Swami Premananda of Trichy

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Premananda is the monastic name for a self-styled godman Prem Kumar who previously ran an Ashram in the Thiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu, India until his conviction on multiple counts of rape and murder in 1997. Born on November 17, 1951 in Matale, Sri Lanka to a family originally from India, he moved to Tamil Nadu and set up an ashram at Tiruchirapally or Trichy in the 1990s. Initially, the Ashram was noted for taking in orphans, especially girls from local as well as from refugees families from Sri Lanka.

However, allegations concerning his inappropriate behavior towards the girls in the Asharam soon surfaced. After a thorough investigation in 1997, he was convicted on several counts of rape, possession of unathourized foreign exchange and a single count of murder. Six others including an elderly uncle of Premananda, Mayilvaganam Pakkirisamy, were co-accused in the case. Pakkirisamy was sentenced to life in prison but died in 2001. Premananda is currently serving a double life sentence. He appealed the judgement to the Supreme Court of India but his conviction for rape and murder was upheld.

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  • Premananda.org official website
  • Premananda youth international youth wing
  • Justice For Swami Premananda A site divulging startling testimonies from alleged victims who now recant their testimonies and how a DNA expert, Dr. Wilson J. Wall, testified that the DNA evidence against Swami Premananda is invalid.
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