Following the life of the controversial and self-styled godman, Swami Nithyananda whilst giving a voice to individuals who were at the epicenter of it all.
Introducation
Who is Nityananda?
Nithyananda, (born Arunachalam Rajasekaran; 1 January 1978 known among followers as Nithyananda Paramashivam or Paramahamsa Nithyananda, is an Indian Hindu guru and "godman". He is subject of an Interpol Blue notice and a court-issued non-bailable warrant relating to allegations of rape.
He is the founder of the trust Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, which has temples, gurukulas, and ashrams in many countries.
Following accusations and charges of rape and abduction in Indian courts, Nithyananda fled India and went into hiding. He subsequently announced the founding of his own self-proclaimed island nation called Kailaasa.
Tonally, My Daughter Joined a Cult follows the outline of other documentaries in this genre.we had a movie screening of it.
In that there is a clear arc of the rise, rise and rise of such self-styled godmen leading to the revelation of their moral bankruptcy. What makes it an intriguing addition to the genre is the modernity of Nithyananda's myth-building, the way he continues weaponising social media to offset his tarnished reputation. That he has been absconding in Ecuador since 2019 and passing it off as a country for "dispossessed Hindus" Kailasa speaks more about our collective delusion with religion than his own
Process of Brain Washing of their followers
(Indian Followers-Foreign Followers)
The former head of Nithyananda's social media team, Sarah Landry, and another core member, Jordan Loazada, add depth to the documentary as they clearly demarcate when they went from thinking that they had chosen an alternate way of living to realising they had joined a cult.
Sarah, who was a well-recognised devotee of Nithyananda, explains how followers at the ashram did 'mental gymnastics' to actually disbelieve allegations against their guru, despite evidence starting them in the face.
in the very begining sarah also believed that nityananda was a spiritual guru for her so she promote the lectures of nityananda on youtube chennal, but when she get the idea of dark side of nityananda like after this incident From demanding nude selfies from her for her own 'personal development' to ordering she get thousands of registrations for his programmes, Sarah faced all forms of abuse before extracting herself from the situation. she raised voice against nityananda on twitter with hashtag
#ArrestNithyananda.
Having headed the online slander campaigns against former devotees who spoke out, she now says she was "brainwashed" and programmed to believe her 'guru' she also tells that if they don't follow advise of nityananda they are known as devil.
there are also indian followers Janardan Sharma and his wife arrive at Nithyananda's ashram after their two daughters were taken from Bengaluru without their knowledge.
the journalist and his wife are also followers of swami nityananda from 2014 and they are went to meet their daughters but they found that their daughters are missing.
"Please ask them. Ask them where my daughters are!" The mother screamed at the assembled journalists, who had only recently begun piecing together the ashram's evil schemes.
It was the father who took his two daughters to meet the guru in 2014, completely unaware of Nithyananda's intentions. Till today it is a mystery for this family as they are still in search of their daughters that went missing in 2019. Nithyananda was accused of rape and fled the country in 2019 fearing arrest for a rape case.
Sensation of internet
Two face of nityananda was reveled by his foreign followers Sarah who was his social media manager and another was Jordan Lozada. they both are talking about how they are running a campaign , awakening Programme for propaganda of the ashram.
Why Do people believe him even after the C.D. Incident?
People believe in him because when media interviewed him he claims that this video is morphed by some one he has given witty reply on this incident even his devotee also believe that video is morphed Immediately after the scandal broke out on March 2, Nithyananda had claimed that some of his senior devotees had sent a copy of the video for analysis to London - a step which was never taken. they doesn't want to know about the reality or dark side nityananda because of their blind faith.
Can you connect The Wretched of The Earth by Fanon with this?
Yes, Because as there is the concept of colonizer and colonization in this series there is also same concept.
- Colonization(Through Torture and condition of ashram people As in the wretched of the earth colonization is there here in the series also colonization is observed by the torturing of mind of his devotees as he washing the brain by his power of language he can control the mind of his devotees. His legion of followers includes influential and wealthy people, who are unnamed, and like many Indian spiritual gurus he has his share of foreign devotees. There are accounts from followers-turned- whistleblowers. The most insightful voice here belongs to an anonymous woman whose experience suggests that Nithyananda knew how to target the vulnerable and make people commit to him so much that theyd be ready to sever ties with their families. this behaviour of nityananda can be observed as process of coloniazation.
Bourgeoisie: Celebrities and other upper class people The story became viral among news media in Tamil Nadu Bollywood actors Vivek Oberoi and Juhi Chawla follow him and his teachings. Tamil actress Ranjitha continues to be his disciple. And while his detractors remain flummoxed over Swami Nithyananda’s constantly rising popularity despite controversies, the self-styled godman has a new disciple in another Tamil actress Kausalya
Kausalya, who played lead roles in famous Kollywood films like Sollamale, Vaanathaippola and Priyamudan, and later turned into a character artist with Vijay’s movies Thirumalai and Santhosh Subramaniam, recently joined the spiritual leader’s ashram as a disciple.
here it can be observed that there were also some celebrities who were the followers of nitya nanda
Colonization: Blind Faith of people This colonization can be observed in series when the incident of CD is happened. when that incident was there no one is believe that Swami Nityananda was freud even truth was there. the devotees claims that the video is morphed this can be called as colonization it can be said that how the nityananda control mind of their devotees as well as their behaviour. how he can manipulate their devotees by the power of language as well as his shrewdness and witty reply.
Is the Decolonization of this is possible? According to my view there is no decolonization of it. if the devotee doesn't want to face the reality of nityananda because the follower of nityananda has totally brain washed by him.
Conclusion
in recent days he make the country of his own named kalisam where the indian were not allowed because in india the people are known about reality of nityananda, that's why only foreign followers are allowed. The currency of kailasa is different because nityananda claimed that it is his own country In December 2019.
In August 2020, Nithyananda launched the Reserve Bank of Kailaasa and released its official gold currency, Kailashian dollar.He said the design of the coins was inspired by the currency of "the ancient 56 Hindu nations" He said that the bank would be structured on the lines of the vactican Bank In December 2020, Nithyananda announced that Kailaasa had begun issuing three-day visas for tourists. According to his announcement, visa-holders will have to travel from Australia aboard a newly launched private chartered-flight service, Garuda, and all visitors will be provided with food and accommodation during the course of their stay.
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