Biography:Bangaru Adigalar

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Short description: South Indian spiritual guru
Bangaru Adigalar
Personal
Born (1940-03-03) March 3, 1940 (age 83)
Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India
ReligionHinduism

Bangaru Adigalar is a South India n spiritual guru. He is the President of Adiparasakthi Charitable Medical Educational and Cultural Trust. He is called 'Amma', meaning mother in Tamil, by his followers and devotees of the Adhiparasakthi temple.[1]

He is believed to be the incarnation of the Supreme power – Adhiparasakthi by his followers. He has huge following of devout believers. Bangaru adigalar has also implemented reforms in temple and spiritualism.[2]

The government of India has honored him with Padma Shri award in 2019.[3]

Income tax raid

Bangaru Adigalar's Adhiparasakthi group of educational institutions,[4] as well as his four residences and trust offices in Melmaruvathur, were raided by sixteen IT teams on July 2, 2010. The search began at 11.30 a.m. on July 2nd and lasted until 4 a.m. the next day. Adigalar's house alone had cash worth ₹ 9 crore confiscated. A search of the trust offices turned up an additional ₹ 3 crore, and his son Anbazhagan's house was raided and ₹ 40 lakh was seized from it. In addition, gold jewellery was also uncovered on the property.[5]

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