Bangalore: Swami Nityananda has a new ally, and it is from an unexpected quarter. Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik spent two hours with the Swami on Sunday said he would support the Swami until all allegations against him were cleared. The swami is out on bail after scandalous sex videos put him in the dock.
Nityananda, who is back at his Bidadi ashram after spending 58 days in custody, has embarked on a pancha tapas yoga for world peace.
"According to our Constitution, anyone can worship for welfare. We strongly object the court's decision. Sri Ram Sene will make an appeal," Muthalik said reacting to the conditional bail to Nityananda.
He added, "I have maintained that Nityananda is innocent, and in rape or related cases, the victims should file a complaint. But no one has filed any case under section 376 until date," he added.
Nityanada and his disciples have now planned what they call "spiritual soul cleansing of negativities', involving yoga and performing havan.
Swami Sevanand, Nityananda's personal secretary said, "This yoga is an intense, traditional and authentic practice, which involves sitting within a circle of fire and going into meditation, while chanting the Omkara. It draws its name from Pancha agni or five fires, because the participants will sit with fire in the four cardinal directions as well as the sun above."