Transfer Baba

There are all sorts of Babas in India. Here is Transfer Baba.

He counts national leaders, chief ministers, legislators, senior civil servants and industrialists among his supplicants. Like most swamis, it is a mystery how he managed to acquire such a following, and the wealth that goes with it, but Ongole’s Ramavadhoota Swamy has got it all.

Swamy’s powers, both political and occult, have earned him the sobriquet of Transfer Baba in Andhra Pradesh. Days after several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers were transferred in the state, sources say the police top brass are changing the list, allegedly at the behest of Swamy. Read More................Transfer Baba, Andhra’s new political Godman

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Godman incarnation supplicated by Cannabis

Bangalore: In a bizarre ritual, large number of devotees visit a temple in Bangalore's Chitradurga district and smoke cannabis during an annual festival as an expression of their devotion to the deity here.

Buzz up!The temple's main deity Nayakana Hatti Tipperudraswami is said to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva.

Visiting this temple during the annual festival shows how men and women consume cannabis during this festival, held in March, in the name of the strange belief.

Also related to this 800-year-old unusual ritual is a belief of some people that smoking cannabis enables the smoker to develop a better focus in the worship of the deity here. Read More................Godman incarnation near Bangalore supplicated by cannabis

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Godman helps convicted MP to get 'rid of evils'

Controversial godman Chandraswami performed rituals at a new temple built by Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP and convicted murderer Surajbhan Singh in Bihar to get 'rid of evils' in the lawmaker's life. Read More................Godman helps convicted MP to get 'rid of evils'

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