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Indian Spiritual Teacher

Kalki Bhagavan
BornVijaykumar Naidu
(1949-03-07) 7 March 1949 (age 75)
Natham, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu)
NationalityIndian
Other namesSri Bhagavan, Bhagavan Ishwara, Mukteshwar
Alma materDG Vaishnav College, Chennai
Known forFounder of Oneness Movement, White Lotus Conglomerate
Spouse Bujjamma a.k.a. 'Padmavathi' ​ ​(m. 1977)​

Sri AmmaBhagavan (born Vijaykumar Naidu, 7 March 1949), also known as Sri Bhagavan, is an Indian Spiritual teacher, loved and honored by thousands of people around the world. .

In 1989, Sri Baghavan launched the Oneness University a school to teach people to realize the highest potential of the human being. Subsequently, the Oneness University was handed over to his son NKV Krishna (“Krishnaji”) and daughter-in-law Preetha Krishna (“Preethaji”) who have re-branded it to 'O&O Academy.

Claims and predictions

Tenth avatar of Vishnu

A depiction of Kalki, the prophesied tenth avatar of Vishnu
Kalki Avatar Punjab Hills, Guler, c. 1765.

In 1990, people start calling Sri Baghavan with the name of Kalki, the tenth Avatar of Vishnu.

According to Hindu Pauranic tradition, Kalki rides a white horse and carries a fiery sword. He rejuvenates existence by ending the darkest and destructive period to remove adharma (lawlessness) and usher in a new era for believers. Prophesies written in the Vishnu Purana describe Kalki as marrying princess Padmavati of Simhala.

Scientific claims for deeksha

Kalki Bhagavan claims that when enough people have received 'deeksha', a type of Oneness 'blessing', a critical mass will be reached, affecting the collective DNA of humanity. He also claims that enlightenment is a neurobiological process, and that overactive parietal lobes are the "biological seat of the ego". Another of his claims is that many psychochosomatic ailments are healed by deeksha. However, after initially supporting these claims in 2006, author Arjuna Ardagh later wrote that pilot studies in India and the USA had found little indication that deeksha has any effect on the brain that was different from meditation or other kinds of relaxation.

2012 Phenomenon

Kalki Bhagavan had claimed that by 2012, he would enlighten 64,000 people to a state of extremely high consciousness who will in turn 'enlighten' the rest of humanity. In 2002, he announced that in the coming decade, humanity would be entering a new Golden Age, and he was going facilitate the transition.

In 2004, Mayanist Carl Johan Calleman based on interpretations of the Mayan calendar, collaborated with Sri Bhagavan to initiate a worldwide festival called Oneness Celebration on the occasion of the Venus Transit of June 3, 2004. During that period, Kalki Bhagavan claimed that by the year 2012, inside the Oneness Temple, there would be between 5,000 and 8,000 people meditating at all times.

Causese of human suffering

Sri Bhagavan claims that the only cause for human suffering is the strong sense of a separate self that each individual experiences that gives each the feeling of "me and a not-me". According to him, this is what causes problems in the home, in relationships between people, and in wars between nations.

Spiritual programs

Programs in India

Jeev ashram School located in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh was founded by Sri Bhagavan, in July 1984 to provide an alternative form of education. The school's early benefactor was Dr. N. Sivakamu, a close associate of J. Krishnamurti. The land for the school was taken on a lease, with the support provided by Hari Khoday, an Indian philanthropist. As director of the school, Sri Bhagavan's focus was to develop an environment for children to truly flower and discover themselves. The school had 180 residential students and 200 day students from nearby villages. It was at this school that his spiritual work began. In the summer of 1989, one of the students reported a mystical experience of divine silence. Soon, many other students reported similar experiences, and they were also able to pass their experiences to one another. During these experiences, children had vision of various Gods and would converse with them. Sri Bhagavan explained that the children had got in touch with Antaryamin, the inner guide who dwells in your heart that guides all beings towards greater truth. In 1991, Sri Bhagawan decided to close the school and start the spiritual work for the larger community. The school was closed a few years later in 1994, after the senior students had all graduated from high school and the remaining students were moved to other schools.

Once the decision was made to close Jeevashram School, work started in developing the spiritual programs for the public. The principal of the Jeevashram School with a small group of teachers started the spiritual programs for public. The workshops were conducted as residential retreat programs conducted over 7 days or 21 days. The workshop focused on helping the participant accept themselves as they are, and connect with their own inner divine self the Antaryamin. Students also reported various spiritual experiences including mystical visions of their own personal God riding a white horse, similar to the Kalki form of Vishnu from traditional Hindu beliefs. Based on this shared spiritual experiences, the students and public would address Sri Bhagavan with the title "Kalki".

A second campus was set up in 1992 near Chennai city a place called Somangalam. In 1994, the campus of Jeevashram School was renamed as Satyaloka. Advance retreat programs for public were conducted at this campus. By 1995, Sri Bhagavan's workshops were being conducted in all major cities in India. In 1995, the first major public event was held at Chennai city, attracting more than 100,000 students from across India. In 1999, the work on building the Oneness University at Varadaiahpalem, Chittoor district Andhra Pradesh India started. Oneness University, located 70 km from Chennai, is accessible by the National Highway 5 and is on Tirupati Road leading to the ancient temple town of Kalahasthi. In 2000, the first campus was completed and Sri Bhagavan and his team of teachers moved to the campus. Over the next few years, various campuses, including the Oneness Temple in 2008 were built.

International programs

In 1998, the first course specifically made for Westerners were held, with 40 participants from Russia, USA and Scandinavia. In January 2004, the first 3 weeks courses for international students was started. Starting from these courses, the participants were initiated to give deeksha to others.

The headquarters and main campus for the movement is in Varadaiahpalem, Andhra Pradesh, India, which houses the Oneness Temple. The movement aimed "To create oneness for all for lasting spiritual transformation" using the rite of deeksha.

Anna Hazare the Indian social reformer, states "All over India, oneness is the only University providing the values which have not been provided by any other University". Ervin Laszlo of the Budapest Club, avers that the 'Oneness experience' are as real as any human sense perceptions of light, colour and sound, but conveyed via different neural process within the brain.

In 2006, Tony Robbins, the well known American businessman and coach, discovered meditation through his visit to Oneness University, and has since incorporated teachings of Sri Bhagavan as part of his own programs. In 2009, about 600 delegates from India and 36 others converged at Sri Bhagavan's Oneness University campus for the international convention of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. This program was attended by various well-known figures, such as Ashok Singhal, Praveen Togadia, and Giriraj Kishore. Well-known visitors to Sri Bhagavan's Oneness University campus include Bollywood stars Shilpa Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Manisha Koirala states, "I go away to Oneness University in Chennai – I gain clarity and get a sense of bliss. Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan designer Donna Karan, Deff Leppard musician Rick Allen, NBA coach Pat Riley, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. In 2011 he was included in Watkins Mind Body Spirit list of influential spiritual leaders for that year. In 2019, Sri Bhagavan claimed to have thousands of followers.

O&O Academy

Over the years, Oneness movement has called itself various names including the Foundation for World Awakening, Golden Age Foundation, Bhagavad Dharma, Kalki Dharma, Oneness University and Living in Joy Foundation.

In 2017, the Oneness organization was handed over to Sri Bhagavan's son, NKV Krishna and daughter-in-law Preetha Krishna. They have merged it with their own One World Academy to form 'O&O Academy'. During 2019, NKV Krishna and Preetha Krishna published a book together, called The Four Sacred Secrets, writing under the names 'Krishnaji' and 'Preethaji'. In January 2020, NKV Krishna was interviewed by Nick Duerden of the British edition of GQ magazine. In the interview, NKV Krishna claimed to be a guru with 10 million followers in India. Krishna told the interviewer that his father saw otherworldly visions, including “...a gigantic golden orb of light provoking him to chant and meditate for the liberation of humankind”, and that he has inherited those visions.

Devotees abandoning the movement

In November 2009 there was a significant change, when 25 of the senior instructors, including NKV Krishna, Anandagiri and Vimalkirti, disaffiliated from Sri Bhagavan to form their own organization, which they named 'One World Academy'.

Business activities and real estate development

White Lotus conglomerate

Sri Bhagavan runs the White Lotus Conglomerate along with his son N.K.V. Krishna, and daughter-in-law Preetha Krishna. The White Lotus is a conglomerate of family businesses in various sectors like real estate, property development, energy, media and sport having names like White Lotus Group, Kosmik/Kosmic, Sacredbanyan, Transend, KPL, Bluewater, Golden Lotus, Goldenage, Chatrachaya, Yogi and Enlite. Senior members of the former Oneness organization also sit on the boards of these companies. These include two acharyas originally in charge of the order of the monks, Ananda Giri and Jyothirmayee Chundi, also known as Samadarshini. Ananda Giri was NKV Krishna's best friend at school. In the early days of the Oneness organization, Samadarshini was head of the Kalki order of nuns in Bangalore.

In 2020, the White Lotus group joined a consortium which is bidding upwards of $200 Million USD to buy Reliance Communications from Indian Business tycoon Anil Ambani.

The Dubai-based White Lotus Investment Group was co-founded by tycoon Raju Poosapati (PSR Raju), an associate of N.K.V Krishna. The group has invested in The Pinnacle tower in Nairobi, the tallest in Africa, which is currently under construction. The Pinnacle is a joint venture between White Lotus, Jabavu Village and the Hass Petroleum Group. Between them, the White Lotus and Hass organisations are investing about $200 million in the Pinnacle project. However, as of September 2019, construction of the Pinnacle had stalled. During 2019, the White Lotus Projects group was found to be in contempt of court for proceeding with the Pinnacle project in violation of two court orders issued in 2017. In February 2020, Nairobi police issued an arrest warrant for the CEO of White Lotus, Raju Poosapati. The White Lotus property development group also has offices in Chicago and Omaha, Nebraska.

Real estate development

Sri Bhagavan and his family have invested in developing The Pinnacle in Nairobi, the tallest tower in Africa. The Pinnacle is a co-development with the Hass Petroleum group. Between them, White Lotus Group and Hass Petroleum have invested $200 million in the Pinnacle Project. The White Lotus Group owns the 1930s Redick Tower building in Lincoln, Nebraska. After a $7 million re-development, it was re-opened in 2010 as the Hotel Deco XV.

Music, media and sport

One of the family businesses, production company Kosmik Global Media, owns the Bengaluru Bulls, a Pro Kabaddi League team. Kosmik Music, is a music label with more than 1,200 titles ranging from Classical, Spiritual, Fusion, New Age, Devotional and Film. Its most successful brand is "Sacred Chants" that was from traditional Vedic hymns.

Bhagavan through his associates, is reported to own a defunct media company Studio N, a satellite television channel that is presently shuttered. It is reported to have been purchased in 2014 from Narne Srinivas Rao, father-in-law of film actor N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

Alternative names

Sri Bhagavan (born Vijaykumar Naidu) is referred to by his followers as Sri Bhagavan, and popularly known as Kalki Bhagavan. He has also been called simply Kalki, and several other names including Bhagavan Ishwara and Mukteshwar. In Sanskrit, Mukteshwar means 'Lord of Salvation'.

Sri Bhagavan's wife has been known by several names including Bujjamma, 'Padmavathi' and 'Amma'. Kalki Bhagavan and his wife together are known by their followers as Amma Bhagavan.

Early life

Vijaykumar Naidu (front row center) after proclaiming to be the Hindu deity Kalki; with his son NKV Krishna (back row left) and wife Padmavathi (back row center). Circa 1990

Vijay Kumar Naidu was born on 7 March 1949 in Natham Village, Gudiyatham Town, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, to Smt. Vaidarbhi Amma and Sri Varadarajulu. His father was the head of the accounts department of Indian Railways and his mother was a simple village woman. In 1955, when Vijay Kumar Naidu was six years of age, the family moved to Chennai. There, he attended Don Bosco School in Chennai. Later, he graduated from DG Vaishnav College in Chennai, majoring in mathematics. After completing college, he began working as an office clerk for Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Vijay Kumar Naidu married Smt. Padmavathi on 9 June 1977. This was an arranged marriage following the prevalent customary practice in India for marriages decided by elders in the family. Padmavathi, who is addressed as Amma by their students, takes an interest and participation in building the spiritual organization Oneness.

At an early age, Vijay Kumar Naidu was introduced to the philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti by his childhood friend R. Sankar. This drew him to the Theosophical Society in Chennai, to which he was a frequent visitor.

In 1983, Vijaykumar was expelled from the Rishi Valley School where he used to work as an administrator with R. Sankar.

Health

Sri Bhagavan has been suffering from ill health for a long time.

During 2012–2013, Sri Bhagavan was severely ill and underwent an open heart surgery in Apollo Hospital in Chennai. 

In October 2016, Sri Bhagavan was again admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Chennai due to a health ailment. He was rushed to the hospital from his ashram at Nemam on the outskirts of the city after he complained of uneasiness.

In November 2019, he was admitted to an Intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital at Vanagaram, after he suffered a heart attack.

Political affiliation

Kalki Bhagavan has close affiliation with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), a regional political party in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Vijaykumar Naidu along with the top leaders of the TDP, including former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, belong to the politically dominant Kamma community. When the TDP was in power, lawmakers used to frequent Vijaykumar's ashram.

Vijaykumar openly supported the TDP in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh in 2019. Leaders of the regional party YSR Congress, and other opposition parties alleged that the TDP ran its election campaign with the help of Bhagavan's employees who doubled as party workers. K. Adhimulam, a YSR Congress leader, alleged that Kalki Bhagavan was actively funding TDP's election campaign and that his ashram staff were distributing money to voters.

Vijaykumar's son NKV Krishna has deeper links with the Telugu Desam Party; he is the co-owner of the news channel Studio N, which was founded and run by TDP party members.

Family

Vijaykumar's immediate family includes his wife Padmavati, his son NKV Krishna, and daughter-in-law Preetha Krishna.

See also

External links

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