MADURAI, INDIA, May 3, 2012 (India Today): Nityananda has been prepared to fight tooth and nail for his newly acquired crown after heads of 13 Saivite mutts put their heads together in Nagapattinam on Tuesday to finalise their strategy to oppose his appointment as the chief of Madurai Adheenam.
“My devotees will go on an indefinite hunger strike if they don’t withdraw their stand and, in the meantime, legal action would be taken against all the 13 head of the mutts acting us,” Nityananda said on Wednesday threatening that he would write a letter in blood to the Tamil Nadu government. “We have branches across the world. Nearly 12 million devotees are with my organization.”
Priest Ooran Adigal said, “If Adheenam sticks to this decision, we will be forced to seek legal recourse besides requesting for the intervention of Tamil Nadu government.”
Madurai pontiff Gnanasambanda said, “We discussed with other mutt heads before appointing Nityananda as head of the mutt. They agreed. Now if they oppose, we will take legal steps against persons opposing it.”
Fight to control Madurai mutt The Madurai Adheenam is 1,500 years old and close to the power centre in Tamil Nadu. The powerful mutt has property worth more than Rs.1,200 crore. Its assets comprise more than 1,250 acre land, several temples and properties in India and abroad.