Swami Nityananda

• Hindu outfits protest over Nityananda appointment as Mutt head

  Tension prevailed at Madurai Adheenam (Mutt), one of the oldest Saivite mutts in the country, as Hindu outfits staged a protest against the appointment of self-styled godman Nithananda as its 293rd pontiff.

• Actor Ranjitha blames Nithyananda's driver for scandal

  The Ramnagar Court issued an arrest warrant against Lenin Kuruppan, who exposed controversial swami Nityananda's sex scandal, following a complaint filed by Tamil film actress Ranjitha. In her complaint, she claimed that the video supposedly showing her in a compromising position with Nityananda has been morphed.

• It's not me in Nityananda sex video, says Ranjitha

  Tamil actress Ranjitha Friday denied that she was the woman in a sex romp video involving self-styled godman Nityananda Swami.

• Nityananda is threatening me: Former disciple

  A former key aide of Nityananda has alleged the self-styled godman was threatening witnesses, including him, and victims of his "sleaze activities"."He has already threatened me before. He makes his devotees file cases against me. Now he is harassing witnesses and victims by filing complaints against them," Lenin Karuppan, who released purported vi...

• 'Sex Swami' Nityananda allowed to hold lectures

  Karnataka High Court on Friday relaxed the bail conditions of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, facing rape and other criminal charges, allowing him to preach.When the application filed by Nityananda came up, Justice Subhash B Adi relaxed the bail conditions further allowing him to report to the respective police station once in 30 days instead ...

• Now I'm one of the most watched scandals on YouTube: Nityananda

  Freed from the confines of prison, where he spent 53 days on charges of rape, self-styled godman Nithyananda says the purported video footage of him with an actress has not affected him spiritually, but socially - "from being one of the most watched gurus on YouTube to one of the most watched scandals.

• 'Sex swami' Nityananda back in action

  Things seem to be looking up for controversial godman Swami Nityananda, who was arrested in April and charged with several crimes including rape. He is out on bail and back at his ashram and now an order has been passed that his ashram's accounts need no longer be frozen.The ashram also plans to restart its charitable activities as soon as it has a...

• Don't bother me, says actress in Nityananda's sex tape

  Even as detectives from the Crime Investigation Deportment (CID) struggle to file charges against Bangalore Swami Nityananda in the rape case, the main witness and victim, actress Ranjitha says that she can't turn up for the enquiry.

• 'Sex Swami' finds new friend in Muthalik

  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.

• 'Sex Swami' Nityanada's soul cleansing ritual

  Self-styled godman Nityananda is back at his ashram on the outskirts of Bangalore. The swami is out on bail after scandalous sex videos put him in the dock.Nityanada and his disciples have now planned what they call "spiritual soul cleansing of negativities', involving yoga and performing havan.The court had released him on bail on the condition th...

• 'Sex Swami' Nityananda released from jail

  Controversial self-styled godman Swami Nityananda on Saturday walked free after spending 53 days in jail on rape and other criminal charges, a day after Karnataka High Court granted him bail.Nityananda and his close aide Gopala Reddy alias Bhakta Nityananda, who also had been enlarged on bail, were released after they complied with conditions slapp...

• 'Sex Swami' Nityananda gets conditional bail

  The man who has come to be known as Bangalore's sex swami has been granted conditional bail.

• Nityananda followers go on fast, pray for guru's early release

  Followers of Swami Nityananda commenced a two-day hunger strike from Saturday and prayed for the release of the self-styled godman, arrested on criminal charges, including rape.The 'Nirahara Prarthana' which started at 7 am with 'Nithya Dhyaan' meditation and 'Guru Pooja' followed by worship under an ancient banyan tree was held at Nithyananda Dhya...

• Sex Swami Nityanadana hires new lawyers

  A local court has extended the judicial custody of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, arrested on criminal charges including rape, till May 26.

• Sex Swami's bail plea rejected

  A local court on Thursday rejected the bail application of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami embroiled in an alleged sex scandal.