Image of the newest JKP temple under construction in Los Angeles, California, USA, apparently. It is apparently going to be called Radha Govinda Dham LA. (Image shared for educational purposes only.)

Typically, when an organization wants to build a name for itself, it consistently uses the same name no matter where it operates around the world. Consider, for example, Transcendental Meditation. The organization has one name. Another example is ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). No matter where their organization gathers and meets it has one single name.

So why doesn’t Kripalu Maharaji temples and satellite location around the world go by so many different names? I pulled together a list of the ones I could find.

What do the 16 names below have in common? (See my answer after the list.)

Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (formerly Divine Love Mission)

Radha Madhav Dham and Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple (Austin, TX)

(formerly Barsana Dham Ashram and the International Society for Divine Love)

JKYog (Dallas)

Shree Kripalu Kunj Ashram (Houston)

Yugal Kunj (Atlanta)

Radha Govinda Dham (Los Angeles – under construction)

Sadhana Mandir (Toronto, Canada)

Radha Govind Cultural Society (Edmonton, Canada)

Radha Madhav Society (UK)

Universal Society of Bhakti Meditation (Singapore)

Braj Gopika Seva Mission (Odisha, India)

Prem Mandir (Vrindaban, India)

Bhakti Mandir (formerly Bhakti Dham) (Manghar, India)

Kirti Maiya Mandir (formerly Rangeeli Mahal) (Barsana, India)

Golok Dham (New Delhi, India)

These names have nothing in common. 

And there is a reason why. Can you guess?

The reason is, in my opinion, because of the horrible reputation of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat. By now many people know that Kripalu Maharaji was a lifelong sex abuser and pedophile, including raping every single 12-year-old girl that came anywhere near him — with the support and assistance of their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunties, three Greedy Didis, many female devotees, and all the female JKP preachers.

Many people regularly contact me to ask me if certain preachers are part of JKP. They are confused because the people are using different names for their organizations. 

I tell them they are using different names to try to confuse people, in my opinion, so they don’t realize that it’s all part of the same evil organization. 

That’s right — every name in bold on the list above is in direct affiliation with Jagadguru Kripalu Parshat. Does this look fishy to you?

Image: Someone sent me this image which is an early rendering of a new building in Mangarh, India, called a “museum/library.” Does it still look like this hideous drawing? But, more importantly, why is JKP spending multiple millions of dollars on this when they could actually be helping the needy in India? (Shown for educational and research purposes.)

By Karen Jonson (Rishika)

Originally Published: 22 December 2023

Updated: 7 March 2025

If you are involved in Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat in any way, shape, or form, I can guarantee that, at some point, you’ll be asked to make a huge donation to “Kripalu’s library/museum.” It’s being built in Mangarh, India — his birthplace. I’ve been told it’s going to be a high-tech, multimedia facility.

It’s yet another building on the sprawling property, which appears more like a suburban residential development than a spiritual organization. The museum/library is another feature designed to lure more people into purchasing their “very own home in the ashram at Mangarh — starting at just $100,000 U.S. for a teeny, tiny room with a bed, kitchen, and bathroom. Prices go up the more space and luxuries you want in your apartment.

I’ve also been told that the museum/library is a multi-million-dollar project that is being overseen by one of the Three Greedy Didis favorite male devotees — a youngish, never-married leader in JKP, Chirag Patel. 

I know him personally as a very aggressive money collector. He was in charge of overseeing the seva cash from devotees during Kripalu’s two trips to the U.S.A. Chirag is good with numbers and has helped the organization collect multiple millions over the years. 

I receive a image of the plans for the new building in its early stages. It’s in the image above. Does it still look like this? It reminds me of something Dr. Seuss would draw in one of his children’s books. See below.

RISHIKA

What is all this non-stop building in JKP ashrams all about, anyway? Aren’t saints supposed to be humble teachers of scriptures to help souls return to God? If they need a library and museum to house Kripalu’s meager collection of books, why not just make it a quiet, humble room in the buildings that are already there?

Of course, I know why. Because that would not give them a good enough reason to pick your pockets clean. Just like when they collect money for their “charities,” they give a little to the charity and then keep the rest. How else do you think they amassed a complicated network of India-based trusts worth over one billion dollars U.S.?

Plus, having a bunch of fancy buildings helps them sell the apartments. It’s just like an apartment building in any city. They charge you more when they tell you there is a swimming pool, exercise room, and lounge. 

All the old devotees must be thinking they are going to have a really great retirement in their own apartment in a devotional setting. Then they find out they are cramped into a mouse hole in a noisy construction site where the emphasis is now placed on attracting more youth with fun and games. JKP ashrams have become little more than circuses. 

All I can say is buyer beware of JKP’s never-ending, money-making scams.

Rishika

The library/museum is just another one of JKP’s uncountable con jobs. If you can’t see that JKP is lying to you about everything, then you’ll just have to waste this life being a gullible devotee of a con man and child rapist. Maybe you’ll snap out of your delusion in your next life. 

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The Three Greedy Didis do everything in their power to lure kids and teenagers into their clutches — and steal their innocence and money. (Shared for educational purposes.)

In 2023, I heard from three young people with first-hand, personal experience about the Three Greedy Didis and the ashrams now. Here is what I heard — basically, Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat is a 24/7 moneymaking scam that no longer wants old people — they want your kids though apparently.

The JKP Three-Ring Circus

The first person told me that the JKP ashrams are more like a circus now than a holy place. There is a big push in Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat to attract youth — both young kids and teenagers. To do that they have put a huge emphasis on “fun” thing that kids like, like playing games and eating delicious food. (I have heard that the U.S. JKP ashram in Texas also has a huge push to attract more youth, too.)

They know kids won’t stick around if they get bored. So they have daily games for kids and sell tasty food in a canteen, like pizza, burgers, fries, and dumplings.

If you’d ever been to the India JKP ashrams in the past, you would know that you are basically starving all the time. The food served three times a day was very bland and there’s not a lot of it. If you didn’t bring your own snacks from home, you would really go hungry. That’s all changed now because they want young people. However, it all comes at a price!

In all that fun, they slip in a little bit of sadhana. I guess to just continue pretending that they are running a spiritual organization. But it was just a sex cult in the past and now it’s a circus with daily fun, games, and parties for the kids.

Youth Beware of the JKP Moneymaking Con Game

The second person I talked to allowed me to ask several questions. Here are my questions and their answers.

1—How often are they trying to get money from devotees?

They try to get money pretty much 24/7 from the devotees from when the day starts to the evening. There are multiple ways that the didis try to get money from the devotees, such as making the devotees pay money for the food or prasad that they give out and paying money to get pictures with them.

2—In what ways to they try to get money?

In the mornings, they have their zoom session where they hand out food, like sandwiches, which you have to pay around 1000 rupees for ($12). Choti didi also makes coffee that you pay around 5000 rupees for ($60). Basically every interaction with them, such as the food that they give out, comes at a price of either 1000, 2000, or 5000 rupees.

You can also pay money to bow to them before the morning sadhna. Doing aarti also comes with a price tag, which is increased on holidays, like Mother’s Day. You can do pranam in Kripalu’s room, but you have to pay 1000 rupees for it. There is also an opportunity to watch them sit and eat their lunch for the price of 10,000 rupees ($120).

After that they have a gassa, which is where they mix food together and hand it out to the devotees, which you have to pay money for.

They also have 2 picnics during a day — one in the morning and another in the afternoon, where there is a price to get in as well as a price for the food that the didis give out, such as bananas and chocolate sticks.

During the evening they play a ball game where they hit a ball around an area while saying radhey. If you hit one of the pictures of Kripalu or Krishna with the ball, you have to pay a fine of 1000 rupees. And if you get the ball outside of the area, then you pay a fee of 5000 rupees. It’s celebrated whenever someone gets it out of the field because apparently the didis are “mahapurush,” or god-realized. So anything they touch becomes prasad, which is how they justify the prices.

Paying money for the “prasad” or the food they give out helps you get closer to Golok too, apparently, as said by the seva collectors, who are the people who keep tabs on how much people owe.

The price tag of almost all the activities listed above increases whenever there is a special holiday. They also add new activities, such as paying for a davat during the holidays, too. During Mother’s day, they had devotees pay to pour water on some padukas for a price. The didis were also selling the towels used to wipe the padukas for 5000 rupees. The didis also do birthday cake cutting ceremonies, where you have to pay a grand total of 1 lakh rupees ($2000) to cut a cake with the didis and take some photos with them. 

Fun fact: they actually have an entire new app that has the names of all the devotees and their pictures that they use to track the amount of money that devotees owe.

3—How often did you see the 3 didis?

I saw the didis throughout the day kind of often. They pretty much spend most of their time with their assistants who cater to their needs such as bringing them food. The devotees watch the didis eat while they go on zoom where they say radhey radhey to people. Apparently they get mad if people skip or miss out on a session. 

They also appear in the morning satsang to watch a lecture of Kripalu, which plays every morning and evening. Then do aarti before leaving. After that, they appear at the picnics in the morning and afternoon. 

 Every time they spend time with the devotees, there’s always a chance at paying money, whether it’s for the food that they give out, or items such as clothes and mugs that they give out. 

4—What do they spend their time doing?

In the mornings after they wake up, at around 2:40 am to 3:45 am they basically spend their time on zoom talking to devotees and handing out food.

After that they appear in the satsang hall to watch a video of Kripalu giving a lecture before doing the daily prayer and aarti.

After that they go back to their rooms until around 6:30 am where Bhadi didi (Vishaka) sits in on the satsang.

After that they lead the devotees in some weird yoga thing for like 10 minutes before going to the morning picnic.

After that they sometimes go to the store where they get devotees to buy things such as shirts and cups from them.

After they head to their rooms for a bit before having lunch and then doing their gassa thing.

After that they go back to their rooms and I guess rest or do something else.

In the afternoon they come out for the birthday cake cutting ceremonies and then they go to the afternoon picnic, where they sell stuff there too, such as cups and shawls.

After that they have their dinner before coming out for the ball game with the devotees.

After dinner they usually sit in the satsang hall for around 15 to 30 minutes before leaving to their rooms for the night.

They don’t really do much other than that. 

5—Are kripalu’s grandsons there?

Kripalu’s grandsons weren’t there, but I do know that they (and the didis) request clothes and other things from devotees. They basically get devotees to buy large amounts of clothes and anything else they want. They make them take pictures of it before sending the pictures to them on Whatsapp. Then they’ll pick which clothes they like and don’t like from there.

I know this because my mom always goes on a huge clothes shopping spree before leaving for the ashrams.

Other than that, the grandsons and the brothers of the didis don’t usually come to the ashrams unless it’s for a special holiday, like guru poornima or Kripalu’s birthday. 

6—What is the main message about Kripalu these days?

The main message about Kripalu is pretty much the same as it’s always been, that he’s the ultimate jagadguru and that he’s the personification of Radha and Krishna. They always play multiple lectures and videos of him a day and the didis always talk about him in front of the devotees. 

7—What is your general impression of everything?

My general impression is that it’s pretty much been the same since I was there a few years ago. Not much has changed from my experience in being at the past ashrams. There are definitely a lot of creepy vibes though, and you get the sense that the people there aren’t truly happy being there.

During one of my past experiences at the ashram, I overheard one of the seva collectors telling my mom that she took at least one painkiller a day. I also overheard one of the other devotees mention how they barely get enough sleep. 

8—What about photos?

They actually discourage people from taking pictures of the didis.

9—Any other news?

They got the government to officially rename the village of Mangarh, where Kripalu was born, into Kripalu Dham Mangarh for whatever reason. Speaking of mangarh, it apparently now costs 1 crore rupees to get your own room in Mangarh, which is around $160,000 US.

Also, there was a fever going around the ashram where people were getting sick and had to be quarantined in their rooms (probably COVID again).

Despite that however, basically no one in the ashram was wearing a mask, not even the didis themselves.

Tripling their Money Collection

A third person told me that the Three Greedy Didis do not only make money from the people visiting in the ashrams. They also broadcast nearly everything they do over Zoom and make those remote devotees pay too, like in the photo below, taken in the Austin, Texas ashram.

Also, they encourage people from around the world to pay to tune in every day for their talks and meals.

This youth told me: “This is not a good organization. It feels as if money is their main concern. They regularly harassed me to send them more and more money. If they consider their organization to be a real one why isn’t their focus on leading people to God?

“At the time, I didn’t even realize that I was slowly going deeper and deeper in JKP.I finally woke up and realized what bad I am doing to myself by being associated with JKP. I got so close that I was giving them money whenever they asked. I was giving them money for so many things:

• 8000 rupees for what they said was Kripalu last bhajan
• 5000 rupees for cds in their shop
• 500 rupees a month for their their app 

Now I know they saw me as a child who’s parents will give him money whenever he asks. But that is their hard-earned money. 

I was hypnotized. But then I finally woke up. I realized the harm that I’m doing to myself by being associated with JKP. I finally got out. They harassed me to try and get me back in. But I knew they were all frauds.”

Here is a photo from the Austin, Texas JKP ashram where devotees are gathered for a zoom to watch the Three Greedy Didis eat. Everyone present in the room has to pay for the privilege of attending from around the world. (Shared for educational purposes.)

Look at us. We’re the three Greedy Didis — daughters of Kripalu Maharaji — and we’re too special to take the India-made covid vaccine. We need to illegally get the American-made vaccine smuggled into India even though it’s totally against international law. Aren’t we spiritual? (Sharing photo for educational purposes.)

The three so-called “didis” — daughters of Kripalu Maharaji and alleged “divine” beings — have likely committed an international crime, I’ve learned from a reliable source. It’s related to the covid vaccine. It’s illegal for ordinary citizens to transport covid vaccines not only across state lines within a country, but across international lines — in other words, from one country to the next.

However, I’ve learned that the three Greedy Didis allegedly decided that the India-made vaccines were not good enough for them. They wanted American-made vaccines. They wanted Moderna or Pfizer, which were were not available in India. 

In this article, the Indian government clearly stated:

India’s government will not buy COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna, three government sources told Reuters, mainly because domestic output of more affordable and easier-to-store vaccines has jumped.  

Does the India government know that their lowly vaccines were not good enough for these three entitled individuals — daughters of a child rapist?

Why did they need the American version? Why did they even want it? Why wasn’t their country’s vaccine good enough for them? Why was it good enough of their little devotee slaves?

The India-made vaccine was good enough for the Prime Minister of India, but not for these three Prima Donnas. They cosplay like they are saints — far above all the peons around them — but they are really nothing but just greedy women who want to live in luxury and be waited on hand and foot.

When they were in America, they had devotees here spinning like tops to buy them expansive creams for their face and other things. They weren’t happy with anything, but the most expensive products. My friend had a big bag of creams that they rejected by the time they left America. 

Also, it has to be said that they are so prejudice that they prefer their Indian devotees and treat all Westerners like they are nothing — unless they are rich, of course. But boy do they like our products apparently!!

I also know the names of the two people who actually committed the crimes by getting the vaccines in America, smuggling them in their suitcases, and flying into India with the hidden contraband. I won’t say their names now. But I know who you are!!

As has been proven time and again, the three Greedy Didis and their close followers think they are above the law. It looks to me like they are continuing their father’s crime spree, just in different ways. 

Just one of thousands of photos of Kripalu Maharaji and Swami Prakashanand Saraswati very much together.

After the arrest, trial, and conviction of Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, if you asked any member of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, “Where is he?” The response you would have received is, “Who? We don’t know any such person.”

To any sane person, this is factually ridiculous. They were co-conspirators for decades. Prakashanand was Kripalu Maharaji’s main servant and chief money generator — thanks to the fact that a few of Prakashanand’s favorite followers were minting money in the infomercial business — a business sector notorious for scammy business operations. I’ve been told the main three key infomercial devotees took the scamminess to new levels. 

So after a decade of claiming not to know Prakashanand, suddenly, out of the blue, in 2021,Vishahka Tripathi (aka, Badi Didi, Kripalu’s oldest daughter) starts calling devotees in the USA ashram in Austin, Texas, now called Radha Madhav Dham (formerly Barsana Dham) and other places in the USA. 

Each devotee was called one-on-one either by either her or an associate, such as Katie Williams (president of one of the infomercial businesses). They were told they could have some of Prakashanand’s ashes. I’m not clear on whether or not they had to pay for them. I’m also not clear if all devotees were included or only “special” ones. I do know when Kripalu Maharahji died, they were selling his ashes to followers (not only his ashes, but I heard they added extra wood and other corpses’ ashes, so they’d have more ashes to sell). 

My source for this information is impeccable by the way — but shall remain anonymous. 

Also, I heard that poor Katie, after flying to India to pick up her share of the ashes, discovered that upon her return the ashes were stolen in her very own bedroom. BIZARRE! Who would want them except for other hardcore devotees? (Maybe some devotee who didn’t get the “special” offer? Just a guess.)

But the main point is this: What was Badi Didi doing with the ashes of someone she claimed for over 10 years that she didn’t even know? And why did they keep Prakashanand’s ashes so many years after he died (at least 8 or so years after)? And were they even his actual ashes — or was this just another one of so many money-making scams run by the three Greedy Didis?

So many questions. If you have any answers, please do let me know and I’ll post them here.

Here is Vishahka Tripathi (aka, Badi Didi) — one of three very greedy daughters of Kripalu Maharaj, who run the whole Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat organization now since Kripalu’s mysterious death.