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{{short description|Group of Indian companies}}
'''White Lotus Conglomerate''' is a group of Indian companies that operate in sectors including real estate, mining, entertainment, sport, agriculture, education, finance and manufacturing. It is headed by businessman Vijay Kumar Naidu, otherwise known as controversial [[Godman (India)|godman]], [[Kalki Bhagwan]] along with his son NKV Krishna and daughter in law [[Preetha Krishna]].

==Corporate governance==
Vijay Kumar Naidu, often referred to as 'Kalki Bhagwan', runs White Lotus as a family business with his wife Padmavati Devi; his son Krishna Nemam Kurral Vijay Kumar (NKV Krishna), and daughter-in-law [[Preetha Krishna]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Mohamed |last=Imranullah|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kalki-bhagavans-daughter-in-law-moves-hc-against-look-out-circular/article30042861.ece|title='Kalki' Bhagavan's daughter-in-law moves HC against 'look out circular'|date=22 November 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=26 April 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rs 44 cr cash, 90 kg gold, Rs 20 cr worth US dollars seized in I-T raids on properties linked to spiritual guru Vijay Kumar Naidu |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-rs-44-cr-cash-90-kg-gold-rs-20-cr-worth-us-dollars-seized-in-i-t-raids-on-properties-linked-to-spiritual-guru-kalki-bhagwan-2798134 |website=DNA India |language=en |date=21 October 2019}}</ref>

The White Lotus Conglomerate is closely associated with the Oneness Movement, a type of [[New religious movement|New Religious Movement]]. The movement's senior administrator is Lokesh Dasaji.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-10-17|title=I-T Dept. searches Kalki Ashram near Chittoor|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/i-t-dept-searches-kalki-ashram-near-chittoor/article29720020.ece|access-date=2020-05-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

White Lotus has interests in real estate, mining, entertainment, sport, agriculture, education, finance and manufacturing.<ref name=autogenerated5>{{Cite web|title=The Cult of Kalki Bhagavan|url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/the-cult-of-kalki-bhagavan/|date=2019-11-01|website=Open The Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref> Senior staff from Vijay Kumar's former Oneness Movement also sit on the boards of these companies.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web|title=The Cult of Kalki Bhagavan|url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/the-cult-of-kalki-bhagavan/|date=2019-11-01|website=Open The Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> These include Ananda Giri and Jyothirmayee Chundi, also known as Samadarshini.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ardagh|first=Arjuna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDubhH9Pb40C&q=Ananda+Giri+krishnaji&pg=PA39|title=Awakening Into Oneness: The Power of Blessing in the Evolution of Consciousness|date=2009-10-29|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=978-1-4587-3614-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhagwan Kalki {{!}} Life Positive|url=https://www.lifepositive.com/bhagwan-kalki/|website=www.lifepositive.com|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> The conglomerate comprises business names including Kosmik/Kosmic, Sacredbanyan, Transend, KPL, Bluewater, Golden Lotus, Goldenage, Chatrachaya, Yogi and Enlite.<ref name=autogenerated11>{{Cite web|title=The Cult of Kalki Bhagavan|url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/the-cult-of-kalki-bhagavan/|date=2019-11-01|website=Open The Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> Many of these businesses exist only as mailing addresses.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> The CEO of Kosmik Global Media is Uday Sinh Wala.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengaluru Bulls Owners: All you need to know about them|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/kabaddi/bengaluru-bulls-owners-all-you-need-to-know-about-them|last=Kundu|first=Sagnik|date=2017-07-19|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref>

Writing for ''Open'' magazine, senior editor V. Shoba says that there is a succession plan in place, by which NKV Krishna will eventually take over the company.<ref name=autogenerated11 /> However, she says there has been an ongoing power struggle with his father which has lasted nearly two decades.<ref name=autogenerated11 />

=== Overseas operations ===
In the USA, White Lotus Group is based in Omaha, Nebraska, and its CEO is Arun Agarwal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEAM|url=http://www.whitelotusgroup.com/who-we-are|website=White Lotus Group Website|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> In the Middle East, White Lotus has set up a Dubai-based operation headed by Poosapati Ramachandra Raju Sita and Mahat Mohamoud Noor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dubai-based firm wins bid for Garissa-Mandera road|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Dubai-firm-wins-bid-Garissa-Mandera-road/539550-3969252-123h69u/index.html|date=13 June 2017|website=Business Daily|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> White Lotus Capital Investment Holding is a Singapore-based subsidiary of the family's Indian company Global Arkitekts Private Limited.<ref name=autogenerated8>{{Cite news|first=Mohamed |last=Imranullah|date=2019-11-22|title='Kalki' Bhagavan's daughter-in-law moves HC against 'look out circular'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kalki-bhagavans-daughter-in-law-moves-hc-against-look-out-circular/article30042861.ece|access-date=2020-05-13|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Meditation and wellness programs ==
During the 1990s, Vijay Kumar and his 'Oneness Movement' developed a series of meditation and wellness programs for the Indian market. In around 2014, the Oneness organization launched another series of programs designed to appeal to westerners. In 2017, NKV Krishna and Preetha Krishna merged the Oneness organisation with their own One World Academy to form 'O&O Academy'.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{Cite book|last1=Preethaji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUaBDwAAQBAJ&q=preetha+krishna|title=The Four Sacred Secrets: For Love and Prosperity, A Guide to Living in a Beautiful State|last2=Krishnaji|date=6 August 2019|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-5011-7379-0|language=en}}</ref> These programs were aimed at westerners, and developed with the help of American wellness coach, [[Tony Robbins]].<ref name=autogenerated11 /> During 2019, NKV Krishna and Preetha Krishna published a book together, called ''The Four Sacred Secrets'', writing under the names 'Krishnaji' and 'Preethaji'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publishers Weekly|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-50117-377-6|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

==Real estate development==
===Pinnacle Tower Project===
White Lotus has formed a partnership with [[Abdinasir Ali Hassan]] and his [[Hass Petroleum]] group to develop [[The Pinnacle (Nairobi)|The Pinnacle]] Project in Nairobi.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> Between them, White Lotus and Hass have invested $200 million in the Pinnacle, which will include the tallest tower in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dubai investors inject $200 million into Africa's tallest tower|url=https://africa.businesschief.com/finance/2867/Dubai-investors-inject-200-million-into-Africas-tallest-tower|website=africa.businesschief.com|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref> The development will include a luxury Hilton Hotel with 255 rooms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Work begins on the tallest skyscraper in Africa|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pinnacle-nairobi/index.html|first=Kieron |last=Monks|website=CNN|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> However, the project has suffered difficulties and is now stalled due to legal action over a land dispute.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uganda tycoon in Sh20bn Hilton tower land claim|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/companies/Uganda-tycoon-Sh20bn-Hilton-tower-land-claim/4003102-4268056-y95rorz/index.html|last1=Thursday|last2=January 18|website=Business Daily|access-date=2020-05-22|last3=2018 10:09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=After 45 years, Africa has a new tallest building|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-10-11-00-after-45-years-africa-has-a-new-tallest-building/|date=2019-10-11|website=The Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> Construction is being undertaken by [[China State Construction Engineering|China State Construction Engineering Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Smart cities in Africa: A Continent in Transition|url=https://medium.com/athens-co-creation-city-branding-project/smart-cities-in-africa-a-continent-in-transition-e7a3f05a9275|last=Maltezou|first=Fotini|date=2019-04-26|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> In September 2020, news aggregator [[AllAfrica]] reported that all construction work had ceased.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ondieki|first1=Elvis|last2=Wasuna|first2=Brian|date=2020-09-21|title=Kenya: Africa's Tallest Building Dream Now Lies in Ruins|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202009210044.html|access-date=2020-10-03|website=allAfrica.com|language=en}}</ref>

===Hotel Deco XV===
The White Lotus Group owns the 1930s [[Redick Tower]] building in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. After a $7 million re-development, it was re-opened in 2010 as the Hotel Deco XV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hotel Deco XV is Deco'd out|url=https://smallmarketmeetings.com/articles/hotel-deco-xv-is-decod-out/|website=smallmarketmeetings.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

===Oneness Temple===
One of its landmark projects is the [[Ekam - The Oneness Temple|Oneness Temple]], which is located in [[Varadaiahpalem]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]], on the grounds of Kalki Bhagwan's ashram.<ref>[http://religion.info/english/documents/article_388.shtml#.VIPrK9bmCD4 India: a visit to the Oneness Temple of Amma-Bhagwan]</ref> It was inaugurated in April 2008, and built at an estimated cost of $75 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India: a visit to the Oneness Temple of Amma-Bhagwan|url=https://english.religion.info/2008/07/13/india-a-visit-to-the-oneness-temple-of-amma-bhagwan/|date=2008-07-13|website=Religioscope|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>

===Other projects===
White Lotus is increasing its activities in Wisconsin after the law was changed to enable more tax credits for affordable housing developments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/11/07/empty-school-near-northridge-mall-to-be-rehabbed.html|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> It is one of the developers submitting proposals for the [[Pershing Center]] in Lincoln, Nebraska.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pershing proposals envision space for Lincoln downtown library|url=https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/pershing-proposals-envision-space-for-lincoln-downtown-library/article_34499396-c95d-521b-8a5f-2d3853be0f7a.html|last=Johnson|first=Riley|website=JournalStar.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

== Media, communications and sport ==
One of the businesses associated with White Lotus, production company Kosmik Global Media, owns the [[Bengaluru Bulls]], a [[Pro Kabaddi League]] team.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=IANS|date=16 July 2014|title=Bangalore franchise kabaddi team launched|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bangalore-franchise-kabaddi-team-launched-114071601156_1.html|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Kosmik Music,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKOSMIKMUSIC/about Kosmik Music – YouTube]</ref> is a music label with more than 1,200 titles ranging from Classical, Spiritual, Fusion, New Age, Devotional and Film. Its most successful brand is "Sacred Chants" that was from traditional vedic hymns.<ref>[https://openthemagazine.com/features/the-cult-of-kalki-bhagavan/ The Cult of Kalki Bhagavan – Open The Magazine]</ref> Vijay Kumar and his family owns [[Studio N (TV channel)|Studio N]], a satellite television channel, which was purchased in 2014 from Narne Srinivas Rao, who is father-in-law of film actor [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.|N. T. Rama Rao Jr]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=IT Sleuths search Kalki Bhagavan's properties in Hyderabad|url=https://newsmeter.in/it-sleuths-search-kalki-bhagavans-properties-in-hyderabad/|last=Suares|first=Coreena|date=2019-10-16|website=NewsMeter|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref>

== Telecommunications ==
During 2019, White Lotus joined with UV Asset Reconstruction (UVARCL) in a consortium which is bidding upwards of $200 Million USD to buy the bankrupt [[Reliance Communications]] from tycoon [[Anil Ambani]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=RCom lenders to meet Jan 2 to consider asset bids – ET Telecom|url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/rcom-lenders-to-meet-jan-2-to-consider-asset-bids/73059345|website=ETTelecom.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> Along with UVARCL, other members of the consortium include Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Group, Bharti Airtel and US-based Varde Partners.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Airtel, Reliance, 3 others may submit bids for RCom assets on Monday|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/airtel-reliance-3-others-may-submit-bids-for-rcom-assets-on-monday/1773831/|date=2019-11-24|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> Directors of UVARCL include Shilpi Sharma, Hari Hara Mishra, US Paliwal, KK Gupta, PP Naolekar, and Dhanraj.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A controversial babu, a godman, film producers: Meet the faces behind the INR16,000 crore bid for RCom – ET Prime|url=https://insidersconvene.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/a-controversial-babu-a-godman-film-producers-meet-the-faces-behind-the-inr16000-crore-bid-for-rcom-et-prime/|date=2020-02-06|website=Convened Insiders|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>

In June 2020, with the approval of the National Company Law Tribunal, UVARCL won bids to buy some of the assets of Reliance Communications.<ref name="vccircle.com">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-10|title=Tribunal okays UV ARC's sharp haircut for Aircel lenders, but with tweaks|url=https://www.vccircle.com/uv-arc-gets-bankruptcy-tribunal-nod-to-buy-aircel|access-date=2020-06-10|website=VCCircle|language=en-US}}</ref> The Tribunal also approved an insolvency resolution plan prepared by UVARCL, with some modifications, to acquire Aircel Ltd, which had been part of a planned merger with Reliance.<ref name="vccircle.com"/>

== Controversies ==
Over the years, some activities of the White Lotus Conglomerate and its related companies have received significant press coverage. In India, such publications have included ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'' and ''[[The Deccan Herald]]'' newspapers; and ''[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]'' magazine. Overseas, its controversies have been covered in media based in Africa, China and the Middle East.

=== Income tax raids ===
In October 2019, over a 5-day period, more than 300 Income Tax department officials and police personnel raided about 40 premises associated with the White Lotus Conglomerate. They confiscated unaccounted assets including cash and gold worth $12 Million USD and cash receipts worth $55 Million USD.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=193865 |title=Income Tax Department conducts Search on a 'wellness group' in Chennai |publisher=Pib.gov.in |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> The [[Enforcement Directorate]] registered a case against Vijay Kumar and NKV Krishna under the [[Foreign Exchange Management Act]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />

The Income Tax teams questioned the CEO of one of the ashrams, Lokesh Dasaji, and seized the mobile phones of all people working inside.<ref name=autogenerated10>{{Cite web|title=Kalki Bhagwan ashrams across South raided by I-T|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/171019/kalki-bhagwan-ashrams-across-south-raided-by-i-t.html|last=Rajasekhar|first=Patri|date=2019-10-17|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> They also raided the workplace and house of Krishna Dasaji, who founded the Ekam Spiritual Centre in Chennai and Film Nagar in Hyderabad.<ref name=autogenerated4 /> The investigation is in progress.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Among the premises raided were those of the group's charity organisation, One Humanity Care.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-10-19|title=I-T raids find unaccounted cash, gold at Kalki group|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/i-t-raids-find-unaccounted-cash-gold-at-kalki-group/article29742182.ece|access-date=2020-05-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Vijay Kumar issued a statement denying that he and his wife had fled the country.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rangarajan|first=A. |date=2019-10-22|title=We have not fled the country, says Kalki Bhagavan, after I-T raids on his premises|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/we-have-not-fled-the-country-says-kalki-bhagavan-after-i-t-raids-on-his-premises/article29766983.ece|access-date=2020-05-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

After the raids, The [[Madras High Court]] granted time for the Income Tax Department to file its counter affidavit to a writ petition preferred by Preetha Krishna against a ‘[[look out circular]]’ issued by the department preventing her from flying abroad without receiving an Income Tax Department clearance certificate.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Mohamed |last=Imranullah|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kalki-bhagavans-daughter-in-law-moves-hc-against-look-out-circular/article30042861.ece|title='Kalki' Bhagavan's daughter-in-law moves HC against 'look out circular'|date=22 November 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=9 April 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Preetha Krishna's request to travel to the USA and [[Ukraine]] was denied by the Income Tax Department assistant director K Mahadevan, who said that her presence would be necessary for the investigation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kalki-900-acres-of-benami-land-attached-by-i-t/articleshow/72909944.cms|title=Kalki Bhagavan case: 900 acres of benami land attached by I-T |date=21 December 2019|first=B. |last=Sivakumar |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>

In ''The Week'' magazine, Lakshmi Subramanian and Rahul Devulapalli suggested that Vijay Kumar's political links to the [[Telugu Desam Party]] were a factor in the raids.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mystic and the moolah|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/current/2019/11/09/mystic-and-the-moolah.html|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> They also reported that, in 2013, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Chennai had found NKV Krishna guilty of violating tax laws and unlawfully acquiring agricultural land.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|title=Mystic and the moolah|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/current/2019/11/09/mystic-and-the-moolah.html|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>

=== Unregulated ''Hawala'' transactions ===
According to a report in ''The Hindu'' newspaper by Mohamed Imranullah S., tax investigators say that large sums of money have been transferred to Dubai through informal, unregulated [[Hawala|hawala channels]].<ref name=autogenerated8 /> They allege that the cash is for investing in various overseas projects.<ref name=autogenerated8 />

=== Land disputes in Kenya and India ===
In 2019, in Nairobi, a dispute has arisen about the ownership of land where the Pinnacle tower was being built.<ref name=autogenerated7>{{Cite web|title=Dubai tycoons building Africa's tallest building wanted by Nairobi court|url=https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/dubai-tycoons-building-africas-tallest-building-wanted-by-nairobi-court|website=Nairobi News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> The dispute centres around ownership of the land, which is being contested by Ugandan tycoon [[James Isabirye Mugoya|James Mugoya]] and a trust set up by former United Arab Emirates leader [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenya: Dubai Tycoons Building Africa's Tallest Building Wanted By Nairobi Court|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201902070649.html|last=Wasuna|first=Brian|date=2019-02-07|website=allAfrica.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> An arrest warrant has been issued for two directors of White Lotus in the Middle East, Poosapati Ramachandra Raju Sita and Mohamud Mahat Noor.<ref name=autogenerated7 />

In December 2019, ETB Sivapriyan, writing for ''The Deccan Herald'', says that Vijay Kumar is facing allegations of 'land grabbing'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=900 acres of land owned by godman Kalki attached|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/900-acres-of-land-owned-by-godman-kalki-attached-787249.html|date=2019-12-20|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> In December 2019, 907 acres of land owned by Vijay Kumar and his family was '[[Attachment (law)|attached]]' by Indian Law Enforcement agencies.<ref>{{cite web |title=907 acres linked to Kalki ashram attached |url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2019/12/20020711/1204863/907-acres-linked-to-Kalki-ashram-attached.vpf |website=DT Next |date=20 December 2019 |publisher=DT Next |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>

During the 1990s, local people organised protests against Vijay Kumar and his organization's ashram for cheaply buying up hundreds of acres of land from local farmers. Subsequently, some of the farmers had their land returned to them.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mystic and the moolah|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/current/2019/11/09/mystic-and-the-moolah.html|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>

=== Stampede and deaths at temple ===
In 2008, five people died during a stampede at the inauguration of the Oneness Movement's 'Oneness Temple' at Tada in Andhra Pradesh. At the event, many others were injured, and the temple was closed for a period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IT seizes Rs 33 cr from premises of godman Kalki Bhagwan and son|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-seizes-rs-33-cr-from-premises-of-godman-kalki-bhagwan-and-son/story-ndqZShE1PsrSunzVPedwmJ.html|date=2019-10-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>

=== Lawsuit against newspaper ===
In 2019, writing for the ''Times of India'', Arun Ram recounts that, in 2002, he wrote an article about Kalki Bhagwan's Oneness Movement which resulted in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the publication.<ref name=autogenerated6>{{Cite web|title=How Kalki gave me a story, but not an Aishwarya look-alike|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/chennaitalkies/how-kalki-gave-me-a-story-but-not-an-aishwarya-look-alike/|date=2019-11-04|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> However, the Mumbai High Court found in favour of the publication, and the media's 'right to write'.<ref name=autogenerated6 />

=== Abandoned charity project ===
In 2010, the author Arunda Ardagh wrote that the not-for-profit '100 Village Project' he had referred to in Chapter 10 of his book ''Awakening into Oneness'' had been abandoned.<ref name=autogenerated9>{{Cite book|last=Ardagh |first=Arjuna.|title=Ontwaken in eenheid : de kracht van de oneness blessing in de evolutie van ons bewustzijn|date=2010|publisher=Zwerk|others=Wel, Anna van der|isbn=978-90-77478-32-5|location=Houten|oclc=662568093}}</ref>

=== Cult warnings in China ===
In 2019, the [[Ministry of Public Security (China)|Chinese Ministry of Public Security]] and China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) issued a warning about the Oneness Movement in the state run ''[[Global Times]]'', prompting popular [[Taiwan]]ese actress and singer [[Annie Yi]] to remove her social media post promoting the movement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chinese Actress Deletes Her Weibo Post Promoting 'Controversial Indian Spiritual Courses' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/chinese-actress-deletes-her-weibo-post-promoting-controversial-indian-spiritual-courses-2005837.html |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=News18 |date=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=After Taiwanese Actor's Post, China Warns About Indian 'Cults' |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/taiwan-actor-annie-yi-china-warning-indian-spiritual-course-ram-rahim |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=The Quint |date=17 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* US website of [http://www.whitelotusgroup.com White Lotus Group]
* Website of [https://www.oo.academy O&O Academy]
* Website of [http://www.sri-ammabhagavan.org Kalki and Amma Bhagwan]


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