as a śūdra, and that brāhmaṇa should not be known as a brāhmaṇa.”

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negative stereotypes were applied to various people groups such as to Hindu scholars and priests who were presumed to be nepotistic by the virtue of their birth, surname, or profession¹¹⁴ , and similarly, all Hindu monastic orders (Sanyasis) were presumed to be criminal by birth as per CTA(1871). Though the fight against discrimination, is a worldwide cause¹¹⁵, as much as in the Indian sub-continent, the faulty generalization of Hindu social constructs coupled with negative stereotyping of Hindu communities had a severe irreparable negative effect in multiple dimensions depriving various people groups of their basic human rights in front of the law by mere definition. The pre-colonial indigenous education system was widespread¹¹⁶ imparting education to every person even in the remotest village¹¹⁷, it was economical¹¹⁸ and inclusive, catering to boys and girls¹¹⁹ of all sections of society with as many as 70% of students being from impoverished communities¹²⁰ that now are recognized¹²¹ as OBCs, SCs, and STs¹²². The pre-colonial indigenous gurukul education system encouraged harmony amongst all social communities by recognizing the dignity of labor and respect for all professions, for example, the second verse from an ancient treatise on agriculture says, “Despite being learned of four Vedas (core Hindu scriptures) if a Brahmin considers agriculture inferior he is bound to be stuck in a cycle of poverty.”¹²³ The Hindu scriptures taught to respect each human being without discrimination as not just an equal human being but a divine manifestation of God - “Whether a woman or a man, a Cāṇḍala or a high-born Dvija, there is absolutely no discrimination in the Cakra. Everyone here is considered like Śiva (Primordial Hindu Divinity)”¹²⁴ . Despite the inclusive nature of pre-colonial indigenous education and fluid nature of pre-colonial indigenous social structures, the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, Ramarayaningar, a strong advocate of westernization parroted a colonial trope¹²⁵ in one of his most cited interviews stating – “What did the Brahmans do for our education in the five thousand years before Britain came? I remind you: They asserted their right to pour hot lead into the ears of the low-caste man who should dare to study books. All learning

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ensure “no one will be left behind” and to “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first”.

village, great or small, throughout our territories, in which there is not at least one school, and in larger villages more.’

1827), p.127, The Beautiful Tree, Dr. Dharampal, (ISBN No.: 81-85569-49-5 republished ISBN-10: 8175310952), page 26.

Nos.32-33), para 16. “The economy with which children are taught to write in the native schools, and the system by which the more advanced scholars are caused to teach the less advanced and at the same time to confirm their own knowledge is certainly admirable, and well deserved the imitation it has received in England.”

“Education of Girls” page 43

(ii) Ibid see also pg 29, “while the Soodras and the other castes ranged from about 70% in Salem and Tinnevelly to over 84% in South Arcot” (iii) TNSA: Revenue Consultations: Vol.920: dated 2 July 1822

groups of people in India that are considered disadvantaged and marginalized by the State of Republic of India.

शिवसमाः स्मृताः। वेदेऽपि स्थितमेवं हि सर्व हि ब्रह्मा चाब्रवीत् ॥१०१॥” verse 101, etc., Kularnava Tantra, 8th Ullasa https://archive.org/details/Kularnava/mode/2up

Language Review, vol. 101, no. 3, 2006, pp. 728–742. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20466906.

belonged to them, they said."¹²⁶ The dangerous colonial caste constructs as seen in the Rwanda Genocide are also the basis for depriving Hindus of their religious rights, marginalization of various Hindu people groups, and the destruction of Hindu temples and monasteries. The indigenous Gurukul education system were not limited to imparting spiritual and religious knowledge, they contributed a phenomenal volume of ancient Human knowledge and expertise, in various field such as State Policies, Politics & Statecraft¹²⁷, Law¹²⁸, Banking & Accounting¹²⁹, Architecture & Civil Engineering¹³⁰, Performing Arts¹³¹, Medicine¹³², Surgery¹³³, Botany¹³⁴, Chemistry and Metallurgy¹³⁵, Music¹³⁶, Agriculture¹³⁷, Astrology¹³⁸, Shipbuilding¹³⁹, Manufacturing¹⁴⁰, Food sciences¹⁴¹, giving breakthrough contributions to humanity such as – knowledge, and application of zero, binomial theorem¹⁴² (200BCE¹⁴³), calculations with zero¹⁴⁴, positive numbers, negative numbers, generalization of Fibonacci identity, Euler's four-square identity, Lagrange's identity¹⁴⁵, knowledge, and application of infinity¹⁴⁶ (300BCE), average values¹⁴⁷ (1150 CE), fractions¹⁴⁸ (628 CE), arithmetical and geometrical progressions, plane geometry, angular dimensions, solid geometry, simple, quadratic, simultaneous, and indeterminate equations¹⁴⁹, Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem¹⁵⁰, Madhava–Leibniz infinite series for the value of pi (Π)¹⁵¹, trigonometry, infinite series for calculating value of a sine function, Nilakanta-Taylor series (1685 CE), Govindaswami-Newton-Gauss interpolation (1670 CE), calculus¹⁵². Somayaji-Newton Power series (1660 CE), Madhava-Gregory's series for inverse tangent (1632 AD), astronomy, Velocity of Planets (Puthumana

marker seems to be the first known explicit reference to zero." ISBN 0-691-12067-6. (ii) पिंगलछन्दःसूत्रम्

Bhaascara, London 1817, p. 339 (online)

वधादौ वियत् खस्य खं खेन घाते खहारो भवेत् खेन भक्तश्च राशिः ॥2.18॥ अस्मिन् विकारः खहरे न राशावपि प्रविष्टेष्वपि निःसृतेषु। बहुष्वपि स्यात् लय-सृष्टिकाले अनन्ते अच्युतेभूतगणेषु यद्वत् ॥2.20॥ Bhaskaracharya's Bijaganita

Aryabhatiya

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Somayaji 1450 CE), Gravity (1114 CE), freely available organic antibiotic remedies¹⁵³, free and affordable¹⁵⁴ healthcare, vaccination¹⁵⁵ procedures, surgical¹⁵⁶ procedures including plastic surgery, etc. The State of the Republic of India however, considers indigenous heritage, knowledge, and acumen in poor light. In India, the interference of the State is not limited to Hindu religion and Hindu temples alone, but various fields like business and even science. C V Raman, the first Indian and first Asian to win Nobel Price, in one of his lectures about a series of experiments that required platinum, remarked that he had found his first sliver of platinum, when he, in a fit of rage against the government’s ill-conceived policies on science, had smashed his Bharat Ratna medal (highest civil honor).¹⁵⁷ Raman was outraged at what he felt was the government’s use of power to grant funds as a means to establish control over research institutes.¹⁵⁸ In his twilight years, he said in frustration, “My life has been an utter failure. I was the first Asian to bring home the Nobel Prize in the scientific field. I thought I would bring true science in our country.” Similarly, the interference of government on the economy was devastating, often termed – License Raj – referring to the red tape of the State that hindered the setup and running of businesses in India between 1947 and 1990.¹⁵⁹ During this era, based on political interest¹⁶⁰, the banking sector in India was nationalized. This brought down their profitability¹⁶¹ and viability¹⁶². Five decades later, the government was forced to pump in INR 2.5 trillion to counter the effect of several scams¹⁶³ that had resulted in a high level of non-performing assets standing at around INR 7.5 trillion¹⁶⁴. The government had also nationalized the airline industry. Before the nationalization of the airline company Air India, its owner JRD Tata would take interest in minute details like cleanliness and even clean dirty toilets inside aircraft by himself to set an example for his staff to follow¹⁶⁵, after nationalization over decades of destruction¹⁶⁶ the airline gathered a total of INR 500 billion in debt, with the

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Super Power. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. pp. 13 ff. ISBN 978-1-78063-224-7. OCLC 867050270. (ii) Nehru, S., ed. (2019). Economic Reforms in India: Achievements and Challenges. Chennai: MJP Publisher. p. 271. ISBN 978-81-8094-251-8. OCLC

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government determined to sell it off and privatize it again by December 2019.¹⁶⁷ Similarly, the government had nationalized various companies and organizations which over decades underperformed for various reasons linked to the economy in general and also because of red tape, and lack of accountability. The same is the fate of Hindu temples that were nationalized by the State governments of India. Madurai Temple for example used to offer Anna Daan (free food as a charitable service) to everyone irrespective of their status, religion, or caste. After State take over of the temple, not just Anna Daan several important services were stopped. In 1990, India faced a severe balance of payments crisis and as a part of a bailout deal with the IMF, India was forced to pledge 20 tonnes of gold to the Union Bank of Switzerland and 47 tonnes to the Bank of England and Bank of Japan and subsequently, liberalized the economy ending the red-tapism to some extent.¹⁶⁸ Despite the lessons learned from the past, several political groups in the State of the Republic of India, are determined to nationalize and usurp ancient wealth and gold of several Hindu temples and loot it in the guise of greater interest of the nation – the prime example being the gold monetization¹⁶⁹ scheme planned for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple – the largest collection of items of gold and precious stones in the recorded history of the world.¹⁷⁰ Though the State of the Republic of India got political independence in 1947, and economic liberalization in 1990, there is a long way to go, especially in terms of religious rights more so for minority Hindu religious sects.

32. The Hindu Religious Endowment Act (1925) set the precedent for several later anti-religion laws such as the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR & CE) Act, the policy of the incumbent state of Tamil Nadu.¹⁷¹ Even today, Hindu educational institutions, temples, religious traditions are subject to State subjugation and control. But a radical change was introduced in the legislation by way of Act XII of 1935¹⁷², through which temples could be notified by the government and their administration took over by the State Executive through the Hindu Religious Endowment Board.

33. 19 July 1917, at a conference in Coimbatore, presided over by Panagati Ramarayaningar, the four associations got together to form the South Indian Liberal Federation, unofficially known as the Justice Party.¹⁷³ A vast majority of governments that ruled over the Madras Presidency (and post-independence Tamil Nadu) were formed by the Justice Party. The leaders of the Justice Party such as the Chief Minister Panagati Ramarayaningar were known to vocally express their anti-Hindu

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prejudices¹⁷⁴ which attracted political leaders from other parties such as E. V. Ramasamy who was the President of the Madras Presidency Congress Committee since 1922. The Congress Party lost several elections¹⁷⁵ to the Justice Party, and E. V. Ramasamy left the Congress in 1925 citing discrimination.¹⁷⁶ Subsequently, E. V. Ramasamy joined the Justice Party. Anti-Hinduism was a major feature of E. V. Ramasamy's public addresses, this led to him being consulted by Justice Party seniors and in 1939, E.V. Ramasamy was declared as the head of the Justice Party.¹⁷⁷

34. Though Hindu Scriptures taught to respect each human being without discrimination as not just an equal human being but also as a divine manifestation of God - "Whether a woman or a man, a Cāṇḍala or a high-born Dvija, there is absolutely no discrimination in the Cakra. Everyone here is considered like Śiva (Primordial Hindu Divinity)"¹⁷⁸, E. V. Ramasamy like many other political leaders of the Justice Party and Dravidar Kazhagam stereotyped the Hindu religion and the Sanskrit language as intrinsically exploitative¹⁷⁹, criminal¹⁸⁰, and nepotistic¹⁸¹.

35. As per the colonial government data, the pre-colonial indigenous education system was widespread¹⁸² imparting education to every person even in the remotest village¹⁸³, it was economical¹⁸⁴ and inclusive, catering to boys and girls¹⁸⁵ of all sections of society with as many as 70% of students being from impoverished communities¹⁸⁶ that now are recognized¹⁸⁷ as OBCs, SCs, and STs¹⁸⁸. Despite this E. V. Ramasamy concocted several racist theories and delivered a

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village, great or small, throughout our territories, in which there is not at least one school, and in larger villages more.'

1827), p.127, The Beautiful Tree, Dr. Dharampal, (ISBN No.: 81-85569-49-5 republished ISBN-10: 8175310952), page 26.

Nos.32-33), para 16. "The economy with which children are taught to write in the native schools, and the system by which the more advanced scholars are caused to teach the less advanced and at the same time to confirm their own knowledge is certainly admirable, and well deserved the imitation it has received in England."

"Education of Girls" page 43

(ii) Ibid see also pg 29, "while the Soodras and the other castes ranged from about 70% in Salem and Tinnevelly to over 84% in South Arcot" (iii) TNSA: Revenue Consultations: Vol.920: dated 2 July 1822

groups of people in India that are considered disadvantaged and marginalized by the State of Republic of India.

massive volume of anti-Hindu speeches, such as claiming that historically in Hinduism education was fundamentally denied especially to impoverished communities.¹⁸⁹

The Genesis of anti-Hindu DK/DMK terrorist

36. In 1886 Rev. John Rathinam had declared that people who had been marginalized and discriminated against for practicing a certain profession or having a certain surname by the classification system used in the Colonial Government Census (1871) should declare themselves as non-Hindus and choose a new identity called – "Dravida" or "Adi-Dravida".¹⁹⁰ In 1944, E.V. Ramasamy created a terrorist organization from the Justice Party naming it as Dravidar Kazhagam¹⁹¹, a name chosen after an organization that had been founded by Rev. John Rathinam¹⁹² in the late 1880s. Subsequently, E. V. Ramasamy developed a bizarre alternate world history and anti-Hindu hate literature. For example, although the word "Adi-Dravida" was coined by Rev. John Rathinam in 1886 and never used on the planet earth before that especially in the context that it was presented, E. V. Ramasamy considered his racist ideologies as a fact, but at the same time, E. V. Ramasamy was of the strong opinion that Hindus were wrong to believe themselves as Hindus as the religion was imaginary and no religion identified as Hinduism ever existed on planet earth¹⁹³. In his Presidential Address at the Justice Confederation in 1940, he asserted that those who thought of themselves as Hindus should either be converted or declare themselves as "Adi Dravida".¹⁹⁴ E. V. Ramasamy preferred referring to Hinduism pejoratively as "Brahminism", a word coined by him to blame Brahmins (Hindu priests and scholars) for the discriminatory classification done by the Colonial Government Census (1871).

37. E. V. Ramasamy studied and authored a massive amount of hate literature targeting Hinduism. Even today the DK terrorists publish several of his books and speeches where they pejoratively refer to Hindu priests as money grabbers¹⁹⁵, scandalous¹⁹⁶, stubborn¹⁹⁷, fraudsters¹⁹⁸, black magicians¹⁹⁹, non-Tamil²⁰⁰, aliens²⁰¹, etc.

38. E. V. Ramasamy famously said, "If you see a snake and a Brahmin (Hindu priest) on the road, kill the Brahmin (Hindu priest) first." ²⁰² On August 31, 1959, he stated, "' Who do you hate? The Brahmin or Brahminism? What is Brahminism?' – for questions such as these, my reply is

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Brahminism came from Brahmins, and hence it is the Brahmins who should be annihilated. It is like asking whether you hate thievery or the thief. It is because one is a thief, one indulges in thievery. When someone says he hates thievery, it means he hates the thief, too, doesn't it? Thus, [my stand is] Brahminism grew out of the Brahmin and I am striving to annihilate the root." In his last ever speech, on December 19, 1973, he declared that he had been striving for a long to annihilate God, (Hindu) religion, Gandhi, and the Brahmin (Hindu priests).²⁰³ The hate against Brahmins (Hindu priests) and their marginalization from politics, government jobs, medicine, etc. caused an exodus from first to private-sector jobs in other states such as Karnataka and later out of India, particularly to the Silicon Valley.²⁰⁴

39. The terrorist organizations founded by E.V. Ramasamy such as Dravidar Kazhagam (hence referred to as 'DK') and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (hence referred to as 'DMK') engaged in various criminal activities such as assault²⁰⁵, especially for carrying Hindu religious symbols²⁰⁶. The DK/DMK have several criminal cases pending against them²⁰⁷ such as on 9 May 2007, terrorists of DK/DMK burnt three people alive²⁰⁸ with all 17 accused being acquitted by the court²⁰⁹.

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from the DMK (the political wing of the Dravidar Kazhagam) Karunanidhi with his son M. Stalin during his birthday publicly ridiculing a boy in a get-up resembling that of a Hindu priest.

40. On 23^rd and 24^th, January 1971 Salem conference by DK, E. V. Ramasamy and DK/DMK terrorists garlanded Hindu Deities with footwear, hit Deities with footwear, broke Deities, created morphed nude pictures of Hindu Deities, burnt Deities, and delivered speeches inciting hatred against Hindu priests, Hindu Deities, Hindu spiritual leaders, Hindu texts, and the Sanskrit language. In this

Tamil Brahmans." Comparative Studies in Society and History 50, no. 1 (2008): 170-96. www.jstor.org/stable/27563659 (ii) https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/tamil-brahmins-were-the-earliest-to-frame-merit-as-a-caste-claim-and-it-showed-in-iits/351539/

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conference, the DK passed ten resolutions²¹⁰ demanding: legalizing hate speech directed towards Hindu religion, destruction of Hindu temples, Deities and religion, destruction of the Supreme Court of India, conversion of all Hindus to declare Tamil Nadu as a State free from Hinduism by the time of government census of 1980, etc. The DMK government banned the circulation of any media journal that criticized these resolutions²¹¹.

Some archival copies of the surviving newspapers captured the happenings of the 23 Jan 1971 conference. (LEFT) A cartoon of the leader of DK, E. V. Ramasamy with a slipper hitting at the Deities of Lord Rama with Karunanidhi (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from DMK) clapping alongside the State police (CENTER) A journal published by the DK outragenously portraying Hindu Deities in a derrogatory and vulgar manner engaging in zoophilia. (RIGHT) Tamil Daily newspaper - Dinamani – dated 26 Jan 1971 carrying the news about the conference.

41. The DMK government acted on these policies of the DK, such as in 1975, the State absurdly claimed that the ancient ASMT language – Sanskrit – was a source of nepotism in society and thus changed the language of ASMT Temple rituals via a notification and altered the HR&CE Scheme in OA No.2 of 1973 dated 10 Oct 1975 appointing a government executive to control religious and financial matters of the monastery and associated temples. The DMK made several legislations to extend government control on the Hindu religion by extending their control over the already nationalized Hindu temples. The DMK government made long-term plans for enacting these resolutions, such as alienating the Hindu sects from Hinduism and rechristening them as Dravida DK/DMK compatible religions. For this, the State of Tamil Nadu headed by the DMK has been grooming Guru Maha Sannidhanams, such as the Dharmapuram Guru Maha Sannidhanam that are friendly to the party²¹² to declare Shaivism as a religion separate from Hinduism.²¹³ This is not unique to DMK Tamil Nadu and is similar to how the CPC has been grooming Lamas for decades²¹⁴. Like E. V. Ramasamy who claimed no religion named Hinduism exists, even in 2020 DK/DMK leaders make

s-1971-anti-hindu-rally-seems-to-have-had-more-sinister-designs-resolutions- at-meet-are-a-proof (ii) https://web.archive.org/web/20201028185149/http://viduthalai.in/e-paper/155527-1971----------------.html

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similarly absurd and demeaning political remarks such as claiming that the Sanatana Hindu religion was created 200 years ago.²¹⁵

42. March 20, 1938, when Germany was under the rule of the Nazi Government, E. V. Ramasamy in a magazine named Kudiyarasu wrote, “The Jews are only interested in themselves, and nobody else. They somehow contrive to have the rulers in their pocket, participate in governance and conspire to torture and suck the lives out of other citizens in order that they live (in comfort). Are they not comparable to the Brahmins who too have no responsibility but have the rulers in their pocket, have entered the ruling dispensation and been lording over (all of us)?”²¹⁶ Taking a note from the success of Nazi propaganda movies, E. V. Ramasamy inspired Karunanidhi (the future Chief Minister from the DMK) to make movies that would mainstream anti-Hindu sentiments in Tamil Nadu. Along these lines, Karunanidhi, a scriptwriter for Tamil movies, wrote several movies that as per his own admission to a newspaper, had successfully stereotyped Hindu monks and Gurus as “the hoodwinking of those adorning the sacred ochre robes (காவியுடைதாரிகளின் கபட நாடகம்)”, “brainwashers and destroyers of the life of illiterates (பாமர மக்களின் வாழ்வையும் அறிவையும் பாழாக்கி வருகின்ற,)”, “Swindlers of Money (பணக் கொள்ளை அடிக்கின்ற பகல்வேடக்காரர்களை)”.²¹⁷ Karunanidhi gave examples of such movies in the interview with the most notable movie being – Parashakti (பராசக்தி)²¹⁸, and others such as Valaikari (வேலைக்காரி) a movie with a courtroom scene that justified the assassination of Hindu monk²¹⁹, Tukku Madai (தூக்குமேடை), Swarga Vaasal (சொர்க்கவாசல்), Manohara (மனோகரா), etc.

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| | பராசக்தி (Parasakthi – Mother Goddess) | Jud Süß (Süss the Jew) | | Known as one of the most controversial²²⁰ anti-Hindu²²¹ movies, it has received critical acclaim²²², is widely celebrated, and has a cult status²²³ in India, it premiered on 17 Oct 1952. The film gave DMK the necessary stimulus to overthrow its opponents in elections²²⁴. The dialogues of the movie were extremely popular²²⁵ and memorizing these became a "must for aspirant (DMK) political orators".²²⁶ The film portrayed the main villain – a Hindu priest attempting to rape the female protagonist in a temple of Devi Parasakthi (Mother Goddess/Primordial Hindu divinity) with the stone Deity of Devi Parasakthi witnessing the rape as a mute spectator without protecting the victim in a very provocative²³³ scene. The movie is famous²³⁴ for its inflammatory and hateful dialogues on Hindu practices especially the worship of the divine as a mother. | Known as one of the most outrageous²²⁷ yet successful anti-Semitic²²⁸ films ever made, it premiered on 8 Sep 1940 received rave reviews, earning the top award.²²⁹ Viewed by over 20 million people when the population of Germany was about 70 million²³⁰, it was known as the number one film of the time.²³¹ The movie was successful abroad gathering 1 million viewers in France.²³² The main villain a state treasurer was portrayed as an "unscrupulous, power-hungry and a shameless seducer"²³⁵ of Jewish origin who raped the female protagonist, tortured her father and fiancée²³⁶. There were reports of anti-Jewish violence after audiences viewed the film.²³⁷ |

43. E. V. Ramasamy and Karunanidhi created an ecosystem of hate towards Hinduism, Hindu monks, Hindu nuns, Hindu Gurus, Hindu deities, and the Sanskrit language, which has normalized its existence in Tamil Nadu by its presence spanning the past ninety years. The most vulnerable victims of the hate targeted against Hindu monks and Hindu Gurus were the Hindu nuns – the Rudrakanyas and Devadasis. The DK/DMK owned media and terrorist organizations dehumanized Hindu nuns that worshiped Devi Parasakthi (Mother Goddess/Primordial Hindu divinity) as “witches”²³⁸, “prostitutes”²³⁹, “cult worshippers”²⁴⁰, (child) “sex slaves”²⁴¹. After independence, the State of Tamil Nadu passed legislation criminalizing the tradition of Hindu nuns.²⁴² This bill, stereotyped, dehumanized and marginalized the Hindu nuns by addressing them as prostitutes of Hindu Deities. The bill was opposed by Hindu nuns but enacted and made into law²⁴³ under the pressure of E. V. Ramasamy who had suggested the bill be introduced as a private bill to avoid confrontation with the Hindu nuns²⁴⁴. Colonial views on Hindu nuns were highly subversive, leading to their socio-economic deprivation and exploitation²⁴⁵, the Tamil Nadu bill reinforced the colonial stigma around the tradition undermining the human rights of Hindu nuns. Though a few hundred years ago, Hindu nuns (Rudrakanyas) administered all major Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu, as of 2021, not even 100 Rudrakanyas may be found in the entire state.

44. The control of the DK/DMK on the politics of the State of Tamil Nadu was profound. Karunanidhi has been the Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu - for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. Karunanidhi had started his career as a scriptwriter based on which several movies were made from 1947 to 2011. From his experience in films, he knew the art of molding public opinion. He imparted this knowledge to his elder sister’s son Murasoli Maran. Just like his uncle, apart from being a politician, Murasoli Maran was a journalist and scriptwriter for films. Karunanidhi’s and Murasoli Maran together groomed Murasoli Maran’s son Kalanithi Maran to develop the Sun Network Group (World’s biggest Tamil media conglomerate Karunanidhi as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and Dayanidhi Maran (elder son of Murasoli Maran) as the Government of India Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology provided the political patronage and several favorable circumstances for Kalanithi Maran to grow the Sun TV network and become a billionaire media baron. The Sun Network owns television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, and a movie production house.

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of at least ‘17 women devotees were pulled’ in public, at seven places his Brahmacharis were thrashed and the Ashram call centre received about 300 phone calls for prostitution.” https://www.deccanherald.com/content/152493/cid-report- stolen-says-nithyananda.html

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Other Half of the Coconut: Women Writing Self-respect History. Zubaan. p. 100. ISBN 978-8186706503.

(ii) Iyer, L.A.K, Devadasis in South India: Their Traditional Origin And Development, Man in India, Vol.7, No. 47, 1927. (iii) V.Jayaram. "Hinduism and prostitution". Hinduwebsite.com. (iv) "Donors, Devotees, and Daughters of God: Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu - Reviews in History". History.ac.uk.

45. From 1996 to 2001, Kalanithi Maran monopolized the Television industry in Tamil Nadu through - Sumangali Cable Vision. During this period, Kalanithi's granduncle Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Kalanithi had realized the need to get into the cable distribution business to protect his channels' popularity and DMK's influence on the citizens of Tamil Nadu. Through Sumangali Cable Vision, Kalanithi took over existing cable television operators and established a monopoly in Chennai and other major cities of Tamil Nadu using State patronage and violence by DK/DMK terrorists. This monopolization was brought about using murder and street violence²⁴⁶. Johnson D Kennedy, president of the Chennai Metro Cable Operators Association, described this monopoly in an interview, "SCV and Kal Cables (a subsidiary of Sumangali Cable Vision) had the monopoly of the state, so the Sun Group channels became number one".²⁴⁷ With such monopolies, which still operate in the State of Tamil Nadu the DK/DMK attempted to establish an ideological monopoly in the minds of citizens of Tamil Nadu even when the DMK was not part of the ruling government. As of 2021, the anti-Hindu ideologies of DK/DMK are widespread through movies, television, and recently through Hinduphobic online web series. Through the cable TV distribution monopoly, DMK was able to exercise ideological control on the content of other TV channels.

46. The DMK is amongst the most corrupt political party in the world. The grandnephew of Karunanidhi – Dayanidhi Maran – the Government of India Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology from the year 2004 and 2009 from the DMK was involved in two major scams during this period –

(1) The 2G Spectrum Scam – which as the Comptroller and Auditor General (The federal auditor of India) report of 2010 resulted in a revenue loss of INR 1.76 trillion (US$26 billion) to the public exchequer²⁴⁸ equivalent to 30% of the GDP of State of Tamil Nadu²⁴⁹.

(2) The Telephone Scam – where the minster, Dayanidhi Maran, had set up a private telephone exchange with 764 telephone lines at his residence to facilitate illegal uplink of SUN TV data, causing a loss to state-run telecom majors BSNL and MTNL, with a larger misappropriation of State resources for the actual infrastructural investment for the lines, and gave Sun TV an unfair advantage.²⁵⁰

The daughter of Karunanidhi was arrested for investigation for her involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.²⁵¹

47. In April 2002, the daughter and wife of Karunanidhi had come to visit the ASMT leader – His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda – during one of the two-day meditation programs²⁵² seeking His blessings for healing her father, the DMK head Karunanidhi of some ailment. His Divine Holiness blessed and gave sacred ash, but while doing so upfront told them that the Hindu

temples in the State of Tamil Nadu were in an extremely sorry state because of the anti-Hindu policies DMK head Karunanidhi. Ever since this incident His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda was spied upon by the Intelligence Department Tamil Nadu State Police. In September 2009, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda had started a massive people's movement to revive Hindu temples where Hindu Deities were taken on chariots to more than 10 million people to bless them²⁵³. Karunanidhi was extremely wary of the meteoric rise in popularity of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda. On 30 December 2009 Karunanidhi had inaugurated the Chennai Book Fair²⁵⁴ and on the 10 January 2010, the last day of the book fair he inaugurated the Chennai Sangamam festival²⁵⁵ both attended by a modest gathering. However, just on the opposite side of the road²⁵⁶ of the Chennai Book Fair, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda delivered a religious discourse to more than fifty thousand participants who patiently attended the entire program sitting for more than 8 hours.²⁵⁷ A State Intelligence department officer attended the program and informed the secretary of His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda that His Divine Holiness was being officially noted in government intelligence records as the "largest crowd-pulling Hindu guru in the history of Tamil Nadu". From 2 March 2010, several attempts to assassinate His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda were made by the DK/DMK militants, compelling His Divine Holiness to seek refuge by 2018.²⁵⁸ In April 2021, the DMK won the elections and came to power the sixth time, and formed the current ruling government of the State of Tamil Nadu.²⁵⁹

The Genesis of anti-Hindu neo-Hindutva extremists

48. The civilizing mission was a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate the modernization and the Westernization of indigenous peoples, especially in the period from the 15th to the 20th centuries. The civilizing mission curtailed the civil rights of the native "subordinates". The world view of the colonial oppressors was such that they found civil rights and particularly rights of women in native traditions immoral and subversive, and they responded by criminalizing these rights.

49. This can be demonstrated through several instances. In terms of women's dis-empowerment, the colonial rule in India, disenfranchised women from their property rights (Stri-Dhan: exclusive Women's Wealth) and inheritance rights. Traditionally as seen in the case of Hindu incarnation Queen Devi Meenakshi, women exercised their right over the throne as per Hindu law by assuming the role of the "Pautrika" - a situation when the female offspring assumes the role as the political heir on a Hindu empire in absence of a suitable male heir. However, during the colonial era, the Hindu Queen of Jhansi Rani Laxmi was not allowed to exercise her rights over the throne, nor any female offspring was to be allowed to do so. After the death of her husband, she was not allowed to continue to remain as queen according to colonial law, as she didn't give birth to a male child.

(ii) Srinivasan, Vasanth. "Nithyananda and the call from Kailaasa". Businessline.

These examples clearly demonstrate that the colonial civil and criminal laws were meant for oppression and subjugation and not for empowering its subjects.

Deities of 64 Yoginis (a female monastic order) of Hirapur, Orissa, that were mutilated during the years of invasion carry the record of the actual violence also done to people, especially to the Hindu nuns and women, and not just what was done to Deities that were once worshipped.

50. The Neo-Hindutva political ideology was articulated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923 which today is the main ideological narrative for the right-wing political extremists in India. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar idealized a homogenized society which his proponents could easily subjugate. Savarkar identified the egalitarian principles of the Veda-Agamas (source scriptures of Hinduism) as a threat to his vision of political reconciliation of the entirety of the Indian-sub continent into a homogenized vote bank, over which his proponents could exercise exclusive hegemony.

"Europe is now four thousand years ahead of us. It has conquered three continents! If the Indian nation aims to be like Europe, it should close the 'book' of the ancient era, forget the supremacy of Shruti, Smriti, and the Puranas, keep them safely away in libraries and enter the age of science. Those old tomes are relevant only for telling us what happened in the past. But the science that is objective and experimental alone qualifies as the basis for deciding what is appropriate for today. Modernity contains the essence of all that was useful in past experiences, but the Shruti-Smriti-Puranokta cannot have even a speck of modern knowledge." - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Ideological father of Neo-Hindutva extremists)

"He (Savarkar) said that Pakistan's inhuman and atrocious activities like the kidnapping and rape of Hindustani women can only be stopped when we respond in a like manner (rape)." This leaves no doubt that Savarkar was advocating rape. In this context, prominent thinker Purushottam Agarwal says, "The rapist also hesitates in giving rape a moral status. With the idea of 'Sadgun Vikriti' (virtuous perversion), Savarkar put an end to this hesitation with a single stroke."

https://www.counterview.net/2018/08/indian-nation-should-forget-supremacy.html https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/veer-savarkar-thoughts-on-rape-the-enemy-hindu-muslims https://thewire.in/history/veer-savarkar-the-staunchest-advocate-of-loyalty-to-the-english-government

51. For Savarkar modernity was a euphemism for a kind of neo-colonialism - which is very apparent by his emphasis on the need of conquering three continents, which meant oppressing native Hindu traditions. Savarkar rejected the Veda-Agamas as they declared, “अहिंसा परमो धर्म”, meaning Ahimsa (non-violence) is the ultimate Dharma (existential cosmic law), which was not befitting his vision of establishing exclusive political control over the Indian sub-continent by a civilizing mission in lines of conquering three continents. The Mahaprasthanika Parva of Mahabharat shows how strongly Ahimsa (non-violence) is emphasized as the ultimate principle and why there was a need for rejection of core Hindu principles (Veda-Agamas) by followers of Savarkar.

Mahabharata 13.117.37-38

52. The modern counterparts of Savarkar have ensued a cultural genocide on native ethnic minorities which is a continued quest of political reconciliation and homogenization in the guise of “modernity”. The native ethnic minorities and traditions of Hinduism, their egalitarian worldview of inclusiveness of multiple gender identities, their principles of equality of genders, their dispassionate protection of women and children rights were the victims. The political proponents of neo-Hindutva, one which rejects the core Hindu principles (Veda-Agamas), use sophisticated media propaganda to realize their goals.

53. The spiritual head of the ASMT and two billion Hindus, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) Jagat Guru Mahasannidhaanam (JGM) His Divine Holiness (HDH) Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam has revived several female monastic orders of Hinduism which became extinct in the course of two thousand years of the Hindu Holocaust.

54. The ASMT explicitly rejects extremism of all types. The extremist militant elements are opposed²⁶⁰ to ASMT's stance when it comes to the rights of women²⁶¹, including otherwise marginalized Dalit women, and the rights of members of the LGBTQ+ and transgendered communities²⁶². The neo-Hindutva terrorists despise Hindu women in monastic and priestly roles²⁶³. The spiritual head of ASMT has publicly declared himself to be transcendental gender²⁶⁴ and possessing multiple

²⁶⁰ “Being gay is against Hindutva, it needs a cure,” BJP MP Subramanian Swamy (10 June 2018) ; Homosexuality not a crime, but against nature: RSS - militant wing of neo-Hindutva extremists (SEPTEMBER 06, 2018) ²⁶¹ https://www.nithyananda.org/photo-gallery/nithyananda-diary-30th-november-2018-nithyananda-peetham-bengaluru-aadheenam-uttamotam pictures from daily rituals of ASMT temples showing ASMT nuns performing temple rituals which are ordained for all genders as per Hindu scriptures but prohibited for women by the Hindutva extremists ²⁶² https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/transgenders-extend-support-to-nithyananda/articleshow/13159083.cms ²⁶³ https://www.newsclick.in/Hindutva-War-Women-gendered-face-saffron-fascism ²⁶⁴ (i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWsYdVulzq0 ; (ii) Saakshi, 30 April 2010, Page : 11, Title : I am not a man ; (iii) Times of India, 30 April 2010, I’m not a man gender components. The neo-Hindutva extremists see LGBTQ+ rights as immoral.²⁶⁵ The ASMT freely ordains women into Sannyasa (the monastic order), recognizes 11 genders, and performs specific temple rituals for gay marriage, as per more than 5000-year-old indigenous spiritual scriptures. The ASMT represents one of the most progressive ideologies and is a target of persecution by the neo-Hindutva extremists.

55. The Sanyas Sampradaya (monastic order) established by the SPH is unique in that it freely ordains women and allows women to perform temple rituals. Moreover, women constitute the majority of the senior leadership in the SPH’s mission, thereby establishing his vision of Hinduism as not just orthodox, but also highly progressive and committed to gender equality. The SPH has also ordained men and women from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Dalit communities which have been discriminated against and sidelined by the neo-Hindutva ideologies.

A media clip from 2018 highlighting exclusion of women from Hindu temples as a consequence of neo-Hindutva extremist ideologies who disregard Hindu sacred texts - Veda-Agamas.

crime, but against nature”: RSS - militant wing of neo-Hindutva extremists (SEPTEMBER 06, 2018)

56. The spiritual head of the ASMT and two billion Hindus, The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) Jagat Guru Mahasannidhaanam (JGM) His Divine Holiness (HDH) Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam has revealed that the Veda-Agamas (source scriptures of Hinduism) recognizes eleven genders and prescribe specific temple rituals to solemnize gay marriage, which is otherwise considered taboo in today’s mainstream Hinduism. Moreover, He has declared that He transcends gender and consequently suffered vicious persecution for his bold progressive stance on LGBTQ issues. By rooting the legitimacy of gays, lesbians, and transgendered people in ancient Hindu scriptures, He is single-handedly changing the LGBTQ discourse in India.

57. Because of his outspoken advocacy for the rights of women, transgendered people, and members of the LGBTQ+ community, the SPH has endured over seventy assassination attempts over the past decade, perpetrated by extremist militant elements opposed to progressive forms of Hindu ideology such as ASMT.

58. The extremely vulnerable ASMT female sanyasis (monks), who have taken vows of non-violence and chastity, have suffered a multitude of organized attacks over the past decade because of their visible advocacy of female empowerment in the face of existing patriarchal power structures. ASMT female monks continue to suffer violence at the hands of state police, state judges, and extremist caste supremacist militant elements, and extremist atheist anti-religion militant elements. The horrific violence even includes physical beatings, sexual torture, and brutal rape at the hands of bureaucratic officials.

The SPH dressed in women's clothing as part of a ritualistic expression of the divine feminine, during Devi Bhava Samadhi Darshan ²⁶⁶ as Devi Meenakshi Amman, during different occasions.

The SPH in early 2003 while giving Devi Bhava Samadhi Darshan

A depiction of Ardhanarishvara form of Paramashiva and Devi (primordial cosmic divinity)

59. Several Hindu temple rituals are traditionally performed only by female monks/priests, but the two thousand years of Hindu Holocaust has today left several Hindu temples with no living Hindu female monks/priests' order to perform these rituals. As alternative male priests enter into the

being (or deity) when He is radiating the state of Samadhi in an ecstatic, devotional, meditative state of consciousness, in a state of Advaita (Oneness) with Devi (feminine primordial Divinity).

Bhava (a devotional state) of feminine consciousness, adorn female clothes, and offer worship. One such example is the noon worship in Jambukeswarar Temple (Thiruvanaikaval). Hinduism allows male priests to continue and keep the tradition alive in the absence of female monks/priests. But this presents us with the alarming need for the international community to intervene and act now to protect the extremely vulnerable female Hindu monks/priests' religious orders.

60. However, the male Hindu monastic order is also not exempted from this persecution as they embody the same progressive ideologies on religious and LGBTQ issues as the SPH. The male monks of the SPH thus substitute the role of female monks/priests when required and are thus targeted by neo-Hindutva forces who see these religious practices as taboo.

Targeted persecution of minorities of Tamil origin in Karnataka

61. In 1956, different States of India were reorganized²⁶⁷. This led to the marginalization of people of Tamilian ethnicity in the areas, which were acceded to from the erstwhile Madras Presidency to the new-found Greater Mysore. The city of Bangalore, which itself was founded in 1537, predominantly comprised people of Tamil ethnicity in its demographic composition. Until 1991, people of Tamilian ethnicity formed the largest ethnic group in Bangalore Urban district. The 1991 census, for the first time, recorded a Kannada-speaking majority ahead of the people of Tamil ethnicity in this district.

62. On 25 June 1991, the Kaveri Water Tribunal, constituted in 1990, directed the Karnataka state government to release 205 billion ft³ (5.8 km³) of water to Tamil Nadu within a year. Karnataka issued an ordinance to annul the tribunal's award, but this was struck down by the Supreme Court of India. The tribunal's award was subsequently gazetted by the Government of India on 11 December 1991. Neo-Hindutva caste supremacists used this opportunity to incite violence for petty political gains. The very next day, Neo-Hindutva caste supremacist extremists of Karnataka called for a bandh²⁶⁸ on 13 December 1991 alleging partisan behavior of the Government of India.²⁶⁹ Leader of the neo-Hindutva caste supremacist extremists declared, "Cauvery(river) is the mother of the Kannadigas, so we cannot give the water to anybody else."²⁷⁰

63. The next day, 14 December 1991, the neo-Hindutva extremists allegedly roamed the streets of Bangalore carrying sticks, shouting slogans, beating up Tamil laborers. Businesses run by people of Tamil ethnicity, Tamil language movie theatres, and even vehicles with Tamil Nadu license plates were targeted. Soon the riots spread to the Mysore district and other parts of southern Karnataka. Tamil-speaking villagers were driven out and their property confiscated. A curfew of

Issue 1, 1956, Pages 104-115, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a054397

and services during the period of the strike.

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/05/world/tamils-are-target-of-riots-in-southern-india.html (ii) Dutta, Madhusree; Adarkar, Neera (1996). "Challenge of Communalism". The nation, the state, and Indian identity. Popular Prakashan. pp. 105-112. ISBN 8185604096, ISBN 9788185604091

one week was declared under section IPC 144. The violence left more than 17 ethnic Tamils dead.²⁷¹ More than 15,000 people of Tamil ethnicity were forced to flee the State.

64. Such targeting of ethnic minorities of Tamil origin continued over the decades, incited and multiplied by hate propaganda created by the politically owned neo-Hindutva media. In 2016, in another such protest, two people were killed. Sugata Raju, editorial director of the Asianet group

65. Around 3200BCE²⁷⁴, the Mahabharata war ended in the Indian sub-continent. At that time, at least 56²⁷⁵ nations in Asia gave shelter to more than 10,000²⁷⁶ Hindu communities and protected their religious freedom. Gandhara (Afghanistan) until around 600 CE had a significant Hindu population (more than 30%), which as of 2021 CE is less than 1 percent. Pakistan (Kushan Empire 1387 BCE and Maurya Empire 285 BCE) had a significant Hindu population (more than 30%) until 1025 CE, which as of 1998 was less than 2%. The town of Parshu²⁷⁷ in present-day Iran finds mention in ancient Hindu scriptures²⁷⁸ as a Hindu city. The five thousand indigenous people of Kalash²⁷⁹ (Chitral Valley, Pakistan), the only survivors of the ancient tradition in the region though separated over a distance of 10000 KMs, are no different from indigenous Adi Shaivas²⁸⁰ of Kashmir (North India), or indigenous Adi Shaivas²⁸¹ of Tamil Nadu (South India), or the Adi Shaivas²⁸² of Bali (Indonesia). Although Hinduism is alive as a culture, its political and religious legitimacy was wiped from the geography of Asia, as these nations got invaded by intolerant dictators. These invasions caused a genocide, where per estimates 80 million to 400 million people were killed through massacres, sexual assaults, slavery, and torture.²⁸³ Thousands of temples, universities, and

0362-4331 nytimes.com/2000/08/18/world/evildoer-kidnapper-tamils-hero-rolled-into-one.html

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8194321301 (ii) Nilesh Oak estimates the period as 5561BCE, "When Did The Mahabharata War Happen?: The Mystery of Arundhati", ISBN 0983034400

https://archive.org/details/SaktisangamaTantraVolIIIGaekwadOrientalSeries/page/n83/mode/2up (ii) List of 56 nations https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H7OJADdrFjrdI8nR5KMuc7sJkG6zXOob0K6X5wbmBno/view

their deities who are worshiped in Kalash tribe are similar to the Hindu god and goddess like Mahadev in Hinduism is called Mahandeo in Kalash tribe."

Academic. pp. 226 - 227. ISBN 978-90-04-31583-9.

libraries were destroyed. The ten thousand²⁸⁴ Hindu communities which existed by 3200BCE were reduced to three thousand²⁸⁵. The colonial era brought a cultural genocide by the destruction of the indigenous education system²⁸⁶. After the independence of India, the last refuge for Hindus, the Hindu temples were being destroyed by the State government departments such as the HR&CE. Various State governments of India have nationalized Hindu Temples²⁸⁷ and politically control Hinduism. The Supreme Court of India has made three judgments directing the State governments to withdraw themselves from the administration of Hindu Temples²⁸⁸. This has not remedied the situation and the State governments in India continue to control and administer more than 400,000 temples of the country²⁸⁹. Various State governments of India use vexatious litigations to take over Hindu temples, where they misappropriate temple funds²⁹⁰, misappropriate temple land²⁹¹, kidnap and traffic²⁹² worshipped Hindu Deities²⁹³, and destroy temple heritage and religious structures using heavy earthmovers²⁹⁴. Where a few thousand years ago Hinduism and indigenous Hindu traditions flourished in 56 nations spanning over 60 million km², post-colonial era, Hinduism in its glory survived only in a few cities, which Lord Paramaśiva²⁹⁵ (primordial Hindu Divinity) had declared He would always protect. To name a few of these cities – Kashi and Tiruvannamalai. The city of Kashi is several thousand years old, mentioned by various travelers and various ancient texts.²⁹⁶ It is said in Hindu scriptures that Kashi is Mahadeva's (primordial Hindu Divinity) capital, where the sacred Ganga River always flows, giving salvation to all, and the city can never be forsaken.²⁹⁷ The city of Tiruvannamalai in South India is another such city that Lord Paramaśiva (primordial Hindu Divinity) has committed to humanity to protect forever.

66. The lineage of Lord Paramaśiva represents the tradition of Gurus (enlightened masters) in Tiruvannamalai (also called Arunachala) starting from Paramaśiva Himself. The lineage of Paramaśiva prevails to fulfill Paramaśiva's promise to humanity to be an eternal guiding force through an unbroken lineage of living Gurus gracing from the sacred city of Tiruvannamalai. Aruṇācala Purāṇa - the epic history of Aruṇācala - reveals that then, Lord Paramaśiva appeared as an infinite effulgence of light (called 'Lingodbhava') in Tiruvannamalai to bless humanity with the

nation/young-angry-and-untouchable-indias-low-caste-threat-to-modi/articleshow/67589578.cms , (ii) https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/08/17/india.caste/

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which is the source of everything, and engages in five actions of creation, maintenance, destruction, delusion and giving liberation.

Br. XIII, 5,4, 19. Brih. Up. II, 1, 1; III, 8, 2., Samkhayana Srauta Sutra XVI, 29,5.

या नित्यं त्रिजगत्पवित्रतटिनी तीरे सुरैः सेव्यते सा काशी त्रिपुरारिराजनगरी पायादपायाज्जगत् ।।२।।"

promise to be always available in the three-fold form: (1) in the form of the sacred Arunācala hill - as the Jyotirlingam (A deity in form of a hill continuously radiates the energy of Enlightenment) (2) in the form of the worshipful Śiva Liṅga deity in the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai and (3) In the form of a living incarnation to continuously guide the people in the path of Enlightenment. True to His promise, Lord Paramaśiva retained His form as the Arunācala mountain, assumed the form of the Śivaliṅga called Arunācaleśvara, at the temple in Tiruvannamalai and is incarnating continuously keeping the unbroken lineage of enlightened beings in Tiruvannamalai till date.

67. Paramaśiva Himself, as Śrī Arunagiri Yogīśvara, established the Kailaasa Paramparagatha Ādi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetham Samrajyam (spiritual and religious kingdom) in Tiruvannamalai. In the great Hindu scripture Skanda Purāṇa, in the section named Arunācala Mahātmyam, Paramaśiva gives the promise to be eternally available in this three-fold-form in Tiruvannamalai (also called Arunachala). Paramaśiva spoke, "Even though I have risen as the form of the fire in the holy place of Arunachala, hiding that, I appear and shine as a peaceful mountain to protect the whole world through My Grace. I also abide on this mountain in the form of a Siddha (an accomplished perfect one) as Arunagiri Yogi. Within Me in the form of this mountain, there is a wonderful cave where all sorts of prosperity exist and shine forever. Know this".²⁹⁸

68. It is Arunagiri Yogīśvara’s Jīva Samādhi (final resting place) around which the Arunachaleshwara temple and the Tiruvannamalai township and city settlement have grown. It is to Arunagiri Yogīśvara, that the first worship is offered in the main sanctum sanctorum of the Arunachaleshwara temple everyday till date. Over these thousands of years, the temple town of Tiruvannamalai nurtured millions of enlightened sages and incarnations and protected the city and Hindu civilization from complete extermination. Several sages predict and foresee His happening. In the late 1890s, the enlightened sage of Tiruvannamalai Shesadri Swamigal²⁹⁹ told the mother of Mata Vibhutananda Puri that she would birth a daughter (Mata Vibhudananda) who would be the one to take care of "Appan (father)" (the next incarnation of Lord Paramaśiva). Ramana Maharishi³⁰⁰ (himself an incarnation) foretold the birth of the next incarnation of Lord Paramaśiva and told a local merchant Raju Mudaliyar and his friend Devaraju Mudaliyar that "Annamalayar (Paramashiva in the form of sacred Arunachala hill) will be born as your grandson and take care of Him properly." On 1 Jan 1978, Raju Mudaliyar’s daughter, Lokanayaki Ammal, gave birth to a son. R. Venkatasami Chettiar (an indigenous astrologer) and Tanjavur Swamigal³⁰¹ (a Hindu leader from Thanjavur) declared that the newly born child is an Incarnation and predicted the child will be a Raja Sanyasi (King among Ascetics) and was auspiciously given Lord Paramaśiva’s name "Rajasekaran". The same year, Mataji Vibhutananda Puri and Anusuya Ammal (paternal grandmother of the child) took the child to an enlightened Hindu master, Poondi Swamigal³⁰², who took the child and pointed at the hill repeating several times, "Appan (Father) has come!", confirming Shesadri Swamigal’s revelation. After Ramana Maharishi, the next incarnation of

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Paramaśiva in Tiruvannamalai was Yogi Ramsuratkumar³⁰³. Both Ramana Maharishi and Yogi Ramsuratkumar had declared that the child Rajasekaran was the next incarnation of Paramaśiva. In 1981, when the child was three years old, the 68ᵗʰ Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal and the 230ᵗʰ Gurumahasannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam Sri Thiruvambaladesika Jnanaprakasha Swamigal confirmed the divine birth.

17 July 1981: 68ᵗʰ Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal (left), the 230ᵗʰ Gurumahasannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam - Sri Thiruvambaladesika Jnanaprakasha Swamigal, Mataji Vibhutananda Puri, Yogiraj Yogananda Puri arranged for the initiation of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam into Balasanyas (child monk) and the observation of His first Chaturmasya (an annual pilgrimage and period of penance). Taking the 3-year-old Incarnation onto their lap, His Gurus completed the rituals on His behalf.

16 Feb 1988: On the auspicious festival of Maha Shivaratri, the 230ᵗʰ Gurumahasannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam Sri Thiruvambaladesika Jnanaprakasha Swamigal (left) appointed the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam (right), when he was 10-year-old, as successor pontiff or GuruMahasannidhanam of Thondaimanadala Aadheenam upon attaining maturity. This coronation was done publicly in Sri Arunachaleshwara Temple Tiruvannamalai, with all priests and devotees attending the ceremony. As per both, the tradition and the law, religious coronations need not be documented in writing – public declaration and announcement by the GuruMahasannidhanam were legally sufficient and per law has to be honored by the State³⁰⁴.

69. Enlightened Hindu sages and leaders of Tiruvannamalai, such as Isakki Swamigal, Yogi Yogananda Puri, Narayanasami Pillai, Mouna Swami Narayanasami, Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal, Thinnai Swamigal, Tiruchy Mahaswamigal recognized the child, Rajasekaran, as the incarnation of Paramaśiva.

70. In 1989, when the boy “Rajasekaran” was around 11-years old, Paramaśiva Himself, as Śrī Arunagiri Yogiśvara, who established the Kailaasa Paramparagatha Ādi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetham Samrajyam (spiritual and religious kingdom) in Tiruvannamalai thousands of years ago assumed a body from His Jīva Samādhi sanctum in the Arunachaleshwara temple and befriended the boy. Śrī Arunagiri Yogiśvara guided the child for nine months as His Guru and initiating Him as His disciple and into monkhood (Sanyāsa), adorning Him with the sacred saffron robe. Mātā Vibhutananda Puri (who left the body in 1995) who was the boy’s Guru (leader and spiritual guide) in the Sciences of Vedānta and Tantra, was a witness to this nine-month-long training by Arunagiri Yogiśvara to Rajasekaran.

“There can be no dispute that a nomination can be made by deed or word of mouth”, 1974 AIR 199, 1974 SCR (2) 74, https://indiankanoon.org/doc/307513/

71. 24 May 1994, a year before her death, Mata Vibhutananda Puri, declared Rajasekaran as Her successor to the spiritual seat of Arunachala Sarvajnapeetham³⁰⁵, Tiruvannamalai, by Guru Parampara (Guru lineage) from Isakki Swamigal, and gave the title “Brahmasukhi”through a formal initiation letter³⁰⁶. She built and gifted Him a small ashram (monastery) in Pavazhakundru³⁰⁷. Pavazhakundru is a hillock in Tiruvannamalai where Devi Parashakti (primordial Hindu Mother Goddess) had her enlightenment experience during one of her incarnations on planet earth.

72. In the year 1999, while Rajasekaran was wandering as a monk in a pilgrimage to the Himalayas, in Gaurikund, Kedarnath (Uttarakhand, North India), Mahavatar Babaji³⁰⁸ initiated Him with the name “Nithyananda” in a Kalabhairava temple.

73. 31 Dec 1999, on sacred banks of river Narmada, at Omkareshwar (Madhya Pradesh, India), Rajasekaran (by that time known as Swami Nithyananda), entered into an intense Samādhī³⁰⁹ and had a complete experience of enlightenment – and hence known with the title of Paramahamsa³¹⁰. From here, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda (Rajasekaran), marked the end of His pilgrimage, started His public mission to revive the Enlightened Civilization. 14 April 2001, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda inaugurated Ramakrishna Dhyanapeetham, Tiruchengode Aadheenam, Tamil Nadu.

74. 4 Nov 2002, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda inaugurated Adi Kailaasa Sarvajnapeetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam.

75. 12 July 2004, the second reincarnation of spiritual leader Sai Baba³¹¹, Satya Sai BabaBaba³¹², formally coronated His Divine Holiness as the successor of Bhagyanagara, Sripura Sarvajnapeetham.³¹³

76. 31 Dec 2004, His Divine Holiness was coronated as the 203ʳᵈ Emperor of Suryavamsa Surangi Samrajyam (Sun Dynasty).³¹⁴

the world leading the entire humanity to the next breakthrough in spiritual research and development. It encompasses several spiritual-religious kingdoms and Hindu monasteries (Mutt).

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the remote Himalayan regions of India, revealing himself only rarely to a blessed few – Autobiography of a Yogi, 2005. ISBN 978-1-56589-212-5.

Usharbudh (1986), Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali (Volume 1 ed.), Honesdale, Pennsylvania: The Himalayan International Institute, ISBN 0-89389-092-8

to Hindu spiritual teachers who have become enlightened. The title literally means "supreme swan" Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

260. ISBN 1438417330.

Zealand Journal of Asian Studies. 7 (2): 5 - 19. (ii) Kent, Alexandra (2005). Divinity and Diversity: A Hindu Revitalization Movement in Malaysia. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. pp. 37 - 39. ISBN 978-87-91114-40-3.

77. In 2007, the fifth anniversary of the Bengaluru Aadheenam (monastery), the spiritual mission of reviving Hinduism became global with its branches in 33 countries.

78. 23 Jan 2007, during the festival Kumbh Mela, His Divine Holiness was declared³¹⁵ as Mahamandaleshwari of Mahanirvani Akhada (largest apex monastic order) where great enlightened beings and incarnations such as Gautam Buddha (founder of Buddhism) had received initiation in Sanyāsa (monkhood). On 12 Feb 2013, He was officially coronated³¹⁶.

79. 27 April 2012, His Divine Holiness was anointed the successor and 293ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam of Madurai Aadheenam, by Sri La Sri Arunagirinatha Swamigal, the 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam of Madurai Aadheenam.³¹⁷

80. 27 Dec 2013, His Divine Holiness was declared as Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Atal Akhada (the oldest monastic order in Hinduism) by Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sukhdevanandji, the then incumbent spiritual head.³¹⁸

81. On 15 Apr 2014, The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was coronated as the pontiff (spiritual and administrative head) of five ancient Adi Shaivite Mutts (monasteries).³¹⁹

Kailasa Paramparagatha Surya Vamsa Panchanadikulam Sarvajnapeetham

Kailasa Paramparagatha Surya Vamsa Vedaranya Sarvajnapeetham

Kailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vaṁśa Chola Samrajya Sarvajnapeetham

Kailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vamsa Adi Chola Samrajya Kamala Peetha Sarvajnapeetham

82. In January 2015, a congregation of thousand Hindu leaders identified the enlightened master His Divine Holiness as an incarnation and elected Him as the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism.³²⁰

83. 28 Jun 2017, coronated as the Gurumahasannidanam of Suryavamsa Chola Sarvajnapeeta.³²¹

84. In 2017, a disciple obtained the Agastya Maharishi's recorded Nadi reading for the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda, which said, “Siva, has come in the

'Mahamandaleshwar' title". Press Trust of India (PTI). 14 February 2013.

11 May 2012. (ii) Notorized Affidavit dated 27 April 2012, by 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam Affirming Coronation of 293ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam (Notarized by Certificate number IN-KA93558783901437K) (iii) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12929265.cms (iv) https://www.oneindia.com/2012/04/27/nithyanandadeclared-293rd-pontiff-of-maduraiaadheenam.html

https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_13_2015

form of Nithyananda to protect this world. As the result of the penance of many crores of Siddhas, Paramashiva has incarnated as Paramahamsa".³²²

(LEFT): The SPH Nithyananda Paramshivam was recognized as an incarnation of Parmashiva by the 230ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam, which was corroborated with Agastya Maharishi's recorded Nadi reading³²³ and by matching birthmarks on the body of the SPH with previous predictions. The picture is from 2004 April showing the SPH's birthmark during a fire ritual ceremony. (RIGHT): The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam with the 232ⁿᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam in Jan 2015 in the ceremony where a congregation of a thousand Hindu leaders declared the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam as the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism.

85. Answering the prayers of two billion Hindus, who are perturbed by the destruction of Hindu temples in India which are seen as the last refuge for authentic Hinduism, on 31 December 2018, on the occasion of His 42ⁿᵈ birth star celebration (Jayanthi), His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda inaugurated and reestablished the Kailaasa nation - the only Hindu nation in the world to revive the enlightened civilizations of the 56 erstwhile Hindu nations which were destroyed by invasions over the time from 3200BCE. On this occasion, as per tradition followed since 11,000 BCE from the time of Devi Meekashi, His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda took a new name - "Nithyananda Paramashivam" and hence came to be formally known as - the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) Jagat Guru Mahasannidhanam (JGM) His Divine Holiness (HDH) Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam (hereinafter referred to as "the SPH").

Why the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism was targeted.

86. Jagat Guru Mahasannidhanam (JGM) Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam is the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) - the supreme spiritual leader and a role model to 2 billion Hindus. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam is:

• Ordained as the 233rd Guru Mahasannidhanam (Pontiff) of Kanchee Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham (Thondai Mandala Aadheenam/monastery) • The incumbent Emperor of Suryavamsa Surangi Samrajyam. • The 293rd Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam (Pontiff) of Kailasonnata Shyamalapeetha Sarvajnapeetham (Madurai Aadheenam/monastery).

பலகோடி சித்தர்களின் தவப்பயனால்,பரமசிவன் பரமகம்சராய் வந்திருக்கார்...", "Listen completely to the words, for Siva, has come in the form of Nithyananda to protect this world. As the result of the penance of many crores of Siddhas, Paramashiva has incarnated as Paramahamsa." (Complete text here)

Message from Former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Former President of India, Late APJ Abdul Kalam said thus to The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Paramahamsa Nithyananda during a meeting in Delhi, North India, when The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism presented him with a flagship book He had recently published:

"Swamiji, it is such a joy to experience your blissful smile. When we were children we lived blissfully, smiled a lot, and we were happy and fulfilled. But as we grow we lose our smile. Yet when I see you, I see you carry and radiate such a divine bliss. If I could ask you for something Swamiji, I would request you to spread the same bliss that you carry inside you to the entire world. If you could do that, I would be very happy."

87. For the past twenty-six years, the SPH through SHRIKAILASA has worked tirelessly to revive the ancient Sanatana Hindu Dharma (Hinduism) in its true authentic form, applying the principles of Hinduism for making the world a better place.

a. For 27 years, every month the Hindu ASMT community has served more than 3 million³²⁴ free organic meals in religious gatherings to everyone without discrimination and has served over 1 billion³²⁵ free meals in total.

b. The citizens and volunteers of KAILASA have saved millions³²⁶ of human lives through various disaster relief works such as the 2012 Thane cyclone³²⁷ and blood donation camps³²⁸.

c. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam has emphasized the need and urged the government worldwide to provide food, safety, medical care, shelter, and all survival needs to all human beings under their care, with absolute multilayer quarantine, until coronavirus is eliminated from planet earth including all different strains of the virus. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam has urged citizens worldwide, especially from regions severely affected by the pandemic to protect themselves as the topmost priority and avail these free quarantine facilities that the community has created, especially as home quarantine has failed for many and is known to be a primary reason for a large number of deaths in many scenarios.³²⁹ In May 2021, KAILASA opened its temple-monastic-community premises (Aadheenams) in India for providing multi-layer preventive quarantine as a free service for protecting people from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Irrespective of race, religion, caste, nationality, gender, etc., the service is offered

instances - (i) https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/April_17_2011 , (ii) https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_08_2012 , (iii) https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/November_10_2011 , (iv) https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/December_08_2011 , etc. every full moon day for past 27 years.

https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/April_28_2016 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/May_17_2016 https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/September_10_2015 etc (C) Anna Daan during natural calamities and disasters https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_02_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_03_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_04_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_05_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_06_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_07_2012 (D) Anna Daan during COVID-19 crisis aggravated by the lock down https://fb.com/1499333043578701 , https://fb.com/1504153646429974 , https://fb.com/1504152806430058 etc.

https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/October_11_2009 , (iii) Karnataka Flood Relief https://sriparashiva.github.io/kailasaarchivedwebsites/services-dhyanapeetam/pages/flood-relief2009-KA.shtml and Directly contributing to the Chief Minister's relief fund https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/October_12_2009 , (iv) Phase two flood relief effort (Mahabubnagar & Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh https://sriparashiva.github.io/kailasaarchivedwebsites/services-dhyanapeetam/pages/flood-relief2009-AP2.shtml , (v) Thane cyclone relief https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_05_2012 etc.

https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_03_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_04_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_05_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_06_2012 , https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/January_07_2012

https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/December_11_2011 etc.

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completely free of charge to all. For two decades the leader of the ASMT Hindu community, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) Jagat Guru Mahasannidhanam (JGM) His Divine Holiness (HDH) Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam had been creating sustainable townships (enlightenment ecosystems) across more than a hundred cities in several countries. Most of these townships such as the ASMT Monastery India, Bengaluru have been opened to offer multi-layered quarantine as a free public service with free food/accommodation, free internet to work from home (monastery). The ASMT community has seen a fair amount of success in these Preventive Quarantine centers with zero reported cases of COVID infection in the past two years and has already saved many lives.

d. The psychological health impact of COVID has become an extremely concerning problem that is particularly affecting the younger population more. There has been an increase in self-harm, self-sabotage, and suicidal behavior in the student community.³³⁰ Kailasa has provided free online meditation and yoga classes to reach out to people in distress who cannot avail of the benefits of Kailasa's COVID care facilities directly. These include powerful Hindu principles from the Veda-Agamas such as Science of Completion (Purnatva), and the Collective Integrity process. Science of Completion (Purnatva) empowers people to redress their inner and external conflicts, by identifying the root of thought currents that make them experience powerlessness, meaninglessness, hopelessness and replacing these with powerful cognitions and truths that remind them of their innate peaceful and blissful nature, giving them the strength to face life holistically as it comes. Likewise, the Collective Integrity process helps people stay together with Completion (Purnatva) and non-conflict as a collective group supporting each other. This is extremely crucial for the world today, especially given the fact that globalization of disease has made the world to be only as resilient as the least resilient country and person³³¹, particularly concerning for the highly contagious COVID-19 which has spread with scale and severity not seen since Spanish flu³³². These and many other processes and teaching from Hinduism, provide a psychological support system and empowering people for life. More than a million people worldwide have been benefited from these programs. Research on meditation has indicated that every minute of meditation brings a reduction in the crime rate.³³³

e. Prenatal stress has detrimental effects on both obstetric outcomes, fetal development, and the development of an individual later in life.³³⁴ Studies have

shown pregnancy deaths to have doubled in humanitarian crises.³³⁵ Humanitarian crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic increase the difficulty to access antenatal and general healthcare as well as cause stress to the mother. Pregnancy deaths in rural settings have doubled in May 2021, in urban settings, it is even more acute.³³⁶ Kailasa offers special care for pregnant women called En-pregnancy care which has benefited thousands of women worldwide. The service is offered completely free. It involves special meditation and yogic processes supporting pregnant women during both – the prenatal and postnatal stages. Pregnant women have quarantined themselves in Kailasa’s Preventive Quarantine centers to avail of this facility. Babies born in En-Pregnancy® care are born with extraordinary health, immunity, good weight. There have been zero incidences of preterm births in En-Pregnancy® care. En-pregnancy® births are known for blissful and painless birth experiences for women, which has been confirmed by the fact that (1) there have been zero incidences of epidural anesthesia in these natural deliveries, (2) shorter labor duration, (3) zero incidences of post-partum depression to date.

f. The ASMT community runs indigenous schools called Nithyananda Gurukul which offer traditional, religious, and modern education (Edexcel IGCSE) completely free of cost and is recognized³³⁷ for academic excellence and consistently having a significant number of children completing matriculation at an age lesser than the national average. Nithyananda Hindu University has a memorandum of understanding signed with the Republic of Mauritius for opening its branches in Mauritius.³³⁸

2008: Vedic Fire Rituals for world peace being performed by members of the Sovereign Order of KAILASA.

The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam directly working with the peace-keepers of KAILASA personally preparing food for the victims of the Thane cyclone. (2009)

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Meditation classes in local schools by KAILASA's White Om and Sovereign Order of KAILASA.

2004: Secondary School Students blessed to learn truths of life and learning and undergo powerful meditation under the direct guidance of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam (Ramanagara, Karnataka)

2006: Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam. (Trichy, Tamil Nadu)

2008, Karnataka - Engineering college students.

(Sept. 2006) The first confluence for world peace to honor the memory of those who lost their lives and of those who risked their lives to save others during the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

(January 2009) Peace march to unite people of all religions for peace was Initiated by heads of various, in Southern India

2009: Peace Walk by peace-keepers of the Sovereign Order of Kailasa. (South India)

Even with a fractured hand, the SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam engaged in selfless work day and night, inspiring the peacekeepers of the Sovereign Order of Kailasa to engage in selfless service, leading the nation of KAILASA by example. In 2011, the SPH had multiple compound fractures with the bone protruding out of the skin for which He underwent surgical insertion of metallic implants. The picture above is after the surgery, in 2013 when these metallic implants were removed as the bones had healed completely.

2006: A Monk of the Sovereign Order of KAILASA donating blood. On 2 March 2010, the same monk was beaten by neo-Hindutva militants while working in the kitchen.

2009: Representatives of KAILASA's Red Om handing over their collected donation for Karnataka Chief Minister's relief fund.

[27 April 2008](https://example.com): A Spiritual conference and meditation program led by the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam, and organized by KAILASA's White Om, was attended by millions of practicing Hindus. (India, Tamil Nadu)

88. For two decades the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam and the dark-skinned ASMT community of Tamil ethnicity have become a target of the neo-Hindutva hate propaganda in Karnataka. In mere five years of the inauguration, by 2005, the SPH had established the presence of His spiritual missions in 33 countries. This was commended and recognized by various political leaders at the State level, national level, and international level. By 2008, the family of the Chief Minister of Karnataka had become devoted to the SPH.

2004: The wife of the Chief Minister of Karnataka (S.M. Krishna) was a direct initiated disciple of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

The ex-Prime Minister of India Sri Deve Gowda taking blessings of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

2004: The SPH invited to address a gathering in a Church in Fremont, Quebec, Canada

27 Oct 2004: The SPH addressing Surat Conference of religion and enlightened citizenship, Tirvunannamalai, India.

2016: The SPH blessing and offering blessed sweets to a delegate of Muslim leaders, during Ujjain Kumbh Mela.

89. The universal acceptance and appeal of the SPH, not just in Karnataka but worldwide was unacceptable to the Neo-Hindutva extremists of Karnataka as his origin is of Tamil ethnicity. The politically owned media was directly complicit in the violence targeting the SPH and the ASMT community. From 2010 to 2018, several attempts were made to kill the SPH, compelling His Divine Holiness to seek refuge by 2018.³³⁹ Till 2019, demands for extrajudicial assassination of the SPH were publicly made by lawmakers.³⁴⁰

90. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam has strongly advocated for a truly secular and apolitical Hinduism, free from State subjugation. In contrast, the neo-Hindutva³⁴¹ terrorists aim to establish autocratic State control³⁴² over religion, bringing all Hindu temples and places of worship under their control³⁴³, subjugate Hindus, and homogenizing Hinduism into their vote bank using a pervasive and systematic campaign targeting indigenous spiritual traditions³⁴⁴, and their leaders³⁴⁵. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam the reigning emperor of 19 ancient spiritual Hindu kingdoms³⁴⁶ is a primary victim of neo-Hindutva terrorism and has survived despite multiple assassination attempts.

91. Although Hindus are the most peaceful³⁴⁷, with the least crime rate³⁴⁸, most educated³⁴⁹, highest taxpayers³⁵⁰, contribute the highest share of their wealth in charity, most non-violent even towards animals, have the highest number of practicing vegetarians in the world, are the most contributing religious minority of the world, yet they are the most vulnerable community to persecution in the world. Today the minority Hindu communities such as the ASMT have been orphaned by their respective governments and elected representatives. Their governments (such as in India) are persecuting them. Their Gurus are a target of State Terrorism and are being killed by the political militant extremists. Their temples, religious institutes, monasteries, religious schools have been destroyed by the State and militant extremists. The wealth that they donated in their temples has been looted by the State by diversion of wealth donated to temples into either government coffers or by being siphoned off by corrupt officials to fund terrorist activities. In response to this, the dispossessed Hindus from around the world who lost the right to practice Hinduism authentically in their own countries formed KAILASA - the world's only Hindu nation. KAILASA is the most non-violent assertion of religious freedom created by globally dispossessed Hindus who lost their right to peacefully practice their religion and have gathered to protect their Gurus and tradition from destruction by religious intolerance and anti-Hindu political terrorism in the Indian sub-continent.

(ii) Srinivasan, Vasanth. "Nithyananda and the call from Kailaasa". Businessline.

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92. On 2nd March 2010 SunTV - the politically owned media house of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)³⁵¹ which was the ruling party of the State of Tamil Nadu in 2010, made a sensational and repeated screening of a fabricated video purporting to show The SPH with a well-known Indian film actress. The video was later proved to be false: A Judge ordered the television station to run an apology for it every two hours for 7 days, and Hansraj Saxena, COO Sun TV confessed on public television as well as gave a sworn affidavit to a US court detailing the history and modus operandi of the blackmail and extortion and was jailed for the same³⁵². This did not remedy the damage. The State suppressed these facts from appearing in the public discourse and also from appearing before the Indian judiciary³⁵³. The State-owned and controlled television channels within a few hours ensured the television telecast of Hansraj Saxena, (COO Sun TV) was stopped; the ASMT has captured the video recording of the telecast and has this as evidence of the same.³⁵⁴

93. In March 2010, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had given a press statement where he declared the State government’s intent to take control of private temples owned by the SPH and other Hindu spiritual leaders (Swamis)³⁵⁵.

94. On 3 March 2010 the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, made a public statement inciting hatred towards the SPH and the ASMT community. This was published in several newspapers³⁵⁶ and cited by several media channels³⁵⁷ (see full Tamil transcripts³⁵⁸).

a. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu stereotyped and vilified Swamis³⁵⁹ (Hindu Monks) labeling them as "cheats (ஏமாற்றுவித்தைக்காரர்களையும்)", "imposters

nadu/story/232777.html ; economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/sun-tv-sees-renewed-interest-on-hopes- of-dmk-returning-to-power-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/52311579.cms

https://www.deccanherald.com/content/355108/bccc-tells-channel-apologise-airing.html www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/nithyananda-cites-us-experts-to-claim-videotape-is- fake/article2999685.ece https://www.ibfindia.com/sites/default/files/Star%20Vijay_%20Revised%20Order.pdf https://www.presscouncil.nic.in/OldWebsite/AR_Link/Index_of_Adjudications_2010-11_.pdf https://www.presscouncil.nic.in/OldWebsite/COMPENDIUM_OF_ADJUDICATIONS_2011-2012.pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mxZPV2Vqr5ZNmJKXcUVCzEznKqbLyaAZ/view

said, “Of late immorality has been rampant in Temples and Monasteries ("கோயில்கள், ஆசிரமங்களில் அத்துமீறல்கள் கொஞ்சம் அதிகமாகத்தான் நடக்கின்றன."). We will organize a meeting of the committees formed on behalf of the government and Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department and discuss regarding taking actions to stop this. ("இதை தடுக்க நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பது குறித்து அரசு சார்பிலும் அறநிலையத்துறை சார்பிலும் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள குழுக்கள் ஆலோசித்து முடிவு எடுக்கும்" என்று முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி கூறினார்).

himself has just issued a press release saying, 'Stern action would be taken against all the fake Godmen in the wake of this particular issue'. He also said that "the Tamil Nadu government will not remain a mute spectator to this entire episode"

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extended to Hindu monks in general. Similar in usage as the Tibetan Buddhist horofic Lama. (Lama, Tibetan Bla-ma

(பகல்வேடக்காரர்களை)", "brainwashers and destroyers of the life of the people (மக்களின் வாழ்வையும் அறிவையும் பாழாக்கி வருகின்ற)", "swindlers of money (பணக் கொள்ளை அடிக்கின்ற)", "despicable Swamis (கயமைத்தன சாமியார்களின்)", "hoodwinkers who are disguising in the name of devotion", "pushing the illiterate into a deep pit (இதுபோன்ற ஏமாற்றுவித்தைக்காரர்களையும், பக்தி வேடம் பூண்டு பாமர மக்களை படு குழியில் தள்ளுகின்ற பகல்வேடக்காரர்களையும்)"

b. The Chief Minister declared the stand of his government on Hindu monks (like the SPH), "my government cannot tolerate the despicable Swami's hoodwinking acts (கயமைத்தன சாமியார்களின் ஏமாற்று வித்தைகளை பொறுத்துக் கொண்டிருக்க முடியாது)."

c. The Chief Minister described the practicing Hindus who followed Swamis (like the followers of the SPH) as, "People who are deeply buried in ignorance who cannot still understand these or even if understood do not want to change (அப்படியிருந்தும், இன்னமும் புரிந்துகொள்ள முடியாத, புரிந்துகொண்டாலும் திருந்திக் கொள்ள இயலாத மௌடீகத்தில் மூழ்கியோர் நாட்டில், சமூகத்தில் இருக்கத்தான் செய்கிறார்கள்)", "those fickle-minded people who have fallen prey to these Swamis and destroying the society (இதுபோன்ற ஏமாற்றுவித்தைக்காரர்களையும், பக்தி வேடம் பூண்டு பாமர மக்களை படு குழியில் தள்ளுகின்ற பகல்வேடக்காரர்களையும், அவர்களிடம் பலியாகி சமுதாயத்தை சீரழிக்கின்ற சபல புத்தி உடையவர்களையும் இந்த அரசு வேடிக்கை பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்காது)"

d. The Chief Minister explained his stand on the practicing Hindus who followed Gurus like the SPH, "this government won't be a mute spectator, of those fickle-minded people who have fallen prey to the Swamis and are destroying the society (அவர்களிடம் பலியாகி சமுதாயத்தை சீரழிக்கின்ற சபல புத்தி உடையவர்களையும் இந்த அரசு வேடிக்கை பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்காது)"

e. The Chief Minister pleaded to the citizens, "those who really want these preachers to be eradicated should stand by and support the actions my government is taking (ஊருக்கு உபதேசிகளை ஒழித்துக் கட்ட வேண்டுமென்று எண்ணுகின்ற ஒவ்வொருவரும் இந்த அரசு எடுக்கின்ற நடவடிக்கைகளுக்கு உறுதுணையாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறேன்)".

95. In a similar interview, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi’s gave an interview in Trichy, on March 3, 2010, wherein the context of the SPH he said³⁶⁰, "Of late immorality has been rampant in Temples and Monasteries (கோயில்கள், ஆசிரமங்களில் அத்துமீறல்கள் கொஞ்சம் அதிகமாகத்தான் நடக்கின்றன.). We will organize a meeting of the committees formed on behalf of the government and the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department and

("superior one"), in Tibetan Buddhism, a spiritual leader. Originally used to translate "guru" (Sanskrit: "venerable one") and thus applicable only to heads of monasteries or great teachers, the term is now extended out of courtesy to any respected monk or priest. https://www.britannica.com/topic/lama )

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discuss taking actions to stop this. (இதை தடுக்க நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பது குறித்து அரசு சார்பிலும் அறநிலையத்துறை சார்பிலும் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள குழுக்கள் ஆலோசித்து முடிவு எடுக்கும்" என்று முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி கூறினார்)". On 12 April 2010, the parent organization of Karunanidhi the Dravida Kazhagam hosted a press meeting where the leader of the anti-Hindu terrorist K. Veeramani said, "Central and State governments should take criminal action against them. The crores of property they have earned through crooked means should be taken over by the government"³⁶¹. The fabricated video of The SPH became a political justification for the State government to implement and execute anti-Hindu laws and executive orders that destroyed all Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu over the next decade. Earlier on 5 March 2010, anti-Hindu terrorist K. Veeramani had given an interview where he said in the context of the SPH and other Hindu Gurus, "If you probe them, they will ultimately end their life in jail. Almost national criminals."³⁶²

96. Following the statement of the Chief Minister, the very next day on 4 March 2010, the State Police of Tamil Nadu, filed fabricated accusations on the SPH charging Him under section IPC 376 (rape) without mentioning anybody as a victim of rape³⁶³. The SPH continued to be hounded by the Police of three States³⁶⁴, the neo-Hindutva media³⁶⁵ , and the State intelligence³⁶⁶ for months. Within days, more than fifty ASMT temples and monasteries in different cities were attacked simultaneously and rapidly, some set on fire and shut down by atheist militants³⁶⁷ aiding the State Police³⁶⁸. ASMT Hindu Deities were desecrated and burnt. Billboards and banners of ASMT Hindu Deities which were hung inside or nearby the ASMT temples were also set on fire throughout Tamil Nadu³⁶⁹. ASMT Hindus, disciples, and devotees of the SPH were beaten. Hindu female monks of the SPH were raped.

97. On 2 March 2010, around 8:30 PM, the SPH was in Tiruvannamalai. A militant group headed by neo-Hindutva militant leader Shivababu came to assassinate Him³⁷⁰. Although the SPH escaped, his disciple Sri Nithya Sharanagathananda was beaten by the militants. The ASMT community living in the monastery was forced to flee.

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Nithyananda Paramashivam) was arrested, this examination could not be conducted as there was no victim then." https://www.deccanherald.com/content/429841/potency-test-legal-nonsense-expert.html

Report, 21:11 PM ; https://www.deccanherald.com/content/58601/rishikesh-seer-gave-shelter-nithyananda.html

months.

thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Mob-vents-its-ire-on-godmans-ashram-after-seeing-TV-footage/article16475135.ece www.oneindia.com/2010/03/06/swami-nithyananda-is-in-kumbh-mela-sex-scandal.html Full list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vXQ5VMeaXHAstKQ0aKjLneGFQxX0og6dejOugjzVlSyQ/edit

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98. 3 March 2010, Salem, twenty policemen forcibly evicted the residents of the monastery³⁷¹. Subsequently, the police brought militants in police jeeps who vandalized the monastery, desecrated deities, beat male, female, and even elderly monks. A female monk was violently assaulted and raped by militants. She was dragged down the stairs from the second floor causing her spinal injuries and lifelong acute spinal pain.

99. The attacks were planned and not spontaneous. In certain instances, Sun TV premeditated and executed the violence.

On 3 March 2010, around 11 AM, Sun TV aired a piece of news portraying that the Porasapalayam ASMT Ayurvedic Hospital and Temple near Namakkal was set on fire. Around 12:30 PM an acquainted policeman Inspector Ishwar Murthy rushed to the Hospital and enquired and found the hospital to be perfectly safe. At around 1 PM, Sun News reporters with cameras showed up at the hospital and started filming the place. When asked by the founder in charge Dr. S Chandran (Sri Nithya Sarvananda), why their channel was portraying that the hospital had been set on fire and the temple was being vandalized (when in reality it wasn’t), the reporters looked embarrassed and could not give any explanation. All they said was that they were late to arrive at the scene as their van had got punctured. The next day, 4 March 2010 media reported that no untoward incidents happened as the ASMT Ayurvedic Hospital and Temple had police protection³⁷². In 2012 the Chief Operations Officer of Sun TV gave a television interview accepting that the channel manufactured fake news to target the SPH³⁷³. Later in 2014, he reiterated this statement in an affidavit to a US court³⁷⁴.

100. ASMT Temple’s administrators, devotees, disciples, center-in-charges were threatened by government departments and police with malicious prosecution and vexatious litigations (lawfare). In a matter of six days, from 5th to 11th March 2010, three vexatious litigations from three different locations (Puducherry³⁷⁵, Sriperumbudur³⁷⁶, Coimbatore³⁷⁷) were filed against the SPH with the same fabricated accusations of IPC295A “hurting of religious sentiments” from multiple third-parties. Dr. S Chandran (Sri Nithya Sarvananda), founder of the Namakkal ASMT Temple and Hospital was threatened by the police with malicious prosecution under section IPC295A, fearing which he filed an anticipatory bail³⁷⁸ petition in Madras High Court which was rejected. Finally, he, like many other regional heads, had to shut down his temple to avoid persecution by the government.

people who stayed in the ashrams owned by Swami Nithyananda (நித்யானந்தாவுக்கு சொந்தமாக மாநிலம் முழுவதும் உள்ள ஆசிரமங்களில் தங்கியிருந்தவர்களை, போலீசார் அதிரடியாக வெளியேற்றியுள்ளனர்), full translation - docs.google.com/document/d/1f7CEsZDNw5Tl8wJX3fckhmEGqOyESHgy7GgXJiai8vo (ii) 4 March 2010 Dinakaran - Page 4,15

of Dharmaraja Hansraj Saxena https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxdhe28M7ijWSmRUQzYwUzBFTEU/view

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101. 2 March 2010, Sirkazhi, around 8:30 PM the in charge of Sadanandapuram ASMT Temple, Kannan saw the news of all ASMT temples being vandalized and set ablaze. The news even mentioned that Sirkazhi Temple had been set on fire. This was the very place where he was watching this news. He went outside and confirmed that everything was normal. He moved his children to a neighbor's house for safety. The news had spread rumors that the SPH could be around Sirkazhi. Later that night, on 3 March, by 1:30 AM, a group of four militants came and attacked the temple. They tore and set ablaze the billboards and banners of ASMT Hindu Deities which were hung outside and even broke the compound wall boundary of the temple.³⁷⁹ The police refused to register any complaint.

102. 3rd March 2010 the Eambalam Pondicherry monastery was ransacked and vandalized the in presence of the police which was shown on television³⁸⁰. The devotees and monks were beaten. The police refused to register any formal complaint. 4th March 2010, around 6 PM the SPH came to the Eambalam monastery. The militants received this information and attacked again, at 8:30 PM. The Sabha (meditation and worship hall), a thatched roof structure where the SPH was staying, was set on fire. The SPH managed to escape.

103. Some ASMT Temples were based in houses of devotees, even these were set on fire. On 4 March 2010, Rasipuram, an old-aged female devotee's thatched house was set on fire³⁸¹ by DMK militants. The old lady was locked inside and fainted in the smoke. She was rescued by her neighbors. The Police refused to register any complaint.

104. 3rd March 2010, Thovalai, Kanyakumari - ASMT Hindu Deities were broken with hammers, this was aired live and reported in newspapers³⁸².

105. In several cities and towns, the militants burnt ASMT Hindu Deities and gave inflammatory speeches demanding the assassination of the SPH and attacks on his followers. Such demonstrations in Kanchipuram, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, and Hosur were reported in the media³⁸³.

106. The attacks mentioned so far are only the ones that happened during the first week from 3 March 2010 and speak of the attacks that took place in Tamil Nadu. The atrocities done on the SPH and the ASMT community is far more than what was just mentioned. Over the years, several fabricated accusations made against the SPH and the community were proven false. In some cases, the courts also termed litigations targeting the SPH as 'abuse of process of court', 'done with mala fide intention'³⁸⁴. These court verdicts that were in favor of the SPH and the ASMT community did not remedy the damage and prevent further persecution. The State government departments such as the HR&CE and police and state proxy militants continued their attacks. The hate propaganda

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politically owned media normalized³⁸⁵ the society and even judges such that there continues to be widespread prejudice against the SPH and the ASMT community even today.

107. 29 Dec 2010, the SPH and the ASMT community had gathered in His birthplace, Tiruvannamalai to offer prayers at the Arunachaleshwara Temple. Militants of DMK and CPI(M) carrying black flags³⁸⁶ surrounded the SPH and His disciples. The militants threatened the ASMT community and the SPH, “If you (the SPH) enter the temple we will kill you.” The disciples tried to protect the SPH and were brutally assaulted. Two militants raped a female monk. The principal of His gurukul school (Rishi Sri Nithya Advaitananda) was one among those who were beaten owing to which he continues to suffer severe back pain to date. The police refused to accept any complaints from the ASMT community.

108. 9 Jan 2012, Madurai: The SPH was in Madurai to inaugurate an ASMT temple, meditation, and yoga center. An armed mob of neo-Hindutva extremists attacked. The militants broke the doors of the SPH's car. The SPH managed to escape safely. The militants kept the monks hostage for several hours. This happened in the presence of the police.

109. On 12 Jan 2012, Rajapalayam ASMT Temple (Virudhunagar district) land (Survey number 385B/11) was illegally confiscated by neo-Hindutva extremists. The temple land grabbers sacrilegiously removed the ASMT Hindu worship altars and objects. 108 herbal trees were chopped off. ASMT deities, pictures of deities, religious books were burnt. Agricultural electrical pump sets and motors were removed, electrical lines were removed, lights were broken. The government electricity department officials were unlawfully coerced by militants to change the electric connections, which they refused to comply with. The militants coerced the local panchayat (the lowest unit of self-governance in India) to accept their unlawful confiscation of the temple and land, which the local panchayat refused. The militants blocked the road to the temple using heavy earth movers and captured the land. Ever since 2012 up until 2021, the militants have continued to forcibly claim possession of the land. Complaints to the Police have not remedied the situation. On 12 January 2012, the neo-Hindutva and anti-Hindu atheist militants physically assaulted the ASMT monk Sri Nithya Tattvabhothananda³⁸⁷. Rajapalyam was very peaceful and ASMT monks were able to freely practice their religion, conduct meditation classes, and mass prayers until 2010 when the doctored video was released and the Chief Minister Karunanidhi made inflammatory statements and false accusations against the ASMT and the SPH. This was the case everywhere in Tamil Nadu.

110. On 4 Feb 2012, Seithur town, 38-acre ASMT temple land was illegally grabbed. The organic herbal farm was destroyed by the landgrabbers. The land grabbers removed the temple billboard and placed their own, renaming the place as - GV Farms. The living quarters of the monks were

destroyed. The police refused to register a formal complaint but recorded the crime in their register³⁸⁸.

111. The Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchi Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham³⁸⁹ Thondaimandala Adheenam (referred to as Thondaimandala Adheenam subsequently) is one of the oldest spiritual kingdoms established by Lord Paramaśiva³⁹⁰ (primordial Hindu Divinity), in the form of His incarnation Adi Nathar, and was revived 5000 years ago, with its capital as the City of Kanchipuram. As per Hindu history, Lord Paramaśiva (primordial Hindu Divinity), taught the source scripture - Śrimad Kāmikā Āgama to His consort Devī Parvāti as Her incarnation Kanchi Kamachi here under a sacred tree at the present-day Ekambareshwarar temple. The lineage of Thondaimandala was started by Lord Paramaśiva (primordial Hindu Divinity) in form of His incarnation Ekambaranathar and Devī Parvāti in form of Her incarnation Kanchi Kamachi directly beginning with Thiru Nandi Thevar, followed by a lineage of disciples, named as Sanatkumara, Sathiya Gnana Darisanikal, Paranjothi Munivar, Meikanda Thevar, Sitrambala Nadigal, and finally, Gnana Prakasar who became the first Gurumahasannidham of the Thondaimandala Aadheenam. The Gurumahasannidham of the Thondaimandala Adheenam coronated all the kings and regents of the Chola empire – a Tamil thalassocracy, that was one of the longest-ruling³⁹¹ dynasties in the world's history, dating to at least 3ʳᵈ century BCE. Bodhidharma³⁹² the founder of Zen Buddhism (a branch of Mahayana Buddhism like Tibetan Buddhism) was the third son of a Pallava king from Kanchipuram. Bodhidharma was trained and initiated in Thondaimandala Aadheenam and took the teachings of Hinduism spreading them in China, which later fused with Buddhist traditions and became Zen Buddhism. Thondaimandala Guru Maha Sannidhanams are called as Jnanaprakasha. Both the word “Jnanaprakasha” and the word “Bodhi” (from Bodhidharma) have the same meaning – “light of knowledge” and have the same Sanskrit Dhatu³⁹³ also. Thondaimandala Aadheenam with its capital at Kanchipuram was an important seat of knowledge and interpath dialogue, visited by various Hindu and Buddhist Chinese travelers such as Xuanzang.³⁹⁴

the world leading the entire humanity to the next breakthrough in spiritual research and development. It encompasses several spiritual-religious kingdoms and Hindu monasteries (Mutt).

which is the source of everything, and engages in five actions of creation, maintenance, destruction, delusion and giving liberation.

monarchs from ancient times to the present. Crown. p. 396. (ii) Ma. Iḷe Taṅkappā, Ā. Irā Vēṅkaṭācalapati. Red Lilies and Frightened Birds. Penguin Books India, 2011. p. xii. (iii) Thorpe, Edgar; Thorpe, Showick (2016). The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2017. Pearson Education India. p. C.26.

Translation

112. It is the age-old customs, traditions, and practices³⁹⁵ in all the Shaiva Aadheenams³⁹⁶ in Tamil Nadu that the incumbent Guru Mahasannidhanam³⁹⁷ appoints His successor based on his spiritual qualifications and divine insight and guidance. These ASMT customs, traditions, and practices of the Aadheenams are documented in historical records of trust procedures³⁹⁸, which are the authoritative reference used to decide on religious matters during the colonial era and presently also. These practices cannot at all be interfered with by neither the legislature, judiciary nor the executive. As per these well-documented, ancient procedures, followed for thousands of years, the sole authority and power to appoint the successor is vested in the incumbent pontiff.³⁹⁹ For thousands of years, GuruMahasannidham has identified and coronated their successors.

113. 5 Aug 1893, the 225ᵗʰ Guru MahaSannidhanam of Thondaimandala Adheenam executed a will which was duly probated in OP No.53 of 1894 by the Madras High Court. As per the will the 225ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam appointed Thiru Thirugnanasambanda Murthy who was then eleven years (minor) as His successor. Until the child became a major, zamindar⁴⁰⁰ Muthukumarasamy Mudaliar and others were nominated as executors for managing the affairs of the Aadheenam. 11 Aug 1894, the 225ᵗʰ Guru MahaSannidhanam attained Paripoornam. During the period from 1894 to 1899, the Aadheenam was under the management and administration of the Executors. 1899, on attaining majority (in age) the 226ᵗʰ Thiru Thirugnanasambanda Murthy took over as the Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam. Similarly, on 11 Aug 1924, the 226ᵗʰ Guru MahaSannidhanam of Thondaimandala Adheenam executed a will wherein He appointed Thirupandi Kodumudi Ekambaram (minor) as His successor. Until the minor attained majority, the Aadheenam was managed by the Executor Thiru K. Viswanatha Mudaliar and others. 28 Sept 1924, the 226ᵗʰ Maha Sannidhanam attained Paripoornam. This was the succession process of the Aadheenams

114. In 1927, “The Madras Hindu Religious and Endowments Act (1927)” was enacted and made applicable only to Hindu places of worship. Some Hindu religious leaders managed to have their religious institutions out of the purview of the Act.⁴⁰¹ The 227ᵗʰ Guru Mahasannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam was around thirteen years of age during the enactment of this law, and the 226ᵗʰ Guru Mahasannidhanam had passed away three years prior. Religious institutions,

procedure of appointment of Guru Mahasannidhanam, that was followed since the time of Koon Pandiyan (Arikesari Maravarman). (Madurai mother document page 13).

authority of a Hindu nation that upholds the integrity of the entire nation to the constitution - the Vedagamas. It administers mutts (monasteries) and temples, Gurukuls (schools) and universities of the nation.

the nation's Aadheenam, He is the supreme Guru and constitutional head of a Hindu nation. The coronation of the king (executive head of the nation) was done by the Guru Mahasannidhanam.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2czPjM09619SzFtT0JRRkF4Nms/view, notarized English translation https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ffd0i_ucQVcXJ5a09aZGZMd0J振兴5JSEhus25rRVICQIZj/view , as per section “4. Particulars of important customs and usages pertaining to the institution” and as per section “2. Particulars of the scheme of adminstration which refers to government scheme R 5822.60 dated 29/Nov/1960”

“There can be no dispute that a nomination can be made by deed or word of mouth”, 1974 AIR 199, 1974 SCR (2) 74, https://indiankanoon.org/doc/307513/

Charitram (PDF). Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. p. 48. (Original pdf link, Alternate link)

of minority Hindu sects, such as the ASMT Thondaimala Aadheenam were unable to escape falling into the ambit of the Act were nationalized and forcibly brought under State control to be headed by a politically⁴⁰² nominated state executive officer called the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious Endowment Board.

115. Until November 1932, the administration and management of the Aadheenam were under the control of executors as the successor pontiff appointed under the will had not attained majority (in age). 21 Nov 1932, on attaining majority Kodumudi Ekambara Swamigal took charge and became the 227ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the Thondaimandala Aadheenam till 5 Aug 1946.

116. The State HR&CE claimed that during the tenure of the 227ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam, the Aadheenam was not properly managed. On 17 Jan 1946, the State HR&CE Department used this as a justification to create a scheme under which the management and administration of the Aadheenam were controlled by a manager appointed by the Board, by divesting the powers of Guru Maha Sannidhanam. The 227ᵗʰ Guru MahaSannidhanam was coerced by the State to renounce His position and forcibly exiled from the Mutt. The Guru Maha Sannidhanam had never been removed in several thousand years of the history of Hinduism and this was the first such case. The 227ᵗʰ Sannidhanam was deprived of His rights and denied due process. The 227ᵗʰ Sannidhanam was not allowed to appoint any successor. The State arbitrarily ordered His removal following 199 days of probation during which all His rights were already suspended. By 5 Aug 1946, even before the completion of the 199 days, the 227ᵗʰ Sannidhanam went missing and was never found. 17 May 1995, the 11ᵗʰ Panchen Lama of Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, Choekyi Nyima went missing and his whereabouts were never known⁴⁰³, other than Chinese officials stating that His whereabouts had been kept secret to protect Him.⁴⁰⁴ Human rights organizations have termed the 11ᵗʰ Panchen Lama as the "youngest political prisoner in the world"⁴⁰⁵. However, the case of 227ᵗʰ Sannidhanam's disappearance was shown by the State as a voluntary withdrawal.

117. In a matter of twelve days from the disappearance of the 227ᵗʰ Sannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam, on 17 Aug 1946, the HR&CE Board arbitrarily passed Order No. 2723 appointing Sri P.K. Srinivasa Mudaliar (Coimbatore) as the interim Trustee. On 24 December 1950, Puchampalli Swamigal from another Shaiva monastery was made the 228ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam. 17 Dec 1952, the Endowment Board, as per Scheme No. 470 dated 17 Nov 1952 appointed a Manager with whom the management of the Aadheenam was entrusted. 20 Nov 1956, the 228ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam, while on tour, attained Paripoornam. Subsequently, the State HR&CE⁴⁰⁶ appointed Purasawakkam Sri P. Sadagopa Mudaliar as interim Trustee. The Aadheenam was without the

Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, p 374. Grove Press, N.Y. ISBN 978-0-8021-1827-1

management and control of Hindu temples, monasteries and endowments. The HR&CE does not control religious institutes of any other religion. In 1923, Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act was passed by Madras Presidency. In 1925, the Government constituted "The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board" consisting of a President and two to four Commissioners nominated by the Government to function as a statutory body. Subsequently, it was modified and in 1960 it became The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department by Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 which came into force with effect from 28 April 1960.

Guru Maha Sannidhanam. The ASMT community approached the HR&CE Commissioner for the appointment of the Guru Maha Sannidhanam. At that time, there were rival claims between two political groups controlling the ASMT community which led to controversies concerning the appointment of Guru Maha Sannidhanam. The State HR&CE Board appointed Sri Manickavasaga Thambiran from another Shaiva monastery as Guru Maha Sannidhanam. This was not a norm, and a deviation of the established procedure and past practices, as appointments from other monasteries were allowed only under exceptional circumstances per various traditions and customs which originated in the Kamika Agamas. 16 Nov 1959, in W.P.No. 261 of 1959 the said appointment by the HR&CE was challenged before the Madras High Court which canceled it on grounds of being illegal and invalid.

118. 31 Oct 1963, Thiru Muthu Manickavasaga Mudaliar (great-great-granduncle of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam) became the Guru Maha Sannidhanam as 229ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam through the ASMT community. However, the properties were managed by the Manager appointed by the Endowment Board. During the tenure of the 229ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam, the State Government led by the DMK issued a Notification mandating Archanas⁴⁰⁷ to be performed in Tamil only. Therefore, the HR&CE Commissioner modified the Scheme in OA No.2 of 1973 dated 10 Oct 1975 appointing executive officer in the place of Manager by entrusting all powers to executive officer.

119. In this connection it is relevant to point out that earlier the Board framed a scheme by Order dated 17 Jan 1946 under OA No.368 of 1943 filed under Section 63 of the HR&CE Act, under which the administration of the affairs of the Aadheenam was to be vested with the Guru Maha Sannidhanam for the time being and a Manager was appointed, entrusting to him with all powers including the right to sue and be sued.

120. 10 Oct 1975, the OA No.368 of 1943 scheme was modified by the HR&CE Commissioner by an arbitrary suo moto proceeding in OA No.2 of 1973. As per this scheme, the Executive Officer was appointed to function and perform various acts with the approval of the Guru Maha Sannidhanam which was according to the policy of the Government mandating Tamil Archanas.

121. 24 July 1977, the 229ᵗʰ Guru MahaSannidhanam attained Paripoornam.

122. 12 Feb 1978, the 230ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam was crowned by the ASMT community.

123. 20 Jan 1979, the HR&CE Commissioner breaching the limits of his mere supervisory control arbitrarily and illegally issued an order in OA No.1 of 1978, modified the order OA No.2 of 1973, directed the Executive Officer to hand over the charge to the Guru Maha Sannidhanam or His nominees, and illegally created an Advisory Committee members of which were to be nominated in consultation with the ASMT Thondaimandala Mudaliar Community to assist the Guru Maha Sannidhanam in the secular affairs (financial and administrative matters) of the Mutt. All this was done against the mandate of the ASMT Hindu community. Though the administration of the affairs of the Aadheenam was to vest with the Guru Maha Sannidhanam for the time being, the office of the Guru Maha Sannidhanam and successor to the said office was to be only by an election by the ASMT community according to rules made by the State government and not as per the customs.

This is a serious intrusion into the age-long practices followed by Madathipathis (Guru Mahasannidhanams) of all monasteries, such as Hindu monasteries in the State of Tamil Nadu Dharmapuram Aadheenam, Sankara Mutt, Thiruvaduthurai Aadheenam, Thirupanandhal Aadheenam, Kovilur Aadheenam, Senkol Aadheenam – of selecting the successors by themselves as per the age-long customs and practices.

124. 26 July 1979, the 230ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam accordingly took charge from the Executive Officer under the above scheme (OA No.1 of 1978).

125. Around 1988, the 230ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam, Sri La Sri Gnanaprakasa Desika Paramacharya Swamigal had identified the SPH JGM HDH Bhagavan Sri La Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, then known as A. Rajashekaran a young boy of 10 years of age, born in Thiruvannamalai and hailing from the Thondai mandala Adi Saiva Vellalar ASMT community as the very incarnation of Lord Shiva, which was also corroborated with Agastya Maharishi's recorded Nadi reading⁴⁰⁸ of the boy. The 230ᵗʰ Guru Mahasannidhanam initiated, proclaimed, declared, and coronated the boy (A. Rajashekaran, SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam) as the future Guru Maha Sannidhanam after performing all the initiations as per the customs and traditions of the Aadheenam. He had further declared that the boy would take over the administration and full responsibility of the Guru Maha Sannidhanam when He reached the majority (by age). In the meanwhile, the 231ˢᵗ pontiff was crowned Guru Maha Sannidhanam by the ASMT community.

(LEFT) 230ᵗʰ GuruMahasannidhanam of Thondaimanadala Aadheenam who trained the SPH to become the successor GuruMahasannidhanam. (CENTER) The SPH Nithyananda Paramshivam, around 1988, at the age of 10, when He was chosen to become the successor pontiff or GuruMahasannidhanam of Thondaimanadala Aadheenam upon attaining maturity (in age). (RIGHT) The 232ⁿᵈ GuruMahasannidhanam of Thondaimanadala Aadheenam with the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam inaugurating the first monastery started by the SPH “Sri Ramakrishna Dhyana Peetham” in March 2001.

126. The 232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidhanam Sri Thiruvambaladesika Jnanaprakasha Swamigal was crowned on 21 Feb 2000 by the ASMT community as per the scheme dated 20 Jan 1979. In the year 2000,

பலகோடி சித்தர்களின் தவப்பயனால்,பரமசிவன் பரமகம்சராய் வந்திருக்கார்...”, “Listen completely to the words, for Siva, has come in the form of Nithyananda to protect this world. As the result of the penance of many crores of Siddhas, Paramashiva has incarnated as Paramahamsa.” (Complete text here)

in keeping with the declaration of the 230ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam, the SPH assumed the responsibility as the 233ʳᵈ successor Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the Thondai Mandala Aadheenam and was recognized as Sri La Sri Nithyananda Paramashiva Sri Gnanaprakasa Desika Paramacharya Swamigal.

127. On 9 Jan 2009, HR&CE Commissioner, according to Modified scheme, approved 5 members Advisory committee as follows: (a). G.R. Thiagasundara Mudaliyar (b). S.Swaminathan (c). J.Sugumaran (d). P.V.Sambandan (e). N. Kumaresan.

128. The Members of the Advisory Committee challenged the modified scheme for the appointment of Executive Officer in WP No.21665 of 2010 seeking for quashing the modified scheme. In the said writ petition the High Court passed an order dated 22 Sep 2010 granting an injunction restraining the HR&CE Board from effecting gazette publications of the draft scheme and in the meantime, directed the inquiry in the OA to go on.

129. The members of the Advisory Committee, at this stage, moved OA No.1 of 2010 (Rc No.70371 / 2010 D-2) before the Commissioner HR&CE under Section 59(1) of the Act for permission to institute a suit for the removal of the present Guru Maha Sannidhanam. After the notice, the commissioner passed an Order dated 26 April 2011 in M.P.No.1 of 2011 granting permission to file a suit against the 232ⁿᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam on the ground that His continuance would be detrimental to the interest of the Mutt.

130. Thereupon, the members of the Advisory Board filed OS No.307 of 2011 before the Sub Judge, Kancheepuram for removal of the 232ⁿᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam and a permanent injunction. Written Statement was filed by the 232ⁿᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam but the suit was decreed ex parte on 16 April 2015. From 1932 up until now, over close to 90 years, the State of Tamil Nadu has interfered in the succession process of the Guru Maha Sannidhanam multiple times, undermining the ASMT community of their religious rights, and the leaders of their succession rights.

131. After the coronation, the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff continued to work with and support Sri La Sri Nithyananda Paramashiva Sri Gnanaprakasa Desika Paramacharya Swamigal to establishing and reviving Kailasa, the enlightened civilizational nation and on April 2001 the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff inaugurated Kailasa in South India, Ramakrishna Dhyanapeetam Peetha and publicly declared the nomination of the SPH JGM HDH Bhagavan Sri La Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam as the 233ʳᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the Thondai Mandala Aadheenam. On April 14, 2001, the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam of the Thondaimandala Adheenam, Sri Thiruvambaladesika Jnanaprakasha Swamigal, nominated the SPH as his lawful successor, the 233ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam. However, due to the SPH's many responsibilities in other Hindu institutions, he and the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam agreed that another suitable candidate should be appointed as the junior pontiff, and therefore a monk disciple of the SPH was nominated and coronated as the 233ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam.

132. The 230ᵗʰ Gurumahasannidanam along with the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam had trained the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam right from his early childhood, and also a few of the disciples of the SPH. Since 2005, several under trainee disciples of the SPH lived in the Thondaimandala

Adheenam as trainee monks and assisted the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidhanam with its maintenance and operations while also attending to His personal and healthcare needs. However, as was the case with Madurai Adheenam, the presence of ASMT members and the involvement of the SPH with Thondaimandala Adheenam led to retaliation by anti-Hindu militants.

232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam initiating the disciple of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam, Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda while nominating Him as the successor Pontiff. It is a tradition in Hindu monasteries for a generation of pontiffs to be trained right from childhood. Likewise, the successor Pontiff the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was also trained by the 230ᵗʰ Pontiff and not just by the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff. This is also observed in many Hindu monasteries such as Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham where the current 70ᵗʰ pontiff was trained from the age of 14 (in 1983) by the 68ᵗʰ pontiff and subsequently the 69ᵗʰ also⁴⁰⁹.

(LEFT) 2015: The 70ᵗʰ Pontiff doing Pada Puja (ritualistic worship of Guru’s feet) to His guru the 69ᵗʰ Pontiff of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.⁴¹⁰ (RIGHT) 2018: The 233ʳᵈ successor Pontiff doing Pada Puja to the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff of Thondai Mandala Aadheenam.

133. By 9 Jan 2009, the State-appointed Advisory committee misused their powers and started systematically swindling huge properties of the monastery. When the 232ⁿᵈ pontiff protested, the State completely took over (nationalized) the monastery by a suo moto proceeding in OA No.1 of 2010 (RC No.3972 / 2010 D-2) and issued notice dated 31 July 2010 where the role of the pontiff was reduced to that of a consultant to the State.

⁴⁰⁹ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/successors-test-holding-together-administrators/articleshow/63120629.cms ⁴¹⁰ zeenews.india.com/india/vijayendra-saraswati-is-new-the-head-of-kanchi-kamakoti-peetam-heres-a-quick-guide-2085306.html

134. On several occasions, the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam took refuge at the residence of the SPH in the neighboring state of Karnataka and publicly spoke out against the anti-Hindu militants who had spread baseless rumors that He had been kidnapped by the SPH to inflame communal tensions against the ASMT community.⁴¹¹

(LEFT) 30 July 2017: The 232ⁿᵈ Guru Mahasannidhanam Thondaimandala Aadheenam Sri Thiruvambaladesika Jnanaprakasha Swamigal with the 233ʳᵈ successor Guru Mahasannidhanam the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. The 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff addressed the citizens of the spiritual kingdom of Kailaasa Paramparagatha Kanchi Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham (complete video here) blessing the community and he also spoke about the conspiracy being hatched by the State appointed advisory committee. Sri Nithya Jnanapriyananda – a disciple of both the 232ⁿᵈ pontiff and 233ʳᵈ Pontiff the SPH - can be seen on the left adjusting the translation earphone for the 232ⁿᵈ pontiff. Sri Nithya Jnanapriyananda is the personal assistant to the 232ⁿᵈ pontiff who holds the power of attorney (Sreekaryam) to represent the 232ⁿᵈ pontiff in legal matters. On 2ⁿᵈ July 2017, Raja T Vijaya Kumar and his associates from the HMK had given a written threat to Sri Nithya Jnanapriya to "vacate the Thondaimandala monastery or face our next actions"⁴¹² (RIGHT) 24 Nov 2017: Sri Nithya Jnanapriyananda was burnt alive through a blast in the monastery kitchen. More than 50% of the body of Sri KP Gnanamoorthy was burnt, yet the State police refused to register any complaint and did not investigate the matter, despite showing the letters of death threats by Raja T Vijaya Kumar and his associates. On much appeal, the police only recorded the attack as a non-cognizable event - CSR 876/2017⁴¹³ (Sivakanchi Police Station, Kancheepuram District), something which they need not investigate. The ASMT community filed a petition to the Court to direct the police to investigate the matter, the court even refused to accept the petition.

135. 23 November 2020: Before His death, the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff expressed His last wish to the Secretary (Mr. Ganapathy) Sekkizhar Kalvi Panpattu Kazhagam (the largest group of initiated Thondai Mandala ASMT disciples that have been given Samaya Deeksha), "... Very good and knowledgable, and a very good age and integrated and honest character Nithyananda has and His nature of not going after others wealth is what is safe for our mutt...four Mudaliyar (from ASMT community)

2017 18:15 IST, http://eservices.tnpolice.gov.in (ii) Letter of threat dated 2 July 2017 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AiGI1O2MulBrIIRfCe6pj06v3-7wNxSNV/view?usp=sharing

people nominate Nithyananda's name and the name (Sundareshwara Maharaj) referred by Him is a qualified, intelligent, right age, well-disciplined and Nithyananda's well-trusted person is always what is safe to our mutt...." ⁴¹⁴. By Sep 2010, after a failed attempt by the Advisory Committee to illegally extend their tenure and illegally remove⁴¹⁵ the 232ⁿᵈ GuruMahaSannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam, and in the light of the attempts by various State and non-State actors to assassinate the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam, the two pontiffs planned for the future of the Thondaimandala Aadheenam tradition to continue safely without disruption and decided that Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda would be the next pontiff after the SPH. By 2016, Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda was given all initiations and declared as the successor Pontiff. Later by 2018, the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was forcibly exiled from India with His rights to citizenship withdrawn by the State.⁴¹⁶ Though the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff and the ASMT community wanted that the SPH continue the tradition directly, the persecution forced the community that the throne of Thondaimandala Aadheenam was succeeded directly by the next ordained and initiated pontiff - Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda as the next Gurumahasannidhanam under the direct spiritual guidance of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam as per the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff's last wish. As per both, the tradition and the law, religious coronations need not be documented in writing - a "word of mouth" by the GuruMahasannidhanam is legally sufficient and per law has to be honored by the State⁴¹⁷.

136. The Chinese State Religious Affairs Bureau via its Order (No. 5), passed on 1 Sept 2007 directs all Buddhist temples in China (and Tibet) to compulsorily apply to the department before they are allowed to recognize individuals as Tulkus (reincarnated teachers).⁴¹⁸ In a similar way, the State of Tamil Nadu through the Department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board (HR&CE), via its scheme in OA No.1 of 1978 dated 20 Jan 1979⁴¹⁹, has created an unconstitutional deceptive legal framework that effectively forces the Gurumahasannidhanams (reincarnated Gurus/teachers) to be approved by the State through its appointed Advisory Committee before being considered legally valid. This unconstitutional scheme was first applied only to Thondaimandala Aadheenam and even today other Aadheenams have slightly more autonomy when compared to Thondaimanadala Aadheenam. So far Aadheenams other than

⁴¹⁴ Final words of the 292ⁿᵈ pontiff https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WU6xlLNx77pIeU2cKHZRjqcLcoEsQdqL/view "நல்ல நல்ல சிறந்த கல்வி அறிவும் சிறந்த வயதும் நேர்மையான குணமும் நித்யானந்தாவிற்கு ஆசபட்டவருமாக நித்யானந்தாவற்கு வர்ரது நம்ம மடத்துக்கு எப்பவும் சேப்டி. முதலியார்கள் நாலுபேர் நல்லபேரு சொல்லி நித்யானந்தர் பேரை சொன்னா இப்ப நீங்க சொன்ன பேர்கள் எல்லாம் நல்ல சிறந்த கல்வி அறிவும், சிறந்த வயதும், நேர்மையான குணமும், பிரத்தியார் காசுக்கு ஆசைப்படாதவரும் நித்யானந்தாவிற்கு வர்ரது நம்ம மடத்துக்கு எப்பவும் safety. என்ன." ⁴¹⁵ WP No.21665 of 2010 ⁴¹⁶ 24 August 2018, via an illegal show cause notice issued by the External Affairs Ministry to the SPH without even the signature of the issuing officer, https://shrikailasa.github.io/persecution_evidences/2018-Aug-24_illegal_mea_notice_without_even_signature.jpg ⁴¹⁷ The Supreme Court of India, Sri Mahalinga Thambiran Swamigal vs His Holiness Sri La Sri Kasivasi on 19 October, 1973 "There can be no dispute that a nomination can be made by deed or word of mouth", 1974 AIR 199, 1974 SCR (2) 74, https://indiankanoon.org/doc/307513/ ⁴¹⁸ 国家宗教事务局令（第5号）藏传佛教活佛转世管理办法 [State Religious Affairs Bureau Order (No. 5) Measures on the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas] (in Chinese). Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. ⁴¹⁹ HR&CE Scheme OA No.1 of 1978 dated 20 Jan 1979 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ABqvA4BXxQZEs3YzlhcEVDS0k/view

Thondaimanadala Aadheenam has yet not been subjected to this deceptive legal framework of the Advisory Committee as defined in OA No.1 of 1978 or any of its subsequent amendments.

137. 3 December 2020, 233ʳᵈ successor Gurumahasannidhanam Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda sent a Letter to HR&CE that he would assume the post as 233ʳᵈ Pontiff as he had been training with the 232ⁿᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam for the past 15 years in all aspects of maintaining the Mutt (monastery) and had been ordained in all the rituals as per the Mutt tradition and as a disciple, looking after the personal well-being of the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumaha Sannidhanam also. 233ʳᵈ successor Gurumahasannidhanam Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda had received the Samaya Deeksha, Vishesha Deeksha, Mantrakashayam, Nirvana Deeksha, Acharya Abhishekam, etc from the 232ⁿᵈ Gurumaha Sannidhanam as part of the ordainment rituals as Ilayasannidhanam (Junior Pontiff).

138. On 5 Aug 1946, the 227ᵗʰ GuruMahaSannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam was disappeared. The State HR&CE Board appointed Sri Manickavasaga Thambiran from another Shaiva monastery as Guru Maha Sannidhanam. On 16 Nov 1959, in W.P.No. 261 of 1959, the said appointment by the HR&CE was challenged before the Madras High Court which canceled it on grounds of being illegal and invalid. Ignoring the past errors, on 16 Feb 2021, the State of Tamil Nadu appointed a Kattalai Thambiran⁴²⁰ from another Shaiva monastery - Dharmapuram Adheenam, as the pontiff of Thondaimandala Aadheenam. The 233ʳᵈ successor pontiff Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda was forcibly evicted, and the Deities of the deceased 232ⁿᵈ pontiff that as per the ASMT tradition had been worshipped each day for centuries were thrown out on the street by the State appointed Advisory committee. The 233ʳᵈ successor pontiff Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda was not even allowed to even safeguard and protect the Deities.

139. 4 March 2021, the 233ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda challenged the State in High Court of Madras in Writ Petition WP 5899 of 2021 (with Injunction Petition No. 6508 of 2021 and Stay petition No. 6509 of 2021). Though on 16 Nov 1959, in W.P. No. 261, the High Court had struck down a similar illegal appointment, on 18 March 2021, the High Court judge did not even hear the plea and disposed of the plea citing that the State had already confirmed the appointment of their alternate State compliant 233ʳᵈ Pontiff.

140. On 3 March 2021, in a public interview, PTRP Thiyagarajan (incumbent Finance Minister of State of Tamil Nadu) of the political party DMK bragged that he along with his brother PTRK Vijayarajan (Head of the State appointed Advisory Committee which decides who can and cannot be Guru Maha Sannidhanam), evicted the 233ʳᵈ successor Pontiff Sri Nithya Sundareshwarananda and ASMT community members from the Thondaimandala Aadheenam. Showing no remorse for breaking the age-old tradition of Guru-disciple lineage the DMK minister and his brother vilified the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 232ⁿᵈ Pontiff, the 233ʳᵈ successor Pontiff and the ASMT community and emphasized that the mutt would be run as per the DMK party ideology and thus they had evicted the 233ʳᵈ successor Pontiff.⁴²¹

administration and can be selected to be the next successor pontiff.

141. On 5 March 2021, the State confirmed the appointment of the State groomed pontiff and illegally nullified the religious appointment done by the 232ⁿᵈ pontiff.

142. The Meenakshi Amman temple of Madurai, South India is one of the most popular and important temples in Hinduism. It is also the spiritual seat of one of the world's most ancient monastic orders, Madurai Adheenam, whose leaders, the Gurumahasannidanams, were traditionally regarded as the political and religious head of Madurai (like how the Dalai Lama is traditionally regarded as the political and religious head of Tibet⁴²²).

143. The more than 5000-years-old⁴²³ Madurai Aadheenam is a Hindu ASMT monastery and the world's oldest surviving monastic order. It was established by incarnations of Paramaśiva and Parashakti⁴²⁴ (primordial Hindu Divinities) themselves as Lord Sundareshwara and His consort Divine Mother Meenakshi directly, followed by Guru Maha Sannidhanam Srila Sri Sivananda Yogeendra Sri Shivajnanasambanda Desika Paramacharya Swamigal (also known as Vaakishara Shivajnananda Yogeshwarar) as the first pontiff. Around 450BCE, Adishankara (also known as Sanmathatthaban Desigar) revived the Madurai Aadheenam as its 117ᵗʰ Gurumahasannidhanams.⁴²⁵ Around 7 century CE the child saint, Thiru Jnanasambandar, revived Madurai Aadheenam, as its 214ᵗʰ Guru Maha Sannidhanam.⁴²⁶ Since that revival, several Gurumahasannidhanams have been selected and coronated to lead Madurai Aadheenam, with a total of 293 known Gurumahasannidhanams.

144. On April 27, 2012, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) Jagat Guru Mahasannidhanam (JGM) His Divine Holiness (HDH) Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam was anointed the successor and 293ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam of Madurai Aadheenam by Sri La Sri Arunagirinatha Swamigal, the 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam of Madurai Aadheenam⁴²⁷. To commemorate the occasion, the 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam said: "Our 293rd Gurumahasannidanam Sri La Sri His Divine Holiness Paramacharya Swamigal is also a deep, not only deep, the deepest disciples of Saint Thiru Jnanasambandar. Not only that, he may be called as an avatar of Thiru Jnanasambandar," said Sri La Sri Arunagirinatha Swamigal, when coronating the SPH, as the Junior Pontiff or the 293rd Pontiff-to-be of the Madurai Aadheenam. He would further go on to say in many interviews that the SPH His Divine Holiness Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam is the most qualified person for the post and that no one else had such knowledge, eloquence, grace, or accomplishments as him and

2015.

been around 30 years, according to which the monastery must have started some 8700 years ago. https://shyamalapeetasarvajnapeetam.nithyananda.org/mother-doc/madurai-aadheenam-mother-document/

which is the source of everything, and engages in five actions of creation, maintenance, destruction, delusion and giving liberation. Devi Parāśakti the consort of Paramaśiva is the primordial energy or primordial force, denoting the Supreme Goddess or Divine Mother in Hinduism.

வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பக வெளியீடு (Vardamāna Publishers), 2002, pp. 545–550

11 May 2012. (ii) [Notorized Affidavit dated 27 April 2012, by 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam Affirming Coronation of 293ʳᵈ Gurmahasannidanam (Notarized by Certificate number IN-KA93558783901437K)](https://shyamalapeetasarvajnapeetam.nithyananda.org/mother-doc/madurai-aadheenam-mother-document/)

that he had received the divine vision of Lord Sundareshwara and Devi Meenakshi (founders of the Madurai Aadheenam millennia ago) ordering the 292ⁿᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam to appoint the SPH as his successor and the 293ʳᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanam.

27 April 2012: Coronation of the SPH as the 293ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam by His predecessor, the 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam Arunagirinatha Swamigal

145. Soon after the coronation of the 293rd Gurumahasannidanam, the Indian government, acting through its temple management agency the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board (HR&CE) filed a lawsuit objecting to the appointment and seeking to have it overturned. The HR&CE engaged in an aggressive legal and political smear campaign to undermine the 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam's legitimacy by falsely accusing him of fraud and financial mismanagement, ultimately forcing him to withdraw his support for the 293rd Gurumahasannidanam. The State cited a Trust formed by the 292ⁿᵈ and 293ʳᵈ Guru Maha Sannidhanams to be the indicator of financial mismanagement when the Trust did not have a bank account or any financial existence. Attempts were made to assassinate the 292ⁿᵈ Gurumahasannidanam and the SPH by mob lynching along with monks of the Nithyananda order.⁴²⁸

146. A vestige of the British colonial administration that ruled India pre-Independence, the HR&CE is a government agency that exercises financial and operational control over all major Hindu temples and institutions in India. The HR&CE has a long history of corruption, neglect, and mismanagement

Sept 2012, in WP MD No. 8260 of 2012 in the Special Court of Judicature at Madras

of Hindu temples resulting in the systematic destruction and looting of temple land⁴²⁹, artifacts, deities, art, and infrastructure.⁴³⁰ In the same manner, like their British colonial predecessors, the Indian government's HR&CE assumes control of financial decisions, operational decisions, and even leadership succession decisions under the paternalistic guise of preventing temple mismanagement or ensuring social welfare, but often doing so for political purposes. Commentators have noted the contradiction between such government control and India's lip service to religious freedom:

> "While the state argues that its intervention is necessary to bring about social welfare and > reform as well as to correct historical social inequities, many view this kind of selective > interference as aimed at 'reforming the religion out of its existence'. They say usurpation > of Hindu endowments alone is against all tenets of what constitutes a 'principled > separation' between the state and the religion. > > They also hold that singling out a particular religion violates not only the very secular spirit > of the Indian Constitution but also the basic rights guaranteed under it. They opine that > the HRCE Act infringes upon Article 25 of the Constitution, which guarantees the citizens > their fundamental right to profess, practice, and propagate their religion, as well as > establish and manage their religious institutions. > > They point that while this right is very much available to followers of all other religions in > the country, only Hindus have been constrained by the law. > > In fact, the state governments have assumed total financial and managerial control over > lakhs of Hindu temples across the country through their respective HRCE Acts, accusing > their administrations of mismanagement of funds. > > However, no other religious institution (barring Jains' as, by legal definition, they are > Hindus)—churches, mosques, gurudwaras, pagodas, and synagogues belonging to > Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Parsis, respectively—has been brought under > the Acts despite similar allegations cropping up there too. > > The fact of the matter is that in all these decades that Hindu religious institutions have > been under the thumb of the HRCE departments, the ability of the Hindu community as a > whole in managing its own institutions has been systematically clipped and pared > down."⁴³¹

147. The nomination of a spiritual leader espousing the revival of Sanatana Hindu Dharma in all its tradition in an all-inclusive manner working on a grassroots level like the SPH to a position as

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important as the 293rd Gurumahasannidanam of Madurai Adheenam was completely unacceptable to the State that they had the HR&CE board immediately challenge the decision.

148. The HR&CE's campaign against the SPH is part of a decades-long attempt by both atheistic terrorist militants and right-wing Hindutva political entities to suppress Hindu and non-Hindu minorities and silence dissent. The SPH is also the leader of the more than 5,000year-old indigenous spiritual tradition known as the Adi Shaivite Minority Tradition ("ASMT") in South India. By His spiritual attainments, His systematic revival of authentic Hinduism, and its enlightened ecosystem as per the original Hindu scriptures (the Veda-Agamas), the SPH has made active contributions to humanity's spiritual evolution, thereby firmly establishing himself as the Pope of Hinduism. Paradoxically, in the process of taking Hinduism back to its authentic roots, He has revealed it to be the most progressive and inclusive spiritual tradition in the world. But, because of His spiritual accomplishments⁴³² and redefinition of Hinduism per its original scriptural roots, caste supremacist militant Hindutva elements in India view the SPH as an existential threat to their conservative, politicized version of Hinduism. As a result, the SPH has been marked for death by majoritarian political forces in India. To date, there have been 79 assassination attempts and plots on the SPH including physical attacks (such as strangulation and machete attacks), as well as poisoning, noxious asphyxiation, bombings, etc both as extra-judicial assassination attempts as well as attempts to assassinate by mob lynchings. In addition, there have been numerous death threats including public death threats on national television channels as well as on social media platforms which have incited innumerable orchestrated mob attacks on the SPH and the ASMT community resulting in gang rapes, violent assault, and battery.

149. Indeed, the SPH’s bold and progressive vision for Hinduism is underscored by an emphasis on openness and inclusiveness. The SPH is not a member of a historically privileged community, He has publicly declared himself to be transcendental gender⁴³³ with multiple gender identity components⁴³⁴, worn women's clothing in public, and strongly advocates for female empowerment, LGBTQ+ rights, and caste-neutral religious traditions. However modern and progressive these stances may appear, the SPH has rooted each of them in the depths of the 5000- year-old source scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas, and Agamas. Moreover, the SPH has consistently been an outspoken voice for social justice and has publicly challenged political corruption, caste supremacy, and patriarchy in India. ASMT community are some of the most vulnerable targets of the Neo-Hindutva⁴³⁵ extremism who despise Hindu women in monastic and priestly roles⁴³⁶ and are opposed⁴³⁷ to ASMT’s progressive stance when it comes to the rights of

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women⁴³⁸, including otherwise marginalized Dalit women, and the rights of members of the LGBTQ+ and transgendered communities⁴³⁹ as they consider them immoral.⁴⁴⁰

150. This authentic revival of a progressive version of Hinduism has not gone unnoticed in India's patriarchal society, particularly its conservative caste supremacist militant elements. The SPH's subversive message to a nation steeped in caste discrimination⁴⁴¹ and gender violence⁴⁴² has resulted in a full spectrum campaign of hate speech, media demonization, lawfare, assassination attempts on him and his followers, gang rape of his followers, acts of terrorism, torture, and the denial of judicial recourse over 10 years that continues to this day.

151. 18 Jun 2012, Neo-Hindutva extremists who had confiscated the temple properties of Madurai Aadheenam filed vexatious litigation against the 293ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidhanam the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam to restrain his entry into the Madurai Aadheenam and Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple.⁴⁴³ This malicious litigation was dismissed in 2016⁴⁴⁴. This was not a sole such incidence. On 3 May 2018, the SPH was prohibited by the High Court of Madras itself from entering Madurai Aadheenam of which He is the successor. Though the order itself violates the constitution, Justice Mahadevan upheld the decision and even threatened the SPH that he would order the arrest of the SPH if He did not resign from His responsibility as the 293rd Pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam. Right from 2012, the SPH was stopped from performing the essential religious rituals of the Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple, such as the Kumbha Abhishekham⁴⁴⁵, which happens only once in several years and is one of the primary responsibilities of the Gurumahasannidhanam, who is the incarnation of Paramashiva, to directly supervise and perform. The interference of the State in rituals was not limited to stopping the Pontiff from participating. For several thousand years, Hindu rituals are performed in two ASMT languages - ancient Sanskrit and Classic (ancient) Tamil. Since modern Sanskrit and Hindi share the same written script (Devanagari), the State owing to its Hindi-antagonistic⁴⁴⁶ policy has made laws since the 1970s altering the ancient Hindu religious practices by imposing the use of the State compatible Tamil language against age-old Hindu religious traditions, customs, and scriptures. In 1975, the State absurdly claimed that the ancient ASMT language - Sanskrit - was a source of nepotism in society and thus changed the language of ASMT Temple rituals via a notification and altered the HR&CE Scheme in OA No.2 of 1973 dated 10 Oct 1975 appointing a government executive to control religious and financial matters of the monastery and associated temples. The State of Tamil Nadu, especially under DMK, emphasizes that ASMT religious practices be altered in compliance with the DMK ideology, and has thus in 2020 the State altered essential rituals such

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as Kumbha Abhishekam⁴⁴⁷. Though the colonial government recognized the sovereignty of the heads of Hindu monasteries – for example on 3 Jan 1893 the Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam was conferred with the title of Rao Bahadur ⁴⁴⁸, a title given to Kings by the British Empire, and also had sovereign immunity from arrests and appearances in the court⁴⁴⁹, in 2012, the Chief Minister of Karnataka said, "We do not encourage such immoral people in Karnataka, and I am going to make an example out of Nithyananda"⁴⁵⁰, going to the extent of claiming that he (Chief Minister) was ready to face jail term but would not stop targeting the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam⁴⁵¹ and ordered an arbitrary and illegal arrest of the SPH. The Karnataka State High Court in its order CRL.P. 3253/2012⁴⁵² implicitly exposed the State terrorism, terming the arrest of the SPH as "illegal", "without any authority", "contrary to law", "without jurisdiction". Religious freedom in the 21ˢᵗ century State of the Republic of India has sharply deteriorated in the past few years, which was protected even during the colonial rule which is known to be highly oppressive. It is no surprise that the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended for the second year in the row that the US State Department put India on a list ('Countries of Particular Concern' or CPCs) for the worst violations of religious freedoms⁴⁵³. Sweden-based V-Dem Institute has downgraded India as an "electoral autocracy".⁴⁵⁴

152. In 2017, the Madras High Court issued a ruling affirming the SPH's removal as the 293rd Gurumahasannidanam of the Madurai Adheenam and took the unprecedented step of forbidding him from entering the premises of the Meenakshi Amman temple or any other temple administered by the Madurai Adheenam. At the time the case was argued and ruled upon, the 292nd Gurumahasannidanam was ill and incapacitated and it remains unclear to what extent the arguments made on his behalf represented his actual opinions or those made under political pressure. Moreover, the Madras High Court's decision was inconsistent with the prior judgment of the Supreme Court in Ambalavana Pandara Sannathi v. State of Tamil Nadu (AIR 1983 Mad 72) that held "the appointment of junior pontiff is a right of a religious institution and the same cannot be interfered without proper cause.

153. Moreover, the Madras High Court's decision directly contradicted long-standing Indian Supreme Court precedence which had ruled in Sri Mahalinga Thambiran Swamigal v. Sri La Sri His Holiness

Sannathi Head of the Madura Saiva Samaya Chariar Thirugnana Sambhadha Disika Swami Adhina Mattam in Madras. "I Hereby Confer Upon you The Title of 'RAO BAHADUR' as a personal Distinction." மதுரை ஆதீன வரலாறு – History of Madurai Aadheenam - drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsfdTQkOXPWQAJxBmWKmppOn6WZJtecFu/view

2712; order thereon 15 Sep 1880, No. 2240, "Under Section 641 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Governor-in-Council is pleased to exempt Saiva Samayachariar Tirugnana Sambanda Pandara Sannadhi Avergal, the Saiva High Priest of Madurai from personal appearance in the Courts of the Presidency." G. Stokes (For Chief Secretary) – மதுரை ஆதீன வரலாறு – History of Madurai Aadheenam - drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsfdTQkOXPWQAJxBmWKmppOn6WZJtecFu/view

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Kasivasi Arulnandithambiran Swamigal⁴⁵⁵ that the nomination of a junior Gurumahasannidanam could not be freely revoked by the senior Gurumahasannidhanam when the Madras High Court stated, “The fact of a person being legally nominated as junior, having a peculiar relationship with the senior is status, and the capacity to succeed to the head is the incident of that status. The status, when created by a nomination, cannot be withdrawn or cancelled at the mere will of the parties. The law must determine the condition and circumstances under which it can be terminated. Merely because the status originated from the act of a senior head in making the nomination, it would not follow that the senior head can put an end to it by another act ... Even if it is assumed that the position of a junior head is not a status as known to law, we think that the relationship created by the nomination is one which cannot be put an end to by the head at his sweet will and pleasure.”

154. By tradition and custom of the Madurai Aadheenam also, the appointment of the successor Guru Maha Sannidhanam cannot be revoked as he can be appointed only once in the lifetime of the current Guru Maha Sannidhanam.

The translation reads:

> “Particulars of important customs and usages. > > Pertaining to the institution example agamas followed etc. > > In this mutt temple according to the Kamika Agama and according to the Soma sambupatthi the daily and periodical pujas are being conducted.

La Sri His Holiness Kasivasi Arulnandithambiran Swamigal, dated 19 Oct 1973](https://example.com), interpreted the [Indian Succession Act, 1925](https://example.com) section 2(h) and observed that the nomination of the successor pontiff is irrevocable as, "A nomination need not partake of the character of a will in the matter of its revocability, merely because the power of nomination is exercised by a will. In other words, the nature or character of a nomination does not depend upon the type of document under which the power is exercised. If a nomination is otherwise irrevocable except for good cause, it does not become revocable without good cause, merely because the Power is exercised by a will."(1974 AIR 199, 1974 SCR (2) 74).

The three initiations namely the Samaya Deeksha, Vishesha deeksha and Nirvana initiation are given to the mature individuals among the Saiva Vellalar community along with the consecration as Acharya. At no time other than the mentioned group the traditional practice to give Acharya consecration has been done. The initiation of the touch of Saiva Vellala will be given. At a time, only one person can be initiated as Acharya and no further person can be initiated."

Translated as:

"Particulars of the scheme of administration

If any, governing the institution such as by whom the scheme was settled and on what date. The schedule of establishment approved by the Commissioner in his R is 5822.60 on 29.11.60. The administration of the mutt is under the control of the mutt head of the Thirugnanasambandar Adheenam

The Pandya procedure of appointment:

The disciple of the Thirugnanasambandar Aadheenam mutt belonging to the Saiva Vellalar family or Karkattha Vellalar family, and who have gained mental maturity is consecrated with Nirvana Deeksha according to the tradition and they have the Acharya Abhishekam done according to the rules of the agama and they are called by the name Pandara

Sannadhi. Right from the time of Thirugnanasambandar it is in practice that when the elder Pandara Sannadhi attains siddhi the junior Pandara Sannadhi assumes the responsibility of all the administration of the mutt."

155. Far from behaving as a neutral fact-finder, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court not only accepted unproven allegations and negative media coverage of the SPH as fact, those allegations also formed a significant basis for the court's decision to affirm the SPH's removal as the 293ʳᵈ Gurumahasannidanam. Instead of relying on the near-universal legal principle of "innocent until proven guilty", the Indian court assumed unresolved and spurious civil and criminal allegations against the SPH as proven and resolved against him by repeatedly referring to him as having a "criminal background", being a "habitual offender", "self-proclaimed godman", one "who has a criminal background and is a habitual offender, having involved in sexual abuse" and also as one who is "unknown to the principles of Saivism", "unfit to head the Mutt", "has not been leading a simple life, whereby the desires in life are eradicated", "mutt grabber." The Judge concluded that the SPH's appointment would bring "disrepute" to the Madurai Adheenam and condemned the SPH even for approaching the Court for legal reprieve by calling the SPH a "prolific litigant" and "has a quest for power". The Judge further made over-arching statements that "The country is mounting with self-proclaimed godmen like the eighth respondent, who claim to be spiritual gurus initially and later proclaim themselves to be god and in the process end up amassing wealth and abusing innocent and vulnerable children and women." To date, the SPH or the ASMT community monks cannot enter their own monasteries and temples. The government and the police have been unwilling to provide protection and execute the court order and allow the community to continue the practice of sacred ASMT rituals in their temples.

156. In December 2020, in an update of its Tibetan Policy and Support Act, the US threatened to sanction any Chinese government officials who chose a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama over the wishes of the Tibetan people. To cover up the State interference in the selection process of the next Dalai Lama, the State of the People’s Republic of China has been selecting and grooming a group of senior Lamas that would eventually be used for selecting CCP friendly alternative Dalai Lama and make it appear that the Dalai Lama was chosen by Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders, rather than CCP officials.⁴⁵⁶ In a much similar way, for several years, the State of Tamil Nadu headed by the DMK has been grooming Guru Maha Sannidhanams, such as the Dharmapuram Guru Maha Sannidhanam that are friendly to the party.⁴⁵⁷ Justice Mahadevan is a disciple of DMK groomed Dharmapuram Guru Maha Sannidhanam who has heavily lobbied⁴⁵⁸ for arbitrarily and illegally removing the SPH as the 293ʳᵈ pontiff. On 3 May 2018, the SPH was prohibited by an order given by Justice Mahadevan of the High Court of Madras from entering Madurai Aadheenam of which He is the successor. Though the order itself violates the constitution, Justice Mahadevan, upheld the decision and even threatened the SPH that he would order the arrest of the SPH if He did not resign from His responsibility as the 293ʳᵈ Pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam. As per the

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Constitution of India, a person is to be treated as innocent until proven guilty, and no one has the right to pass judgment on such a person. The SPH has never been implicated in any crime. Yet against the very Constitution of the country, He has repeatedly been treated in a prejudicial manner as assumed guilty. Justice Mahadevan went on to pass an order blatantly violating the fundamental rights of the SPH and against the very tenets of natural law and justice and on record said, "Who permitted you to record court proceedings? To whom were you sending-message about the proceeding? Don't think that this court is a playground. I will see that your ashram is vanished. Hundreds of complaints are pending against the ashram."⁴⁵⁹

Justice Mahadevan of Madras High Court with GuruMahasannidhanam of Dharamapuram a leader of the committee which said: “we will not relent until Nithyananda is removed”⁴⁶⁰.

157. In the very same matter, in 2012, the decision of the Division Bench of the High Court of Madras, Madurai Bench (higher authority than the single judge Justice Mahadevan) in WP 12915/2012 and WP 26567/2012, dated 31 Oct 2012, had ruled⁴⁶¹:

a. In Para 56 categorically that any decisions relating to the secular matters of the Aadheenam alone would come under the jurisdiction of any suit: “Hence, if any irregularities committed by the religions institution in administering the properties attached to the Mutt, which is a secular act and not connected with religious activities, and if there is any delay on the part of the State to take action, Public Interest Litigation could be entertained for the limited purpose to give a direction to the supervisory authority to initiate action so far as secular act is concerned.”

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12, Adhenathil Paraparappu (iii) 14 May 2012, Dina mathi, Chennai edition, Pathattam (iv) 14 May 2012, Dina malar, Vellore edition, page 6, Matra Adhenam (v) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Mutt-heads-join-hands- against-Nithyananda/articleshow/13128312.cms

b. In Para 55: "In the instant case, on the factual aspects, we find that 10th respondent was appointed as Junior Pontiff in the month of April, 2012"

c. In Para 52: "So far as the appointment of successor is concerned, it is purely religious act."

158. The attacks on the SPH took on grave proportions as on 2 February 2018, there was an attack by explosive arson on The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam at the Madurai Meenakshi temple. The attack gutted a section of the temple and caused a whole massive length of 600 feet stone of the 3000-year-old structure to collapse and break. Though the district fire department claimed that the explosion was caused by electrical wires and whereas the police claimed that the analysis of CCTV footage suggested that the explosion was caused by camphor used in rituals⁴⁶², the examination of the nature of the cracks and fault lines along the pillars led police officers to suggest transfer of the case to CB-CID as they believed that camphor could by no means have triggered such an explosion and that they were triggered by a man-made explosion.⁴⁶³ On 8 Feb 2018, another fire accident happened in the temple, this time in the CCTV room⁴⁶⁴ destroying the CCTV records that potentially carried evidence of the previous fire.

159. The use of political, legal, and media persecution to delegitimize political dissidents and create an aura of controversy is a hallmark of authoritarian countries like China and India where the rule of law often bows to political interests. In a classic example of circular logic, state actors and their allies in the media attack the dissidents and label them as "controversial" in the eyes of the public. State actors such as prosecutors and courts then use the artificially generated "controversy" as justification for further persecution. This dynamic played out in the Madurai High Court decision against the SPH where the court held that He was "tainted with allegations" and therefore "likely to bring disrepute to the mutt" in justifying its decision to bar him from his position as 293rd Gurumahasannidanam or from entering temple premises. The court paternalistically referred to its duty, and the government Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments agency's duty, to "protect" the reputation and integrity of religious institutions from spiritual leaders they deem to be unfit or corrupt. Therefore, the Indian government first delegitimized the SPH through a campaign of political persecution and then denied him fundamental constitutional rights on account of his presumed illegitimacy.

160. The Madras High Court also engaged in a lengthy analysis of Hindu Saivite traditions and scriptures with no references whatsoever before concluding that the SPH did not have the requisite lifestyle, spiritual practices, hereditary background, or even name to be eligible to be the Gurumahasannidanam of the Madurai Adheenam. Far from appropriately limiting its role as an adjudicator of matters of law, the Indian court unabashedly deemed itself to be the supreme ecclesiastical authority on matters of faith as well by blatantly opined on pure religious doctrine in

off evil may have caused the fire, according to a TOI report. According to the report, although Madurai collector Veera Raghava Rao had earlier stated that a fault in the electric wiring could have sparked the fire, police think otherwise. After scanning CCTV footage, police believe the ritual of lighting camphor on a pumpkin, which is then smashed to the ground, could have sparked the fire. thenewsminute.com/article/fire-madurai-s-meenakshi-temple-caused-ritual-ward-evil-75972

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its decision against the SPH. This farce of so-called secularism in the Indian state is as outrageous as the Chinese government published a state-approved list of Lamas authorized to represent Tibetan Buddhism.

161. Though Articles 25 and 26 of India's constitution seemingly guarantee an individual's freedom of religion and a religious institution's ability to manage its own affairs, the Madras High Court specifically qualified those rights as subject to government intervention when those institutions fail to follow their own procedures or nominate unfit individuals for positions of leadership, as determined by state officials. Therefore, in authoritarian nations like China and India where lip service is paid to religious freedom, the exception swallows the rule, and so-called fundamental rights are rendered null and void then they collide with state interests. In India, as in China, religious institutions enjoy freedom and autonomy only to the extent permitted by their government overseers.

162. On 15 Apr 2014, The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was coronated as the pontiff (spiritual and administrative head) of five ancient Adi Shaivite Mutts (monasteries).

Kailasa Paramparagatha Surya Vamsa Panchanadikulam Sarvajnapeetham

Kailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vamsa Vedaranya Sarvajnapeetham

Kailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vaṃśa Chola Samrajya Sarvajnapeetham

Kailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vamsa Adi Chola Samrajya Kamala Peetha Sarvajnapeetham

163. On 23 Oct 2015, in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, the neo-Hindutva extremists who had unlawfully encroached on the Thiruvarur ASMT temple (Sri Somanatha Swami Mutt and Temple) and were misusing the temple property, attacked an ASMT monk who was running the temple. The attackers gave a verbal threat to kill him and left. The police recorded a non-cognizable⁴⁶⁵ CSR report (Community service register)⁴⁶⁶.

164. On 27 Oct 2015, Thiruvarur, around 8 am, a female ASMT monk Ma Nithya Jyotikananda Swami was attacked by neo-Hindutva terrorists who molested her, inappropriately took pictures of her, and attempted to rape her inside the temple premises. As she shouted people gathered to protect her and the attackers escaped. After the incident, she went to the police station and cried and begged the Superintendent of Police for protection. Despite being shown photographic evidence of the attack the Superintendent of Police refused to accept her complaint, and on the contrary, accepted a false complaint filed by her attacker over the telephone without even demanding his physical presence or any evidence. Ma Nithya Jyotikananda Swami ran from one office to another.

She went to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, who remarked, “O you Nithyananda people” and refused to register any complaint. She cried to him for protection addressing him as an elder brother showing her injuries, upon which he finally took pity and registered an FIR 587/15⁴⁶⁷ dated 27 October 2015. This did not remedy the situation. As of 2021, the case was disposed of without fair trial and her attackers are roaming freely.

165. 7 Nov 2015, Nagapattinam, to stop the interference in the management of the atheist and neo-Hindutva extremists, the ASMT community filed a petition in the Nagapattinam sub-court through OS 90/2015⁴⁶⁸. The petition prayed for an injunction to restrain neo-Hindutva extremists from encroaching the temple land and attacking the ASMT members. 21 Nov 2015, the court passed a temporary order (IA 348/2015) in favor of the ASMT community, handing the possession to The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam on 8 January 2016 till the suit gets over. This did not remedy the situation.

166. 26 Nov 2015, Thiruvarur, 10 AM, an ASMT monk, and a community member were physically assaulted by 10 militants. The injured received emergency treatment at the government hospital in Tiruvarur. The police registered a complaint.⁴⁶⁹ This did not remedy the situation.

167. 27 Nov 2015, Vedaranyam, Sri Po.Ka. Sadhukkal Mutt (monastery), a group of 10-15 militants forcibly entered into the monastery, taking count of the people and stock of the items in the temple property. Following this fifty more militants barged in and started brutally beating the ASMT monks, Sri Nithya Yogamayananda and Sri Nithya Jnanaprabhananda with iron rods. The militants sacrileged ASMT Hindu Deities and religious altars of the monastery. The militants lifted the heavy furniture, vessels and smashed these on the heads and bodies of the monks. Almost unconscious the monks were dragged to the street, where they continued to be beaten in front of a huge mob that had gathered around and watched the beating with bystander’s apathy. One of the monks, Sri Nithya Yogamayananda had recorded the attack. The militants having realized it, chased him for more than a kilometer as he nearly escaped being mob lynched. The monks were given no ambulance or assistance by the State or civil society and had to seek even basic humanitarian first aid on their own by admitting themselves to the government hospital. The monks gave a police complaint which was rejected by the police. Only after much persistence, the police agreed to receive the complaint.⁴⁷⁰

168. On Dec 6, 2015, Thiruvarur, anti-Hindu atheists uploaded a media report⁴⁷¹ vilifying the ASMT community and glorifying the forceful eviction of the ASMT monks from the Sri Somanatha Swami Mutt (monastery) and Temple, Thiruvarur. The monks were seen in the video showing to the police and the media the court order from 7 Nov 2015 (to OS 90/2015), which established them as the rightful administrators of the temple. In India, court orders are neither respected nor

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implemented by the government.⁴⁷² The police, the media, and the militants paid no heed to the court order, and together forcibly evicted the monks from their temple. To shame the ASMT monks, the militants who had attacked the monks uploaded the footage of eviction on Youtube and hatefully commented how they assaulted the monks, inciting hatred and violence against the community especially targeting the female monks⁴⁷³.

169. 8 Dec 2015, Thanjavur, with the pretext of executing the Nagapattinam court order (OS 90/2015) the Tahsildar⁴⁷⁴ (Executive Magistrate) called for a meeting between the ASMT monks of the SPH and the neo-Hindutva militants who had captured the temple. The neo-Hindutva militants did not show up and refused to hand over the keys to the monastery. The Tahsildar (Executive Magistrate) did not execute the court order and adjourned the meeting until the next court hearing. The ASMT monks were unable to enter their temple, despite court orders favoring them. The neo-Hindutva terrorists and the government officials colluded to ensure that the meeting never took place and never achieved the intention for which it was supposedly called for. Again, on 16 Dec 2015, the extremist elements refused to hand over the keys to the monastery. The government officers accepted this and disregarded the court order.⁴⁷⁵

170. 8 Jan 2015, Tanjore, The neo-Hindutva extremists, and atheist terrorist forces started to brutally attack the ASMT monks and violently beat them to vacate them from the property thereby denying The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam to continue the spiritual administration of the monasteries. The first attack was in the Tanjore Palsamy mutt. The terrorist forces had sent a mob of 20 assassins armed with iron rods, wooden rods, and iron chains. They beat an ASMT member, Sri Nithyasthananda brutally till he collapsed. They then dragged him out of the mutt (monastery) and left while he was still helpless and bleeding. Nithyasthananda, with his head bleeding, pulled himself together and went on his own to the hospital. The police registered a complaint but refused to act on it.⁴⁷⁶

171. 16 Feb 2016, Madras High Court, the neo-Hindutva extremists, and atheist terrorists filed a Civil Revision Petition (CRP) challenging the Nagapattinam Original Suit⁴⁷⁷ OS90/2015 interim ordering preventing them from interfering in the administration of the mutts by the followers of the SPH.

172. 29 Feb 2016, Thiruvarur, The Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) of Thiruvarur called for a meeting and convinced the ASMT members to hand over the key to her. She reasoned that to maintain the peace between ASMT members and the anti-Hindu elements, the best thing to do was for the office to hold the key in possession till the revised petition in High Court concluded. Placing their full trust in the government and the government office, ASMT members handed over the key to the RDO.

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173. 29 Jun 2017, Madras High Court, Further, The High Court Judicature Of Madras on the appeal in the form of CRP by the neo-Hindutva extremist forces passed a clear order on 29th June 2017 unequivocally establishing the Right of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam over the 5 mutts as the Pontiff and as the Spiritual administrator of the mutts and their properties.

174. 7 Jul 2017, Tanjore, Thiruvarur, Vedaranyam, Representatives of ASMT Community sent a petition to the police and other relevant government officers to give protection to enter the mutt. This was to avoid any unwanted attack or bloodshed by the anti-Hindu elements.

175. 26 Jul 2017, Thiruvarur, After obtaining the High Court order favoring the ASMT community, when members of the community approached the RDO, they realized how she (RDO) had been colluding with the local neo-Hindutva extremists and atheist terrorist forces from the beginning, as she refused to return the keys to ASMT members, who are the rightful owners. Instead, she had allowed the anti-Hindu elements to enter the mutt illegally, being fully aware of the Nagapattinam sub-court order and the Madras High Court Order. Till now, despite being backed up by the court orders, The SPH and ASMT members are not able to carry out the rituals or services or revival of the mutt.

176. 5 Aug 2017, Vedaranyam, The Government officers continued to work against court orders as the RDO canceled the meeting by being absent.

177. 12 Aug 2017, Tanjore, The Government officers continued to work against orders. The RDO, Tahsildar, and other Officers gave the excuse that they would not execute the court order as the opposing criminal elements were absent from the Peace meeting.

178. 12 Aug 2017, Vedaranyam, The Government officers continued to work against orders. The RDO, Tahsildar, and other Officers gave the excuse that they would not execute the court order as the opposing criminal elements were absent from the Peace meeting.

179. 19 Aug 2017, Tanjore, The Government officers continued to work against orders. The Tahsildar intentionally was absent from the meeting to create another excuse to postpone and never execute the court order.

180. 22 Aug 2017, Vedaranyam, The Government officers continued to flaunt court orders and intentionally create obstacles while pretending to execute them. The Vedaranyam RDO concluded the peace meetings citing the absence of the opposite party as the reason.

181. 26 Aug 2017, Tanjore, The Government officers continued to flaunt court orders and intentionally create obstacles while pretending to execute them.

182. 30 Apr 2019, Vedaranyam, The HR&CE passed an illegal order to bring the Sri Po.Ka. Sadhukkal Mutt in Vedaranyam under their control. This is against the interim injunction passed by the Nagapattinam Sub-court through IA 348/2015 which states clearly that The SPH is the rightful owner of the mutt till the suit comes to an end.

183. Jul 2019, although there is a High Court order in their favor the ASMT community monks cannot even dare to enter their own monasteries and temples. The government and the police have been unwilling to provide protection and execute the court order and allow the community to continue

the practice of sacred ASMT rituals in their temples. Throughout the recent five centuries or so these temples and monasteries have been constantly destroyed by successive rulers who opposed the ASMT Hindu religion. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam is the only hope for the community for the revival of the ancient civilizations and had been working relentlessly to revive the spiritual ASMT traditions and its temples. Now the community lives in more fear as the anti-Hindu atheistic terrorist forces and neo-Hindutva extremist extremists in the government continuously attempted assassination of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. The ASMT community is thus faced with a bleak future, as they continue to battle the political and religious persecution, wherein they are not able to practice their religion and their temples and monasteries are slowly being destroyed by the government.

Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam

184. On 7 Nov 2012, Tiruvannamalai, the State government Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department sent a notice to the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam (monastery) declaring the State's intent to take over the monastery. The Tiruvannamalai temple-monastery complex is private property. HR&CE (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments board) attempted to falsely present it as a public temple to get ownership over it and destroy its cultural heritage. It is an ancestral property of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam's pre-monastic family. HR&CE had no business nor jurisdiction to attempt to breach any private property. In principle the State takeover of Hindu temples by HR&CE is unconstitutional, but this was doubly illegal as they additionally falsely show the private ASMT temple as a public temple.

185. On 26 November 2012, in response to the show-cause notice of the HR&CE that the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam (monastery) of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam falls under its purview, the Madras High Court ordered a status quo till the disposal of the case for both the parties - Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Tiruvannamalai and HR&CE. The Court clarified that Nithyananda Peetham, Tiruvannamalai can continue with all its services. The next hearing of the case was posted for December 5, 2012, when the HR&CE was directed to file its counter to the Writ Petition.

186. On 30 January 2013, Chennai the Hon'ble High Court of Madras allowed the Writ Petition filed by Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and set aside the show cause notice issued by the HR&CE claiming that the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam comes under the purview of HR&CE as it is a Hindu religious institution. The Hon'ble High Court order clearly said that Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Trust Deed and its objectives show that it is a Public Charitable Trust and thus HR&CE had no legal bearing in its claim. The Trust Deed clearly shows that the institution is open to all people, irrespective of caste, creed, or religion. The various construction activities on the premises are per the objectives of the Trust to spread meditation, yoga and provide various social services to the public at large. The Hon'ble High Court allowed the Writ Petition and the show cause notice was set aside because even the show cause notice was uncalled for as it was based on a non-existent foundation.⁴⁷⁸ This did not remedy the situation. The

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government filed another petition challenging this order. The appeal was also in the favor of the SPH, but it had a clear prohibition on doing any Hindu religious activities in the place.⁴⁷⁹

187. 26 Feb 2013, Tiruvannamalai - The ASMT Kumarakoil Murugar Temple was grabbed by Neo-Hindutva extremists. Kumaracoil Murugan Temple is a community temple that was run by the ASMT (Saiva Vellalar) community for many hundreds of years. The entire community recognized The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam as the Incarnation of Annamalaiyar (Shiva) who descended on the planet earth and took birth in this community. The community Ordained Him as the Hereditary Trustee of Temple, who after assuming the responsibility, started major renovation work. Hindu extremists who could not tolerate this productive effort conspired to stop the project. Hindu Makkal Katchi, a Neo-Hindutva extremist political party, filed a vexatious complaint against the temple trustees, claiming that they were mishandling the temple money. Based on this accusation, the Government body, the Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment board, illegally took over the temple and appointed an Executive officer for the temple. A huge legal battle followed and in the end, the ASMT community got the order from the High Court of Chennai, that the community can run the Temple administration. Despite the court order, the community is unable to start the Temple activities because the anti-Hindu extremists are continuously attacking the temple and trustees physically. They also released false propaganda in the media about the temple trustees. To this day, the temple remains in the same state, needing renovation and authentic services for the public have not been started.

188. 7 Dec 2013, Tiruvannamalai: Charitable free organic food service of the ASMT Tiruvannamalai monastery was stopped by the Government Food Department. Many devotees were affected by this wrongful decision. ASMT monks and community members appealed to the District Collector with evidence of the quality of service that was offered by the monastery. The Collector intervened and issued an order for Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam to continue with food offering service. Later the Food department visited Aadheenam again for an inspection and concluded that the food was of first-class quality and best practices of hygiene were being followed. This was a complete turnaround from the earlier observations it claimed. This did not remedy the situation as various vexatious litigations continued to be made to stop religious and charitable services done by the ASMT.

189. 8 Nov 2019, the government withdrew its petition that challenged the court order dismissing the government's claim over the ASMT monastery in Tiruvannamalai.⁴⁸⁰ Assistant Commissioner, HR & CE Department, Thiruvannamalai, filed in the court:

> "7) It is submitted that the Ashram also has a large Kitchen area with many utensils (big > & small) which is capable of preparing food for more than 500 people at once. Near the > Kitchen there is also a Library and rooms for the Ashram members to stay. > ...

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10) It is most humbly submitted that during the Inspection it was clear that there is no consecration of Idol in the Ashram and there is no Idol Worship there.”

190. This did not remedy the damage. The memo submitted by the Government showed that if any Hindu Deities were placed in the monastery the HR&CE department could again claim ownership of the monastery by vexatious legal processes. Hinduism cannot be practiced freely in India as the government taxes the practice of Hinduism exclusively, and misappropriate all funds donated by devotees for religious and social purposes. This is done by both the Neo-Hindutva extremists and anti-Hindu atheists. The State Governments in India have been ordered time and again by the Supreme Court to withdraw themselves from Temple administration but neither the government nor the government officials respect court orders in India.⁴⁸¹

191. 24 May 1994, a year before her death, Mata Vibhutananda Puri, declared Rajasekaran as Her successor to the spiritual seat of Arunachala Sarvajnapeetham⁴⁸², Tiruvannamalai, by Guru Parampara (Guru lineage) from Isakki Swamigal, and gave the title “Brahmasukhi”through a formal initiation letter⁴⁸³. She built and gifted Him a small ashram (monastery) in Pavazhakundru. Pavazhakundru is a sacred hillock in Tiruvannamalai where Devi Parashakti (primordial Hindu Mother Goddess) had Her enlightenment experience during one of Her incarnations on the planet earth. The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam also had His first enlightenment experience in Pavalakundru. Even though all the property documents⁴⁸⁴ show the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam as the owner of the land, the Tamil Nadu State Government has repeatedly prevented the monks and nuns of the SPH from performing puja (worship) to the sacred hill. Monks were forcibly evacuated by authorities beaten and raped in front of the State Police by State-groomed militants of the DMK and CPI(M).

192. 16 June 2017, Pavazhakundru, three nuns – Ma Nithya Deepikananda Swami, Ma Nithya Satyajnananda Swami, and her per-monastic minor daughter Ma Nithya Prajnanananda, were cleaning the area around Paramashiva Shila (the sacred rock worshipped as a Deity) for worship. They were attacked and tied up by State groomed militants of CPI(M). The militants defiled the Paramashiva Shila (the rock worshipped as a Deity) with footwear and drew lewd figures on it. Ma Nithya Satyajnananda Swami was brutally beaten. Meanwhile Ma Nithya Deepikananda Swami was trying to protect the deities and a young nun. The child was trying to protect herself by being close to the senior nun. The child expected help from the policemen, but they pushed her amongst each other, something which deeply terrorized her about the role of the police in society. ASMT monk Parabrahmananda Maharaj survived an attempted murder⁴⁸⁵. The community sent letters of appeal to the District Executive Officer who ignored all their appeals. Despite peacefully using

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the world leading the entire humanity to the next breakthrough in spiritual research and development. It encompasses several spiritual-religious kingdoms and Hindu monasteries (Mutt).

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the land for more than three decades, and showing all land documents, along with bills and vouchers of annual fees that were paid to the State Revenue department the State authorities headed by the district collector, declared the hut to be an illegal construction and ordered demolition. The hut where worship items were kept was torn down by police and aired in media and publicized as demolition of illegal construction. The politically owned media reported this event in a biased way, they cruelly vilified the ASMT nuns and monks and addressed them as "cheats", "landgrabbers"⁴⁸⁶ along with other stereotypes that the politically owned media had established to marginalize the community – "sodomized disciples"⁴⁸⁷, "witches"⁴⁸⁸, "prostitutes" ⁴⁸⁹, "sex slaves"⁴⁹⁰.

193. This was not a sole incidence. Even though all the property documents⁴⁹¹ were shown to authorities repeatedly and they were convinced the attacks did not stop. On 5 February 2017, ASMT monk Sri Nithya Bhaktimayananda Swami escaped an attempt to murder⁴⁹² with a bleeding head. On 22 June 2017, nuns were forcibly evicted while worshiping the Paramashiva Shila (the sacred rock worshipped as a Deity) and taken to Police Station beyond permissible time per law⁴⁹³ for women to be arrested or kept for interrogation. They were threatened by the police and released. 18 May 2018, the Paramashiva Shila (the sacred rock worshipped as a Deity) was vandalized again – the anti-Hindu terrorists from CPI(M) and DMK urinated on the deity and defiled it with slippers, and broke the worship altars.

I. The Incitement of violence by the Chief Minister of Karnataka

194. 09 Jun 2012, Bengaluru, Chief Minister of Karnataka State - D V Sadananda Gowda, went on air and declared the Government's stand to prosecute⁴⁹⁴ the SPH and the ASMT community. He announced the State takeover of the privately owned temple monastery and the arrest of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. The Chief Minister made the following statements:

a. "Bail of Nithyananda should be canceled and he should be arrested"⁴⁹⁵,

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of at least ‘17 women devotees were pulled’ in public, at seven places his Brahmacharis were thrashed and the Ashram call centre received about 300 phone calls for prostitution.” https://www.deccanherald.com/content/152493/cid-report- stolen-says-nithyananda.html

Reporter) (ii) https://www.vikatan.com/news/coverstory/114380-the-psychology-behind-the-cults-worshippers.html Date: 24/Jan/2018

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b. "I have asked the district administrator to seize the Dhynapeeth Ashram of Nithyananda and recover all documents and arrest him immediately'⁴⁹⁶,

c. "I have asked the Police to file strong objections against his bail petition".

d. The arrest of Nithyananda swami should be done as early as possible and a serious mechanism should be opted for this purpose. We received the report. The Law Minister, the Home Minister and the District minister along with officers we had detailed discussion and they decided to hold a high-level inquiry headed by the regional commissioner to look into the matter in detail'⁴⁹⁷

e. He also told on June 11: "I have directed the investigators to frame a perfect charge sheet against Nithyananda and I will ensure that this is so. We do not encourage such immoral people in Karnataka, and I am going to make an example out of Nithyananda."⁴⁹⁸

f. The Chief Minister of the State went to the extent of claiming that he was ready to face jail term but would not stop targeting The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam⁴⁹⁹.

g. The Law Minister of Karnataka, Suresh Kumar, said, "The Karnataka government has been planning to take over the ashram of controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda at Bidadi, taking into view allegations of objectionable activities taking place there. The government is mulling to take control of the administration of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam situated at Bidadi following allegations of objectionable activities going on in there. He said the government was also planning to appoint an administrator for the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, located in the Ramanagara district⁵⁰⁰.

195. Shankarappa who is a legal expert gave his legal opinion on the matter as, "The chief minister's order is illegal, and he acted in haste. The political head of the state has no power to order anyone's arrest as it is an infringement of an individual's rights. It is unfortunate.. he seems to have surrendered himself to some vested interests. If anyone has a grievance, he should file a complaint. Or police can take up a suo motu case and investigate what occurred in the ashram. Media reports cannot be the basis for any order".⁵⁰¹

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196. 11 Jun 2012, State Police seizes temple property, seals the Monastery, enforces curfew, displacing hundreds of residents.

197. 13 Jun 2012, The SPH came to Court to apply for anticipatory bail for a crime that He was framed on illegally – breach of peace. On the contrary, His monastery complex was trespassed into by neo-Hindutva terrorists who barged into the monastery and attempted to murder the administrator of the monastery and raped female monks, and assaulted male monks to murder them. This was broadcast live on television. But the police slapped a case of breach of peace and assault against The SPH instead. When the SPH came to apply for anticipatory bail in this false case, the police arrested Him and took Him into custody. They again attempted to assassinate The SPH taking Him to an undisclosed location. They kept Him in police custody in the night where he was again deprived of food and given poisonous food thereafter.

198. 14 Jun 2012, The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was granted bail. But the SPH was immediately arrested in yet another false case. A 600 battalion police force was used to arrest and take Him into custody. Public money to the tune of 30 million INR was used and The SPH was paraded in the streets of the city, showcasing him as if He was a most wanted terrorist and enemy of the State. Ironically, the District Commissioner in the guise of protecting the SPH arrested Him. Even if the false charges under which the SPH was arrested were considered to be true, were a bailable offense, even if, which show the extent of the illegality of the government’s actions.

199. The High Court in its order CRL.P. 3253/2012⁵⁰² implicitly exposed the State terrorism, where it termed the arrest of SPH in 2012 as "illegal", "without any authority", "contrary to law", "without jurisdiction". This did not remedy the situation. There were no repercussions for perpetrators of the crime who were protected by the State. This is the reason why assassination attempts, illegal imprisonment, and custodial torture was repeatedly done to SPH until 2018 when SPH was forced to withdraw from public life in India. The Chief Minister who had openly given orders to the police to use the brutal force of SPH only escalated in his position and capacity in the government and became the Central Government’s Law Minister.

200. The State of the Republic of India made several attempts to illegally capture temples of the ASMT community. The land where the Adi Kailasa Bengaluru Aadheenam (temple-monastery), Bidadi, is constructed is owned by the temple trust. In 2020, the High Court of Karnataka directed the Ramanagara District court to attach all properties owned by the SPH. The SPH is a Hindu monk and following the religious practices of Aparigraha as per Hinduism (which is similar to the vow of poverty that His Holiness Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, the Bishop of Rome (Pope) takes⁵⁰³) has not even one piece of land or bank account to His name. The police did not attach any property unlike as directed by the court as there are none. For this, on 30 March 2021, the court order accused the police of "not been cooperating with the court", as if there were properties

has never received a salary’. As a Jesuit, Pope Francis had already taken a vow of poverty. On his election, the pope-elect’s private property is usually either donated to the church, transferred to a family member, used to endow a foundation, or placed in trust.” www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/pontifacts-all-the-papal-questions-you-never-thought-to-ask- 1.3597284

in the name of the SPH which the police were not reporting to the court. The order has been quoted below⁵⁰⁴ :

> "In this case the complainant COD police has not been cooperating with the court by > furnishing details of property of accused Nithyananda. It is their say that accused > Nithyananda has property at Bidadi by having his own Ashram. But so far no details of > such property is mentioned by the respondent COD police. Since the tenure of the P.O. of > this court i.e., for the last 2 years there has been no progress in the case on hand > particularly in the matter of procuring accused Nithyananda. On each and every date of > hearing the officers who represent complainant COD before this court gives one or other > reason without taking any satisfactory steps. On questioning the so called Nodal Officer > who visits this court once in while submits that the property at Bidadi i.e., Nithyananda > Ashrama Property has been in the name of the mother of accused Nithyananda. But no > steps are taken by the complainant COD Police to attach other properties of Ashram at > Bidadi which is in the name of accused Nithyananda. This court is not at all satisfied with > the answers given by the so called Nodal Officer from time to time. Therefore, the following > ORDER The Nodal Officer/the officer in-charge of this case in whatsoever capacity shall > take proper steps in terms of Cr.PC by taking steps to attach the property at Bidadi Ashram > so as to procure accused Nithyananda and other accused persons who are regularly > remaining absent before this court. A3 to A6 are absent. EP filed. For proper steps in this > behalf by 17.04.2021."

201. 6 June 2020: Taking advantage of the lockdown due to the CORONA pandemic, and the lack of clear visibility of Government illegalities and brutalities, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh destroyed the Hindu Temple of The Kashi Sarvajnapeetha of the SPH at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi. At around 1 AM neo-Hindutva militants destroyed the temple using heavy machinery and earthmover machines. The Hindu monks were still inside but managed to escape from death in the collapsing temple building.

202. The demolition was completely illegal and done despite multiple High Court orders⁵⁰⁵ that specifically had given a stay order in favor of the ASMT and forbid the government from touching the property including the High Court order to W.P. 58947/2017 (dated 11 Dec 2017) specifically prohibiting the government to demolish the Kashi Sarvajnapeetha. Both District Court and High Court orders were ridiculed by the government officials.

203. The sacrilege of the deities and destruction of the temple caused great pain to the Hindu monks to Hindus worldwide who witnessed the shocking events on social media.⁵⁰⁶

204. The Hindu monks tried to stop the heavy machinery by using their bodies as an obstacle. ASMT monk Sri Nithya Shantimayananda Swami's neck was broken, still, he fastened his body to the steel

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rebars to protect the Temple from the terror attack. He went live on social media in the hope of protection - here is the video.⁵⁰⁷ Sri Nithya Shantimayananda Swami was subjected to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment by Police, who broke his neck and took him in custody. All legal recourse was denied. Several Hindu monks have died due to these atrocities of the police and militants.⁵⁰⁸

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205. When the Mahant (ASMT regional head), went to the government officials in protest of what they had done and showed the High court order to them and exposed the wrong that they had done, the government officials led by Vishal Singh (Head of the government project) challenged him - "Yes, I am doing Contempt of Court, so what will you put me in jail?! Try doing and see," and threw the High Court order copy in the office dustbin.

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6 June 2020: When the Mahant (ASMT regional head), went to the government officials in protest of what they had done and showed the High court order to them and exposed the wrong that they had done, the government officials led by Vishal Singh (Head of the government project) challenged him - "Yes I am doing Contempt of Court, so what will you put me in jail?! Try doing and see," and threw the High Court order copy in the office dustbin.

Picture of a temple before the state-sponsored destruction in Kashi.

A similar but different temple after the state-sponsored destruction in Kashi.

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206. In several attacks made on the ASMT monastery during 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2019 the traditional schools (Gurukuls) imparting education inside the monastery had to be shut. The Karnataka State Government was either unable to or unwilling to curtail these attacks and on the contrary, chose to vexatiously prosecute the victims.

207. The right of indigenous peoples to education is protected by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which in Article 14 states that “Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.” Similarly, many international conventions such as UNHR - Article 26; ICESCR - Articles 13 and 14; ICCPR - Article - 18 and 26 rights of religious minorities to offer religious and indigenous education to their children.

208. Similarly, the rights of ASMT schools imparting religious and indigenous education are protected under Articles 26, 29, and 30 of the Constitution of the Republic of India.

209. Further to the Government circular F.No. 1-15/2010-EE-4⁵⁰⁹, the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy dated 23 Nov 2010, clearly mentioned that in point 3. - “Institutions. intruding Madrasa and Vedic Pathshalas especially serving religious and linguistic minorities are protected under Article 29 and 30 of the Constitution. The RTE Act does not come in the way of continuance of such institutions or the rights of children in such institutions.” This is a well-known fact and is covered by the media.⁵¹⁰

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210. Despite various international laws, constitutions principles, central (federal) and state (provincial) laws, and policies acknowledging the right of the indigenous communities to run schools imparting religious and indigenous education, the Government of the State of Karnataka targeted the ASMT Hindu schools (Gurukuls) using a lawfare of vexatious litigation and malicious prosecution.

211. On 9 June 2012, the Chief Minister of the State, Sadananda Gowda grossly misused his power and the government machinery to execute a series of State-sponsored terror attacks on the ASMT community. The High Court in its order CRL.P. 3253/2012⁵¹¹ implicitly exposed this State terrorism, where it termed the entire government process as "illegal", "without any authority", "contrary to law", "without jurisdiction". This did not remedy the situation. There were neither any repercussions for any of the state authorities responsible nor any sign of remorse or apology from perpetrators of the crime – including the Chief Minister of the State.

212. Following these illegal orders from the Chief Minister of the state, since August 2012 onwards up to date (2019), there have been consistent efforts by the Karnataka State Government to shut down the Nithyananda Gurukul (the indigenous and religious school run by the followers of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam as per the ASMT tradition.)

213. August 2012: The Karnataka State CWC (Child Welfare Committee) sent an independent body comprising citizens to inspect the conditions of the Nithyananda Gurukul. The government’s objective was to harass the children, teachers, and parents and to make them wary, and ultimately shut down the Gurukul.

214. However, contrary to the expectations of the government the Committee that comprised a group of citizens (similar to a jury) gave a positive report:⁵¹²

> “We five members of Child Welfare Committee came to visit the ashram and see the > students/children who are staying in the ashram. We found that all children have been > taken good care and provided with good food, shelter, and education. We had an > interaction with children and we are satisfied with (the) facilities offered. We thank the > volunteers, staff, and disciples for cooperating (with) us to carry out our duties and > responsibilities. We have advised the staff to obtain prerequisite permission from the > women and child welfare department to stay fit institution approval. We wish the ashram > all the best in our future endeavors.”

215. August 2012 to until about a year, July 2013 (and beyond) the Gurukul and other social and spiritual causes of The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam were under constant attack by the media through hate speech for incitement of violence. For example, an attack was executed on 13 January 2014 on Uttarahalli monastery.⁵¹³ While all the hate propaganda against The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam and the ASMT community was being aired non-stop on Kannada language news channels, the Karnataka State Child Rights commission came to Gurukul without notice and interrogated the children. The Karnataka State Child Rights commission bullied the children. The

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parents of the children were not present, and no prior permission of the parents or the Gurukul (the ASMT school) was ever sought by the Karnataka State Child Rights Commission. The Karnataka State Child Rights commission came uninvited, without informing, and without permission of any sort. The state authorities could not find anything wrong but the Karnataka State Child Rights Commission and Department of Women and Children and other government agencies kept on making several such visits and harassed the children, intimidating them to leave the school. The Karnataka State Child Rights commission authorities asked children inappropriate and humiliating questions, such as:

a. They mocked their traditional dressing, demanding them to wear jeans and pants instead of traditional saffron robes.

b. They mocked the organic vegetarian traditional food that the children were eating.

c. The children were sitting on the ground and eating, as that is the ancient ASMT tradition, the board questioned that and many simple ancient traditional ancient lifestyle aspects.

d. They intimidated the children by claiming that they had no future in the Nithyananda Gurukul and that they should leave. The threats were not ordinary and children reported to the Principal of being bullied and harassed by the officers.

e. The testimonials of the children of the harassment by the various government departments who made several unauthorized visits have been documented by the children and parents.

216. 17 Sep 2013, the Karnataka State CWC officials forcibly, cruelly, and illegally interrogated children in the Gurukul. It was done without parental consent, without any video recording. CWC representative Radha. K acknowledging with a signed letter that she came to see gurukul with the police.⁵¹⁴ This visit was after 7:30 PM late-night beyond⁵¹⁵ the time permissible by law (6 PM)⁵¹⁶. The State interrogators shamed, ridiculed, and humiliated the children, particularly girls for their traditional dress, pressured them to quit their spiritual-religious lifestyle.

217. 19 Sep 2013, FIR 340/2013 Bidadi PS dated 19-Sept-2013 IPC 186 against Ragasudha Vasundhara Shivanna, the legal counsel for the school and parents, for intervening in the violation of the rights of children and parents and reminding the police officers and CWC team members that it was not appropriate and illegal in fact to interrogate children in absence of their guardians that also after 6 PM (the official raided at 7:30 PM). For this, the government fabricated an accusation of IPC 186 which reads - "Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions. —Whoever voluntarily obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his public functions, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both."⁵¹⁷

representative Radhika. K acknowledging with a signed letter that she came to see gurukul with police beyond legally permissible time (click here to see video evidence)

218. 21 Sep 2013, the Karnataka Government District Children Protection Committee (Women and Children Welfare Department) issued a show-cause notice⁵¹⁸, wherein they made false allegations claiming that children were kept there illegally and ordered parents of all children to appear for interrogation. Parents from all over the country had to fly to meet the government demands, which they did.

219. 15 Oct 2013, the parents of the children fight against the government for their constitutional, religious, and human rights to have their children educated as per ancient ASMT tradition. The State Government officers claimed that the parents were fake and demanded them to produce all documents to prove they are the real parents. The parents established this by producing various documents such as – state issues biometric-ids, passports, birth certificates, and other documents.⁵¹⁹ However, the State Government officers maliciously maintained that the children were orphans. They criminally intimated the children pressurizing them to leave the Gurukul and go with their parents or they will be taken away by the Government officers.⁵²⁰ The entire attack by the government was reported by various politically owned Kannada language news channels that re-iterated the false claims of the government such as the claim the children were orphans and even absurd claims such as that the parents of the children were fake.⁵²¹ About 19 children and their parents were intimidated and harassed by the Government officers to the extent that they had no choice other than to leave.⁵²²

220. 16 Oct 2013, in a politically owned neo-Hindutva newspaper, named Indian Express⁵²³ it was published that the Karnataka State CWC Officer, Shivalingaiah said, “We found the children brilliant”. However, the Officer falsely claimed, “But they are not receiving formal education. They (the ashram) do not have accreditation from any government agency, they do not follow the law of the land and do not have an authentic syllabus for the children.” Several other politically owned newspapers such as the Deccan Herald also spread misinformation and justified the state's legal terrorism by falsely accusing the traditional school of child rights violation whereas in reality the state was persecuted their children and their parents using vexatious proceedings.⁵²⁴ The claims of the Karnataka State CWC were malicious, vindictive, and completely counterfactual. The fact that the education was not as per one of the secular state education systems and the fact that as per Right To Education (R.T.E.) Act Section-1(5) - Vedic Pathashalas (Indigenous, religious, traditional Hindu schools) are exempt from the purview of the RTE Act, it simply meant that the CWC had no jurisdiction or rights in interfering with the school. This was also later pointed out by the High Court in its order in a writ petition in 2018. This simply showed that the CWC did not follow any law or procedures and were just twisting logic and violating the law to realize their aim to shut down the Gurukul and deny the children of religious and indigenous education. The

http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/nithyananda-ashram-produces-88-students-before-child-welfare-panel/1183244/

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children were receiving formal education which was as per IGCSE Edexcel. The authorities were presented the relevant documents such as:

(1) The Certificate of approval of EDEXCEL UK to the Nithyananda Gurukul to offer Non-Religious conventional education with Edexcel Academic Qualifications⁵²⁵

(2) Documents showing the recognition of EDEXCEL courses by the central education board – the Council of Boards of School Education in India⁵²⁶

(3) Documents showing the recognition by the Association of Indian Universities for EDEXCEL 10th Grade courses as equivalent to those offered by Indian boards.⁵²⁷

(4) Documents showing recognition by the Association of Indian Universities for EDEXCEL 12th grade courses as equivalent to those offered by Indian boards.⁵²⁸

None of these submissions remedy the damage and the state continued the lawfare and legal terrorism.

221. On 8 Feb 2014, the Officers from the Department of Women and children announced their plans on television⁵²⁹ to shut down the Nithyananda Gurukul. On multiple occasions - (1) order dated 29 Jan 2014, passed by the Director (2) order dated 11 Feb 2014 passed by the Commissioner - The State Public Education Department, maliciously rejected the application of ASMT community school without providing any hearing which is contrary to the provisions of law as per Karnataka Education Act. On 11 Feb 2014, this was pointed out by the community and submitted in their Amended Writ Petition WP 8805/2013 (END RED) WP-8830-873/2014⁵³⁰.

222. Subsequently, on 13 Feb 2014, the State Government sent a notice through the State Police to the Nithyananda Gurukul to shut it down and within a timeline 7 days from receiving the notice to send the children of the Gurukul to a nearby Government school or a private school.⁵³¹

223. 14 Feb 2014, the State Minister of education publicly re-iterated the lies spread earlier through the media and ordered the shutdown of the Gurukula arbitrarily without any verification of facts and due process.⁵³² This was reported in the Hindu newspaper (politically linked to the DK/DMK anti-Hindu terrorists) Vol 45 No. 38 dated 14 Feb 2014, in an article titled “Action to be taken against Nithyananda’s gurukula”⁵³³ wherein the State Minister of education parroted the old same lies as earlier.

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224. 17 Feb 2014, Nithyananda Gurukul appealed in the High Court for a stay order⁵³⁴; and it was granted by the High Court.⁵³⁵

225. 26 Mar 2014, in response to the Writ Petition WP. 8805/2014 (END-RES) the State Government filed a Statement of Objection (BV/ma/26032014/2+1) dated 26-March-2014. The state government made a false statement in court⁵³⁶ that IGCSE is not recognized by the Government. The state government statement was false - IGCSE is recognized as equivalent to Central and State Education Boards and this is evident by COBSE Circular number COBSE/C.280/2011 dated April 18, 2011; AIA Circular No.EV/II(281/2013/1958 dated Dec 06, 2013; AIA Circular No. EV/II(281)/2008/188 dated December 17/2008 etc.

226. The ASMT community submitted an Amended Writ Petition WP 8805/2013 (END RED) WP-8830- 873/2014 to address the lies by the State Government. The community cited the proof showing that IGCSE is a recognized equivalent to Central and State Education Boards.⁵³⁷ The community also exposed the malicious prosecution of ASMT by the State Public Education Department, that it rejected the application without providing any hearing which is contrary to the provisions of law as per the Karnataka Education Act. As per the Karnataka Education Act, 1983 clause (c) & (d) of Section 2(27) the institutions giving, providing, or imparting only religious instructions as well as the institutions imparting instructions for which there is no approved syllabi or course of studies of the Government. Therefore, the ASMT gurukul is excluded from the purview of the Karnataka Education Act. Despite this, the State Government of Karnataka used the sections of the Karnataka Education Act to persecute the community and its children. As per the Karnataka Education Act, the application for starting a regular school as per the State law should be processed in 3 months. However, the application which was submitted by the ASMT community in 2013 was rejected in 2014 moreover rejection no written reasons for rejection were given which was also illegal.⁵³⁸ The rejection order denigrated and ridiculed the spiritual names⁵³⁹ given to students as per native Hindu Vedic tradition and with the consent of parents.

227. 17 Sep 2014, even after the stay order the officers of the Department of Women and Children did not stop harassing and made another visit and interrogated the children in the same inhumane, cruel, and degrading manner.⁵⁴⁰

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228. 19 Nov 2014, further, the Nithyananda Gurukul kept knocking on every door for justice, and approached and submitted an appeal to the Minister for Women & Children, the Chief Minister, the Governor, State, and National Human Rights Commission.⁵⁴¹

229. From 2014 to 2019 for five years the status quo was somehow maintained because of the stay order granted by the High Court on 17 Feb 2014. Various government departments and television channels continued to harass in different ways.

230. Finally, on 12 Mar 2019, the High Court passed an order quashing the illegal notice and proceeding of the Department. In the High Court of Karnataka, Writ Petition 8806 of 2014 (Order dated - 12- March-2019), the High Court ordered the Block Education Officer to drop all proceedings against the Nithyananda Gurukul.⁵⁴² Some highlights of the court order⁵⁴³ :

a. In point number 12, the High Court recognized that the order by the Block Education Officer was unauthorized.⁵⁴⁴ Further, the Court recognized that since the children were not following conventional secular State Education, the notion of Class I to Class X did not apply to them so the notice to shift the children from Class I to Class X out of the Gurukul was unauthorized and did not apply to the Gurukul.

b. The High Court ordered the Block Education Officer to drop all proceedings against the Nithyananda Gurukul.

c. In the conclusion, the High Court directed the Nithyananda Gurukul to resubmit their application to start another school called Nithyananda Vidyalaya (as per the secular State Board apart from the traditional Nithyananda Gurukul) and directed the Block Education Officer to consider the application without prejudice as per law.

231. This did not remedy the situation. Even after March 2019, the Nithyananda Gurukul continue the struggle to run traditional and indigenous traditional schools for the ASMT children despite the hostile government. The caste supremacist media continue their hate speech, slanderous, and defamatory attacks against the Gurukul. The hate speech also continued on social media, and several children were subjected directly to such hate speech attacks. 14 August 2019, only after six months of the court order, finally the Regional Education Officer passed the order (03/2012- 13/19-20 [250/19-20 / 14/8/19]) dated 14 August 2019 to repeal the order of closure of gurukul.⁵⁴⁵

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232. From 2013 up until 2019, a person named Janardhan Sharma took refuge in the monastery citing a series of heart attacks, heart surgery, and inability to work to sustain himself and his family. He, his wife, and four children were supported by the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam and the ASMT community. The children were given free education, free health care, their traveling expenses, etc. were all borne by the monastery. The community tried to support him while his health recovered. To avoid exertion given his fragile health Janardhan Sharma was given simple tasks such as mentoring children studying Sanskrit, for which he withdrew salary but never actually conducted any classes. Janardhan Sharma pretended to be in a key position of power in the monastery during his time and tried to force himself into many negotiations of high-value contracts with external vendors, manipulated the purchase process. By 2019, his two daughters had become Hindu monks and got involved in the temple administration. His daughters (Ma Nithay Tattvapriyanadna and Ma Nithyanandita) while scrutinizing temple purchases discovered the financial irregularities done by their father. Upon being exposed for his crimes and being confronted by his daughters, Janardhan filed a complaint with the Gujarat Police, falsely alleging that his daughters had been abducted. On 2ⁿᵈ and 3ʳᵈ November 2019, his daughter Ma Nithyanandita met the Gujarat Police officers and gave a handwritten statement denying all allegations of her father as false and baseless. She clarified she was residing in the Hindu monastery of the SPH voluntarily and happily and requested the police to close the false case. This should have officially brought the case to closure, but it did not.

(Left) 3 Nov 2019: Hindu nun Ma Nithya Nandithananda sitting on the bench on the extreme left giving her formal statement in presence of multiple police officers of the Gujarat Police. (Right) The photograph of the statement given by Ma Nithyananditha to the Gujarat State Police.

233. In November 2019, the State atrocity was much more appalling. On 15 November 2019, the Gujarat State government (CWC) Child Welfare Commission officials raided the female monastery and molested the children studying there, particularly the minor girls and boys studying there. The Gujarat State CWC officials and the State policemen showed pornography to the children. When a small girl went to change her clothes the state officials peeped into the bathroom. The state officials pulled the Jattas (dreadlocks) of the children causing them physical pain and emotional pain due to the ridicule. The state officials intimidated the children threatening to put them in jail if they did not attest to the views of the state officials. Some officers pressurized the children to eat unhealthy processed substances containing non-vegetarian substances avoided by the ASMT community on religious grounds and for health reasons. Children were traumatized by these harassments and for more than a year, a few children became so afraid of going to the bathroom alone that they would otherwise keep the door open in fear somebody might suddenly barge in. The statement of the children collected by coercion by the Gujarat State CWC officials and the State police and were further manipulated by these officials wherein the officials attributed false statements against the names of the children and included the names of these children as witnesses of these claims (made by the state authorities) in the charge sheet made against the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam and volunteer nuns working in the monastery.

234. For the abuse done to children, the CWC officials were pulled up by the parents of these children in the High Court.⁵⁴⁶

A security camera CCTV footage of an officer touching a minor ASMT girl's Jatta (dreadlocks) made the minor girl very uncomfortable, as per her testimony.

A security camera CCTV footage of an officer who was showing a minor girl an obscene scene with his phone.

235. Following the High Court order fourteen Gujarat State government (CWC) Child Welfare Commission officials and the Gujarat State government Police officers who had raided the female monastery on the order of a Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Court were booked under POCSO Act for showing pornographic material to children.

236. Unable to avail justice, the Hindu monks - Ma Nithyananditha, Ma Nithya Tattvapriyananda fled to escape police torture and enhanced interrogation aimed at forcing them to give a false confession. Ma Nithyananditha, Ma Nithya Tattvapriyananda jointly gave several video statements explaining their stand of why they wanted to continue their monastic life and how they were being harassed by the State Police to give false statements. They submitted four signed affidavits to the High Court of Gujarat from (i) Trinidad and Tobago, (ii)Virginia, (iii) Barbados, (iv) The High Commission of India of Kingston Jamaica, which the court finally accepted.⁵⁴⁷ In their affidavits they also cited that their

father had sided with highly influential neo-Hindutva politicians who were using the State Police to torture them into a false confession and their fair representation was impossible in India, owing to which they had no option but to flee India and submit their affidavits and video statements to the High Commission of India of Kingston Jamaica only which the courts finally accepted.

237. 25 Nov 2019, the police arrested two female monks – Ma Nithya Pranapriyananda and Ma Nithya Priyatattvananda from the monastery on false charges of kidnap, of their sister-disciple Ma Nithyananditha. The State arrested them on these false charges without even a warrant grossly undermining their human rights and due process rights. One of the nuns Ma Nithya Pranapriyananda was undergoing catamenial fever. Both the nuns had been interrogated for more than 48 hours without break by the state authorities that had completely exhausted them. The nuns had pleaded for rest for some time but were inhumanely and cruelly treated by excessive use of force by the state police. The police even forcibly entered their room violating their rights to privacy as a person and toppled their bed violating their dignity as women and their chastity as female monks, and dragged them into the police van given that they were weak to walk by themselves. They were kept imprisoned for almost 3 months and until 7 February 2020 (75 days). For these three months of imprisonment, the state police officers several times a day dehumanized the female monks making extremely vulgar, derogatory, and threatening statements such as asking to dance naked which they wished to record live for YouTube. The cruel, inhumane, and denigrating treatment done to the female monks was normalized by publicly ridiculing them on nonsensical allegations such as knowing English better than the local dialect.⁵⁴⁸ Upon bail, the court restrained them from leaving the city, while all hotels of the city refused accommodation to them citing fears of police reprisal. These circumstances forced the nuns to live on the streets during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The false case is still not closed.

238. 28 Dec 2019: The State Government completely demolished the monastery infrastructure. The monastery - Yogini Sarvajnapeetha was the biggest female Hindu monastery in the world.

239. The police complaint against the State authorities was closed without investigation and the petition to the Court was forced to be withdrawn by the Court. The only women monastery and Hindu University in India were demolished by the State.⁵⁴⁹