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A. Origins and History of anti-Hindu law and policies in the Indian sub-continent 13
The Colonial Era Laws and Policies on Hindu temples 16
Pre-Independence Era Diarchal Government 17
The origin of the anti-Hindu caste system in India – a colonial-era census 20
The anti-Hindu laws of 1925 for State take over of Hindu Temples 25
The Genesis of anti-Hindu DK/DMK terrorist 27
The Genesis of anti-Hindu neo-Hindutva extremists 34
Targeted persecution of minorities of Tamil origin in Karnataka 40

B. The incarnation and lineage (Guru Parampara) of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism 41
Why the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism was targeted. 48

D. Destruction of more than 50 ASMT temples, rapes, and assault of monks by militants and
State Police 63

H. Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam 92
Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam 92
Pavazhakundru 94

K. Attacks on Nithyananda Gurukul in Karnataka and Nithyananda University Yogini
Sarvajnanapeetha Gujarat 101

IV. ATTEMPTS TO KILL ASMT LEADER THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM 112
Early attempts to assassinate the SPH. 112
Attempts to burn the SPH. 112

1. Religious freedom has long been recognized as a fundamental human right both at the national
level in various countries' constitutions as well as at the international level by the United Nations
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international conventions, treaties, and
declarations. Religious freedom extends not just to the individual right to conscience, belief,
religious practice, but also the institutional right of religious communities to organize their
adherents, adopt common rules, doctrines, and scriptures, and appoint clergy and leadership
through various succession processes.

2. Freedom of religion or belief is guaranteed by Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights¹, Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights². Freedom of religion
or belief has many dimensions, and it intersects with other human rights. The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights³ sets forth, in Article 18, the principle that "everyone has the right to
freedom of thought, conscience and religion", and clearly states that such a right "includes
freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others,
and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practise, worship and
observance".

3. A fundamental element of any religious community's freedom is its ability to independently
appoint clergy and leadership. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 36/55,
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion
or Belief, Article 6 (g)⁴ states: "the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief
includes the freedom, to train, appoint, elect or designate by succession appropriate leaders...".
Religion is not merely scripture, rituals, and doctrine but also includes infrastructure and
governance: the practice and teaching of religion and belief include acts integral to the conduct by
religious groups of their basic affairs, such as, inter alia, the freedom to choose their religious
leaders, priests, and teachers, the freedom to establish seminaries or religious schools.

4. Over the years, significant instances of government interference in religious communities have
been documented by media and human rights organizations ranging from the persecution of Jews
and Christians in the Middle East, Falun Gong in China, and the people of Tibet. A much-needed
area of focus for the international human rights community is government interference in
religious leadership succession processes intended to usurp control of religious communities and
institutions by state actors for political purposes. The most well-documented occurrence of this
phenomenon involves China's interference in the Dalai Lama succession process⁵ whereby the
Chinese Communist Party has openly attempted to install its own chosen successor and
delegitimize the current 14ᵗʰ Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso⁶. In a similar way, since 1925⁷ the Indian

State governments have been interfering with and politically controlling minority religious sects in
India mainly so by nationalizing⁸ Hindu temples and religious institutes, arbitrarily nullifying and
overriding Hindu religious appointments outside the scrutiny of international media and human
rights watchdogs, and politically determining who can and cannot be appointed religious leader
or ‘Gurumahasannidanam’.

5. India’s constitution guarantees the freedom to practice religion as a fundamental right both for
individuals and institutions, respectively in Articles 25 and 26. Article 25⁹ of the Indian constitution
states that “all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to
profess, practice and propagate religion” in a manner that does not adversely affect public order,
health, or morality. Furthermore, Article 26¹⁰ of the Indian constitution provides that all religious
denominations can “manage their own affairs in matters of religion”, thereby ensuring not just
individual but collective freedom of religion for institutions.

6. Despite these legal guarantees empowering religious groups to freely and independently select
their leadership, certain state actors in China and India have sought to undermine, usurp, and
assimilate religious institutions they deem to be subversive to their political power base by
improperly interfering in their leadership succession processes.

7. Religious freedom and civil liberties in India have deteriorated sharply in the past few years as per
various international reports such as - the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom¹¹.
Sweden-based V-Dem Institute has downgraded the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi led
Neo-Hindutva¹² government as an "electoral autocracy".¹³ The Economist Intelligence Unit in its
latest Democracy Index classified India as ‘partially free democracy’¹⁴ and downgraded India to the
53rd position. There has been increased suppression of freedom of speech and increased attacks
against religious groups, especially against minorities by the State agencies, violent militant mobs,
and lawfare (malicious prosecution and vexatious litigation by the state).

8. As per the preamble of the Indian Constitution, the State of the Republic of India is a Secular
state¹⁵. It is an established international tenet of secularism that religious institutions may not be
singled out for special burdens, in that governments may not impose special restrictions on
religious activities that do not also apply to similar nonreligious activities¹⁶. However, in India, state
and religion are not separate¹⁷. Various State governments of India have nationalized religious
worship places¹⁸, and politically control matters of belief. The Supreme Court of India has made
three judgments directing the State governments to withdraw themselves from administration

and control of Hindu temples¹⁹. This has not remedied the situation and the State governments in
India continue to control and administer more than 400,000 temples of the country²⁰. Various
State governments of India use vexatious litigations targeting minority indigenous spiritual
traditions, by taking over their temples, misappropriating their temple funds²¹, misappropriating
their temple land²², kidnapping and trafficking²³ their worshipped Deities²⁴, destroying their
heritage and religious structures using heavy earthmovers²⁵, and interfering with their religious
appointments by means which are not just unconstitutional²⁶, and not just against international
standards on freedom of religion or belief²⁷, but also against the ancient indigenous laws and
customs. Since 2020, the situation has worsened as the apex courts have upheld the State
takeover of temples from traditional trusts and imposing special burdens on these temples²⁸
destroying vulnerable native traditions irreversibly.

9. This report presents the historical and ongoing egregious attempts by the State governments of
India to undermine, usurp, and destroy millennia-old Hindu monastic institutions in direct
violation of India’s constitution as well as international treaties, conventions, and norms.

10. Contemporary studies based on the carbon dating done on some of the earliest and exceptionally
preserved human fossils suggest that the first modern humans (Homo Sapiens), evolved from
their early hominid (monkey-human) predecessors between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago²⁹.
Based on such studies scientists have identified a hundred significant human settlements. Out of
these hundred settlements the Hindu civilization, the Mayan Civilization, the Egyptian civilization,
and a few others, have been described as some of the most advanced ancient civilizations.
Amongst all these ancient civilizations, only the Vedic civilization is still alive even today. All other
civilizations have become extinct. Based on various pieces of evidence such as astronomical,
literary, and archaeological, the Hindu civilization is known to be an unbroken continuum of more
than a few hundred thousand years of history.

11. Ancient Hindu astronomers have recorded some of the earliest planetary observations in the
Hindu Sacred texts, such as the Sūrya Siddhānta. Sūrya Siddhānta records the astronomical data
for the end of the 28ᵗʰ Krita Yuga³⁰ based on which some scholars³¹ have established the epoch of

the current Vedic Yuga calendar as being around - 15,962 BCE. Around 11,000 BCE³² - The previous
ice age (Holocene era) came to an end, and "the Holocene glacial retreat" was completed. As per
Hindu History (the Puranas), this era is seen as an era of the deluge. It is during this period (11,200
BCE), King Vaivasvata Manu rescues different species of plants, animals, and humans in a boat to
restart the civilization of KAILASA. The Vedas - the most ancient source scriptures of Hinduism,
name several kingdoms that existed even before this period (11,000 BCE). Subsequently, the later
Hindu scriptures (Puranas and Smritis) also record the several Hindu nations that were present
during the last ten thousand years.

12. KAILASA is the union of the Hindu Kingdoms, mentioned in the Hindu Cosmic Constitution (Vedas
and Agamas). The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Jagat Guru Mahasannidhanam His Divine Holiness
Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam is the sovereign head and reigning emperor of
seventeen of these ancient Hindu Kingdoms. These are listed below:

(1) Hindu Kingdoms mentioned in Vedas : Bharata, Kuru, Pañchala, Krivi, Tritsu, Matsya,
Srinjaya, Saalva or Shaalva, Pārāvata, Bharadvaja, Vasa, Uśīnara, Chedi, Kunti, Bodha,
Rušama, Varasikha, Ambastha, Shvilena, Kesin, Niṣada, Aja, Shigru, Yaksu, Bheda,
Kashi, Kosala, Videha, Magadha, Kikata, Anga, Kirāta, Varga, Pundra, Andhra, Polinda,
Mutiba, Sabara, Vidarbha, Satvanta, Anu, Druhyu, Turvasa, Yadu, Paru, Gandhari,
Paktha, Bhalana, Alina, Siva, Vishanin, Vrichivanta, Parsu, Prithu, Uttara Kuru, Uttara
Madra, Kamboja, Balhika, Vaikarna, Mūjavan, Mahaavarsha.

(2) Hindu Kingdoms mentioned in Puranas : Kuru, Panchala, Salva, Jangala, Surasena,
Bhadrakara, Bodha, Patachchara, Matsya, Kiraata, Kulya, Kuntala, Kashi, Kosala, Avanti,
Kulinga, Andhaka, Vrishni, Vatsa, Maadreya, Magadha, , Northern, Vahlika, Vatadhana,
Abhira, Kaalatoyaka, Aaparita, Sudra, Pahlava, Chamakhandika, Gandhara, Yavana,
Sindhu, Sauvira, Madraka, Shaka, Kuninda, Paarada, Ramatha, Kekaya, Dashamaalika,
Haarahunaka, Aatreya, Bharadvaja, Prasthala, Daaseraka, Lampaaka, Jaguda,
Kaamboja, Darada, Barbara, Tusaara, Girigahvara, Pallava, Abhisaha, Tomara,
Hamsamaarga, Kashmira, Tangana, Chulika, Ahuka, Huna, Darva, Satadruja, Kuluta,
Ijika, Anga, Vanga, Mudgaraka, Antargiri, Bahirgiri, Pravanga, Malavartika,
Brahmottara, Pravijaya, Vangeya, Malada, Pragjyotisa, Pundra, Videha, Taamraliptaka,
Malla, Gomanta, Bhargava, Jneyamarthaka, Pandya, Kerala, Chola, Setuka, Musika,
Kumaara, Vanavasika, Maharashtra, Mahishika, Kalinga, Vaisikya, Atavya, Sabara,
Pulinda, Vindhyamulika, Vaidarbha, Dandaka, Aabhira, Paurika, Maulika, Ashmaka,
Bhogavardhana, Andhra, Udbhida, Nalakalika, Nairnika, Konkana, Puleya, Sirala,
Rupasa, Tapasa, Taittirika, Paraskara, Naasikya, Antaranarmada, Bharukachchha,
Maaheya, Saarasvata, Kaachchhika, Suraashtra, Arbuda, Surpaaraka, Kolavana, Durga,
Kaalitaka, Vindhya Region, Maalava, Karusa, Mekala, Utkala, Dasharna, Bhoja,
Kiskindhaka, Toshala, Koshala, Traipura, Vaidisha, Tumura, Tumbura, Naishadha,
Satpura, Anuupa, Tundikera, Vitihotra, Uttamarna, Nigarhara, Kurava,
Kushapravarana, Urna, Udaka, Trigarta, Mandala, Taamara, Khasa.

(3) Hindu Kingdoms mentioned in the Mahabharata: Mauka, Sauvalya, Kasikoshala, Chedi,
Yungandhara, Saudha, Bhujinga, Aparakaashi, Jathara, Kukkusa, Sudasharna, Kunti,

Aparakunti, Mandaka, Sanda, Pamsurastra, Goparastra, Adirastra, Balirastra, Suhma,
Yakrilloman, Vaahika, Marubhauma, Kuttaparanta, Saamudranishkuta, Mahyuttara,
Praavisheya, Bharga, Nishaada, Nairta, Paarasika, Madhumanta, Shaivala, Darvika,
Kulindyopatyaka, Vaanayu, Gopaalakachchha, Siddha, Ostra or Odra, Paarvatiya,
Dravida, Praachya, Sarvaseni,

During different eras, these individual sovereign nations had slightly different names
and slightly different boundaries. Many of these merged into other bigger nations, and
many newer nations were also created at various times. There are several Hindu
nations, which stood the test of time. These were directly established by Paramashiva
in one of His incarnations. Kashi is one such example. Paramashiva declared that even
during the time of deluge, Kashi will always be protected, because Kashi is seated on
His Trishul.

Even situated on Earth it is disconnected from it and even connected with the Upper
Lokas it is situated in the lower Lokas, the City of Kasi provides salvation to all the Lokas
even while it is set up in the ‘Panchabhoutika’Bhu Loka, whose dead persons
attain divinity since Kasi Nagar is Maha Deva’s Capital, where Sacred Ganga flows
Always.

(4) Hindu nations of South-East Asia: Jawa Dwipa, Champa, Dvaravati, Funan, Gangga
Negara, Chenla, Kalingga, Kutai, Majapahit, Langkasuka, Pagan, Pan Pan, Singhasari,
Srivijaya, Tarumanagara, Devaraja, Harihara, Angkor, Borobodur. Some of these find
mention in the Vedagamas (Hindu Cosmic Constitution).

A map showing the total combined area of the individual Hindu nations of Kailasa after the
Mahabharata war. (> 3100 BCE )

| | Indicates the Indian subcontinent as spanned by the major Hindu nations of Kailasa,
which are described throughout the period starting from 10,000 BCE. |
| | Indicates the kingdoms of Afghanistan (Gandhara), Philippines, Tibet, Yunnan where
Hinduism existed with other ancient religions of the time. |
| | Indicates the south Asian Hindu nations that were mentioned in Ramayana ( 5600 BCE )
and where Hinduism was revived later again by Chola Empire (around 1000 CE). |
| | Indicates the Hindu kingdom of Parshu and other Kingdoms of present-day Iran, which
find mention in the Rig Veda (Rigveda VII. 83, 1.) and other Hindu scriptures (Pāṇini, V, 3,
117.), and thus are older than 10,000 BCE. |

15. Amongst the ten most advanced ancient civilizations and 100 most ancient civilizations, the only
one to survive is the Civilization of Sanatana Hindu Dharma. This shows truly there is something

unique in Hinduism that has enabled it to be eternal, and survive across time for thousands of
years. Indeed Hinduism is Sanatana (eternal/without a beginning or end), however, it can be wiped
from the geography.

The Mahabharat war ended at around 3200 BCE. The map in saffron is of the Indian
subcontinent around 3200 BCE - 56 Sovereign Hindu nations spread across an area of more
than 60 million km².

However, by 2007 CE, zero Hindu nations exist on planet Earth spanning 0 million km². Indeed,
Sanatana Hindu Dharma is eternal but it can be wiped off the geography.

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

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

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,

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

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

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.

⁷⁹ Nigel Collett (15/9/2006). The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer. A&C Black. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-85285-575-8.
⁸⁰ (i) India. Committee on Disturbances in Bombay, Delhi, and the Punjab (1920). Report; disorders inquiry committee
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.
⁸¹ With few exceptions such as in Indian Rebellion of 1857 which got incited because State forced

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

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 Ramarayanirgar (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 Ramarayanirgar banned the distribution of poems on indigenous forms of
governance, Hindu education, Hindu feminism, women empowerment, and religious freedom.⁹⁶

31. The cause of Hindu antagonistic views of Indian leaders of the pre-colonial (and even post-
independence era) such as Ramarayanirgar 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.

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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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.

40. On 23ʳᵈ and 24ᵗʰ, 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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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."

"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.

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

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.

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 Darshan²⁶⁶ 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

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.

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

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

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.
Arunācala Purāṇa - the epic history of Arunācala - reveals that then, Lord Paramaśiva appeared as
an infinite effulgence of light (called 'Lingodbhava') in Tiruvannamalai to bless humanity with the

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

Paramasiva in Tiruvannamalai was Yogi Ramsuratkumar³⁰³. Both Ramana Maharishi and Yogi
Ramsuratkumar had declared that the child Rajasekaran was the next incarnation of Paramasiva.
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
Yogīśvara, 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 Yogīśvara 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
Yogīśvara to Rajasekaran.

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

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

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

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

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

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”).

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:

• The Mahamandaleshwar (Supreme Spiritual Head) of Maha Nirvani Akhada - the largest
apex monastic order of Hinduism
• The Acharya Mahamandaleshwar (the head for all spiritual leaders) of Atal Akhada (ancient
apex body of Hinduism)
• The 23rd Guru Mahasannidhanam of Dharmamukti Swargapuram Aadheenam
• Elected as the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism by a congregation of over 1000 Hindu leaders
(Pontiffs)
• The founder of Nithyananda Hindu University - the world's largest Hindu University with
270,000+ enrollments, conducting over 5,000+ courses, 1600+ faculty, 350+ campuses and
centers in 108+ nations, offering certificate, diploma, degree, and doctorate courses in
various branches of Hinduism.
• The founder of 34 Hindu Temples and Aadheenams (temple-monastery complex)
worldwide in 6 countries, housing 3720 deities
• The founder of the world's largest library on Hinduism with over 70,000 titles on Hinduism,
Performing Arts, Culture, Architecture, Temple, Hindu History, and Society.

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

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

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: 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)

22 March 2007: The California
Legislature Assembly, Norwalk,
California, USA recognized The
Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism as
an enlightened master, modern
mystic, and greatest saint of
modern India who has taught
the science of attaining endless
happiness.

09 November 2007: The Senate
of the State of California, USA
recognized The Supreme
Pontiff of Hinduism for His
spirit, dedication, and efforts to
raise awareness of the Vedic
tradition, and to usher
positively on global peace and
universal brotherhood.

29 March 2009: California
Legislature Assembly recognized
The Supreme Pontiff of
Hinduism, for His leadership and
outstanding commitment to
communities around the world,
service, and selfless devotion to
students at the International
Vedic Hindu University.

29 March 2009: Keys to the City,
Artesia, California, USA was
awarded to The Supreme
Pontiff of Hinduism.

01 September 2009: Hon. Jim
Karygiannis, P.C., M.P.,
Scarborough-Agincourt,
Toronto, recognized The
Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
for His contributions as a global
peace ambassador.

06 October 2009: Oklahoma
City, USA acknowledged The
Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
for His unselfish service to the
people of Oklahoma City while
serving for their spiritual well-
being.

30 April 2016: Postage stamp on
The Supreme Pontiff of
Hinduism was released by the
Indian Postal Department on
the occasion of Kumbh Mela.

24 October 2015: The Senate of
the State of California, USA
recognized and congratulated
His Holiness for highlighting
and educating the community
on Kumbh Mela.

11 October 2015: Nithyananda
University was authorized by
Akhil Bharatiya Akhada
Parishad as the only
organization that can conduct
this festival outside India.

30 September 2017: The
Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
was awarded Guinness World
Records for the largest rope
yoga (Kundalini Rajju Yoga℠)
class.

03 October 2017: The Supreme
Pontiff of Hinduism was
awarded Guinness World
Record for the largest pole yoga
(Shivastamba Yoga℠) class.

16 December 2017: The largest
human OM symbol by The
Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
(India) and Nithyananda
University (USA) at Bengaluru,
India on 16 December 2017

18 October 2017: Declared as
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Day - by the City of Montclair,
California, the USA in
recognition of The Supreme
Pontiff of Hinduism'
contribution to the
superconscious evolution of
humanity.

01 January 2012: The Supreme
Pontiff of Hinduism was named
among the world's 100 most
spiritually influential
personalities by a renowned
esoteric magazine – Body Mind
Spirit.

31 May 2018: Conferred with
Honorary Doctorate in
Humanities by Commonwealth
University

29 Oct 2018: United Nations
Global Development
Organization Respectfully
Presented to The Supreme Pontiff
of Hinduism for Super Conscious
Evolution of Humanity.

25 April 2019: The Azteca
University in Mexico recognized
the tremendous scientific
contribution made by The
Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism in
the field of super-consciousness
and awarded him an Honorary
Doctorate in the Sciences for this.

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._Krishna)) was a direct initiated disciple of the SPH
Nithyananda Paramashivam.

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.

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

(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 முடியாது, 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 )

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.

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.

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

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

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 225^th 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 225^th
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 225^th 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 226^th Thiru Thirugnanasambanda Murthy took over as the Guru
Maha Sannidhanam of Thondaimandala Aadheenam. Similarly, on 11 Aug 1924, the 226^th 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 226^th 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 227^th Guru Mahasannidhanam of
Thondaimandala Aadheenam was around thirteen years of age during the enactment of this law,
and the 226^th Guru Mahasannidhanam had passed away three years prior. Religious institutions,

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

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.

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,

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.

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 Abhishekkam⁴⁴⁵, 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

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

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.

In this mutt temple according to the Kamika Agama and according to the Soma
sambupatthi the daily and periodical pujas are being conducted.

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."

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 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

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

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.”

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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

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.
> ...

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

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.

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:

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