Mr Nithyananda claims the footage allegedly showing him fondling two women was faked.BANGALORE - ONE of India's most popular spiritual gurus, who also has a huge following elsewhere in the world, has found himself at the centre of a raging sex controversy.
Angry villagers ransacked his ashram, a religious retreat, in southern India yesterday after television stations aired footage allegedly showing him fondling two unidentified women in bed. Both were said to be Tamil actresses.
The long-haired Mr Paramahamsa Nithyananda, 32, who claims to have devotees in 33 countries, was not present when the villagers stormed the sprawling retreat and smashed furniture, police said.
The guru has claimed the footage was faked.
Indian websites alleged that the tapes were the result of a sting operation carried out in a hotel or at his ashram, located 30km from the software capital of Bangalore. It is an upscale retreat with an ornate temple and a residential complex housing Indian and Western devotees.
The video was aired on Monday by Sun TV, a television station operating in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. It was also aired on TV9 in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
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