More on Amrithanandamayi
Today I have come across an article in the net which is reproduced here. The original location is here: Mata Amritananda – Fake / Doubtful God
Couple of months ago, there was a very strange warning advertisement inserted in the selected Malayalam newspapers. [blue]"Legal action would be initiated against anybody who irresponsibly spreads or publishes wrong information pertaining to my wife's death, which is a suicide"[/blue]
It was about the suspicious death of a French lady, Caroline Abidbol (44), which took place under mysterious circumstances at "Amrithapuri" Ashram on August 5th. The curious advertisement by her husband, Dr. Rajen Ragavan, from France raised eyebrows since it appeared in RSS Malayalam daily "Janmabhoomi" and "Kerala Kaumudi" on August 10 when the preliminary investigation was incomplete.
What apparently motivated the husband to issue such a warning was the earlier news reports especially in "Deshabhimani" and "Madhyamam" dailies about the suspicious death which took place at "Amrithapuri", the Headquarters of Matha Amrithanandamayi at Vallikavu in Kollam district of Kerala,. One news report on the incident, for example, said that the dead body, after falling from the eighth floor of a building within the Ashram, reached Karunagappally Taluk Hospital with the head severed from the body.
Even before the advertisement appeared on August 10, a fax message in Dr. Ragavan's name reached newspaper offices ascertaining that his wife's death was suicide. However, soon after the death, Ashram authorities informed reporters over phone that Caroline's husband was one Dr. Paul, a citizen of Mauritius. It is not yet clear whether Dr. Paul and Dr. Ragaven are the same. And, this is not the first instance of such suspicious deaths of about a dozen in the same Ashram - all of which still remain as clouded in mystery in absence of proper investigations by the concerned authorities. For example, like Caroline, one Ramanatha Iyer from Mumbai had fallen to death from the 12th floor of a building in the Ashram on September 6, 2001. His wife at Mumbai, however, informed the curious policemen over phone that her husband was remaining hearty and healthy in a far off Gulf region. That still leaves this question as to who this mysterious Iyer is!!!.
The first mysterious death on record connected with the Ashram was of Subagan (alias Sunil Kumar), Amrithanandamayi's own brother. When the "Matha" was in her original name [u]Sudhamani[/u], the brother reportedly opposed her move to establish such an Ashram. Amidst this internal fiasco within the house, Subagan's body was found as a hanging from a tree one fine morning.
One of her ardent devotees, Narayanan Kutty (Vellappally House, Madathil Parambil, Kodungallur, Thrissur District), died under mysterious circumstances within the Ashram on April 4, 1990. Complaints were submitted to the Chief Minister demanding a Crime Branch probe as well as before the Ist Class Magistrate Court, Kodungallur, with Amrithanandamayi as the first accused/respondent. Although the Kodungallur Court ordered for a police investigation, no known action has been taken so far.
Yet another suspicious death was that of Pradeep Kumar, a close relative and devotee of Amrithanandamyai. Notably, Pradeep Kumar's death took place amidst ongoing financial disputes of Ashram between him and Sugunan, Amrithanandamayi's father.
Duramdhar, a historian and son of Chirackal Raja of Kannur, was an inmate within the Ashram. A bachelor, his death on July 15, 2002, was not informed to his relatives by the Ashram authorities, who learnt it from local people after a week.
nother mysterious death within the Ashram was of Bhaskara Das, a Sanskrit Pandit. The dead body of an Ashram inmate Sidha Raman (son of Bima Rai, Kesava Nagar, Bijapur village, Basavan Bagewadi Taluk of Karnataka) was located from the backwaters close to the Ashram on May 2, 1998. Similar dead bodies of unknown Ashram inmates were found from water on Western side of the Ashram on November 29, 1996, and from Southern side on April 10, 1997.
Two years ago, a foreign devotee hired a taxi from the Ashram to Thiruvananthapuram airport. After reaching the airport, the bewildered taxi driver found his passenger dead! A few months before that, the police found a group of crying young children under mysterious circumstances late in the evening at KSRTC stand, Kollam. On questioning, the children from Trichur revealed that they were Ashram inmates, from there they “escaped" following mysterious death of their fellow mates, and pleaded not to sent them back to the Ashram. Interestingly, although several complaints on all these incidents were forwarded to the authorities, especially by the rationalist body "Bharatheeya Yukthivadi Sangham" and the CPI-M youth wing DYFI, no action had been taken so far even during the CPM-led LDF Government headed by E. K. Nayanar. Notably, the Tourism Minister in LDF Cabinet, E. Chandrashekharan Nair, took the initiative to start the "Amrithanandamayi birthday boat race" in the backwaters of the Ashram each year. Apart from the present UDF Chief Minister A. K. Antony, the Union Minister of State for Urban Development, O. Rajagopal, is a known devotee of the "Matha". On the previous day of the recent Cabinet reshuffle, Rajagopal gave an interview in Asianet announcing his decision to leave politics and join the Ashram as an inmate when his present term in Rajya Sabha ends next year.
What do all these mean? Is the Ashramam, same like other divine locations, stands above rule of law? It seems that neither the secularists nor even the atheists are concerned about such frequent murders and dead bodies. Also the watch dog of democracy, the media – the press and the journalists as well, are just becoming “devotees” of these god men, as we find them in the case of saibaba. The attitude of our chief minister and other ministers are quite known to us. [ i] The Press Club building of Puttaparthy was constructed by sai baba and all the scribes were gifted gold rings on the occasionThe article reproduced here is dated 11-24-2003
Couple of months ago, there was a very strange warning advertisement inserted in the selected Malayalam newspapers. [blue]"Legal action would be initiated against anybody who irresponsibly spreads or publishes wrong information pertaining to my wife's death, which is a suicide"[/blue]
It was about the suspicious death of a French lady, Caroline Abidbol (44), which took place under mysterious circumstances at "Amrithapuri" Ashram on August 5th. The curious advertisement by her husband, Dr. Rajen Ragavan, from France raised eyebrows since it appeared in RSS Malayalam daily "Janmabhoomi" and "Kerala Kaumudi" on August 10 when the preliminary investigation was incomplete.
What apparently motivated the husband to issue such a warning was the earlier news reports especially in "Deshabhimani" and "Madhyamam" dailies about the suspicious death which took place at "Amrithapuri", the Headquarters of Matha Amrithanandamayi at Vallikavu in Kollam district of Kerala,. One news report on the incident, for example, said that the dead body, after falling from the eighth floor of a building within the Ashram, reached Karunagappally Taluk Hospital with the head severed from the body.
Even before the advertisement appeared on August 10, a fax message in Dr. Ragavan's name reached newspaper offices ascertaining that his wife's death was suicide. However, soon after the death, Ashram authorities informed reporters over phone that Caroline's husband was one Dr. Paul, a citizen of Mauritius. It is not yet clear whether Dr. Paul and Dr. Ragaven are the same. And, this is not the first instance of such suspicious deaths of about a dozen in the same Ashram - all of which still remain as clouded in mystery in absence of proper investigations by the concerned authorities. For example, like Caroline, one Ramanatha Iyer from Mumbai had fallen to death from the 12th floor of a building in the Ashram on September 6, 2001. His wife at Mumbai, however, informed the curious policemen over phone that her husband was remaining hearty and healthy in a far off Gulf region. That still leaves this question as to who this mysterious Iyer is!!!.
The first mysterious death on record connected with the Ashram was of Subagan (alias Sunil Kumar), Amrithanandamayi's own brother. When the "Matha" was in her original name [u]Sudhamani[/u], the brother reportedly opposed her move to establish such an Ashram. Amidst this internal fiasco within the house, Subagan's body was found as a hanging from a tree one fine morning.
One of her ardent devotees, Narayanan Kutty (Vellappally House, Madathil Parambil, Kodungallur, Thrissur District), died under mysterious circumstances within the Ashram on April 4, 1990. Complaints were submitted to the Chief Minister demanding a Crime Branch probe as well as before the Ist Class Magistrate Court, Kodungallur, with Amrithanandamayi as the first accused/respondent. Although the Kodungallur Court ordered for a police investigation, no known action has been taken so far.
Yet another suspicious death was that of Pradeep Kumar, a close relative and devotee of Amrithanandamyai. Notably, Pradeep Kumar's death took place amidst ongoing financial disputes of Ashram between him and Sugunan, Amrithanandamayi's father.
Duramdhar, a historian and son of Chirackal Raja of Kannur, was an inmate within the Ashram. A bachelor, his death on July 15, 2002, was not informed to his relatives by the Ashram authorities, who learnt it from local people after a week.
nother mysterious death within the Ashram was of Bhaskara Das, a Sanskrit Pandit. The dead body of an Ashram inmate Sidha Raman (son of Bima Rai, Kesava Nagar, Bijapur village, Basavan Bagewadi Taluk of Karnataka) was located from the backwaters close to the Ashram on May 2, 1998. Similar dead bodies of unknown Ashram inmates were found from water on Western side of the Ashram on November 29, 1996, and from Southern side on April 10, 1997.
Two years ago, a foreign devotee hired a taxi from the Ashram to Thiruvananthapuram airport. After reaching the airport, the bewildered taxi driver found his passenger dead! A few months before that, the police found a group of crying young children under mysterious circumstances late in the evening at KSRTC stand, Kollam. On questioning, the children from Trichur revealed that they were Ashram inmates, from there they “escaped" following mysterious death of their fellow mates, and pleaded not to sent them back to the Ashram. Interestingly, although several complaints on all these incidents were forwarded to the authorities, especially by the rationalist body "Bharatheeya Yukthivadi Sangham" and the CPI-M youth wing DYFI, no action had been taken so far even during the CPM-led LDF Government headed by E. K. Nayanar. Notably, the Tourism Minister in LDF Cabinet, E. Chandrashekharan Nair, took the initiative to start the "Amrithanandamayi birthday boat race" in the backwaters of the Ashram each year. Apart from the present UDF Chief Minister A. K. Antony, the Union Minister of State for Urban Development, O. Rajagopal, is a known devotee of the "Matha". On the previous day of the recent Cabinet reshuffle, Rajagopal gave an interview in Asianet announcing his decision to leave politics and join the Ashram as an inmate when his present term in Rajya Sabha ends next year.
What do all these mean? Is the Ashramam, same like other divine locations, stands above rule of law? It seems that neither the secularists nor even the atheists are concerned about such frequent murders and dead bodies. Also the watch dog of democracy, the media – the press and the journalists as well, are just becoming “devotees” of these god men, as we find them in the case of saibaba. The attitude of our chief minister and other ministers are quite known to us. [ i] The Press Club building of Puttaparthy was constructed by sai baba and all the scribes were gifted gold rings on the occasionThe article reproduced here is dated 11-24-2003
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