Mumbai: Bhagwan (Mahayogi) Swami Nithyananda passed away in Ganeshpuri near Vajreshwari, 40 miles away from Mumbai, on the West Coast, in 1961. He had tremendous powers, and his 12 years long Sadhana had been done in Hosadurga in Kerala near a railway track, in a cave where there is a temple worship conducted ever since his death in Mumbai suburbs. He brought West Coast devotees together.
Now a citizens’ Committee has been formed to celebrate the 50th year of Swamiji’s Mahanirvana (as on 2011) with former C.J.I, M.N. Venkatachaliah as its chairman. The anniversary will be celebrated all over India as the Swamiji’s devotees are found in many places, and there are temples constructed in his name (as in Kumbla) for daily worship.
Ganeshpuri, where Swami Nithyananda appeared and lived for many years, will be developed as pilgrimage centre, a press note stated.