Bangaru Adigalar
{{Short description|South Indian spiritual guru (1941–2023)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_place = Melmaruvathur, Madras Province, British India
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| death_place = Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India
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Bangaru Adigalar (3 March 1941 – 19 October 2023) was an Indian spiritual guru and the president of the Adiparasakthi Charitable Medical Educational and Cultural Trust. He was called "Amma", meaning mother in Tamil, by his followers and devotees of the Adhiparasakthi temple.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2014/feb/16/Her-Merciful-Majesty-576181.html|title=Her Merciful Majesty|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-02-09|archive-date=2018-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190910/http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2014/feb/16/Her-Merciful-Majesty-576181.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web | last=Rawat | first=Megha | title=Who Was Spiritual Leader Bangaru Adigalar? An Embodiment of 'Adhiparasakthi' | website=TimesNow | date=19 Oct 2023 | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/who-was-spiritual-leader-bangaru-adigalar-an-embodiment-of-adhiparasakthi-article-104561391 | access-date=20 Oct 2023}}{{Cite web | last=Sivapriyan | first=ETB | title=Renowned spiritual guru Bangaru Adigalar passes away | website=Deccan Herald | date=19 Oct 2023 | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/spiritual-guru-bangaru-adigalar-passes-away-2734169 | access-date=20 Oct 2023}}
Adigalar was believed by his followers to be the Poorna Avatar (holding all 16 qualities of an Avatar) as well as the incarnation of the supreme power Adhiparasakthi. Adigalar treated his followers equally, regardless of gender, caste, or religion.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/jan/27/amma-is-a-spiritual-guru-focussed-on-breaking-social-barriers-say-devotees-1930524.html|title=Sri Bangaru Adigalar is a spiritual guru focussed on breaking social barriers, say devotees|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-02-09|archive-date=2019-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232043/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/jan/27/amma-is-a-spiritual-guru-focussed-on-breaking-social-barriers-say-devotees-1930524.html|url-status=dead}}
Income tax raid
Adigalar's educational institutions,{{Cite news |date=2010-07-03 |title=Rs.20 cr. recovered in Income Tax raids on 2 colleges |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Rs.20-cr.-recovered-in-Income-Tax-raids-on-2-colleges/article16182402.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2021-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202231451/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Rs.20-cr.-recovered-in-Income-Tax-raids-on-2-colleges/article16182402.ece |archive-date=2016-12-02 |issn=0971-751X}} his residences, and trust offices were raided by income tax officials on 2 July 2010. The search began at 11.30 a.m. and lasted until 4:00 a.m. the next day. {{INRConvert|9|c|year=2010}} was confiscated from Adigalar's home, while {{INRConvert|3|c|year=2010}} was found at his trust offices. His son Anbazhagan's house was raided and {{INRConvert|40|l|year=2010}} and gold jewellery was found.{{Cite web|title=IT raid seizes Rs 9 crore in godman’s bedroom|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2010/jul/04/it-raid-seizes-rs-9-crore-in-godmans-bedroom-166914.html|url-status=live|newspaper=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205024313/http://www.newindianexpress.com:80/cities/chennai/2010/jul/04/it-raid-seizes-rs-9-crore-in-godmans-bedroom-166914.html |archive-date=2019-02-05 }}
Death
Bangaru Adigalar died of a heart attack in Melmaruvathur, on 19 October 2023, at the age of 82.{{Cite news |title=Spiritual Guru and Chairman of Adiparashakti Charitable Trust, Bangaru Adigalar, Passes Away at 82 |url=https://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=68896 |access-date=19 October 2023 |publisher=Live Chennai |date=19 October 2023}}
Awards
The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri in 2019 for his service to humanity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/leaders-differ-over-padmaaward-for-bangaru-adigalar/article26101960.ece|title=Leaders differ over Padmaaward for Bangaru Adigalar|date=January 27, 2019|newspaper=The Hindu}}
References
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