Prelude
“A Dark, Dark Place”
After I left my x-cult, I heard many stories about my x-guru, Kripalu Maharaj ji (aka Ram Tripathi) from various people. Among them was this one.
“One time, when I was in Vrindaban, I was standing with a monk on the roof of a building overlooking Kripalu’s ashram. I asked him what the Hindi words on Kripalu’s temple said.
“He replied, ‘Shyama Shyam Dham.’
“I asked him what that meant.
“He said, ‘A dark, dark place.’”
I found this story interesting and telling. It is such a curious reply from the monk. In Hindi, shyama and shyam have two primary meanings. The main meaning is that they are names for Lord Krishna.
Shyam also means black or dark colored. Krishna is always depicted as dark blue and is also called the Dark Lord, among other names.
In Hindi, dham means a place of residence, especially for a divine deity (god or goddess). So, Shyama Shyam Dham literally means “the home of Lord Krishna.”
However, in India, different combinations of Hindi words can have different meanings based on how they are used. To give this particular response, I believe this monk knew the truth about Kripalu’s organization, as do many others in that region of India, called Braj (the land of Krishna).
I think the monk’s response meant something deeper — and darker. He was warning the visitor. He was letting him know there are dark secrets in Shyama Shyam Dham.
He was saying, Be forewarned. Stay away. Save yourself.
Only a single wall divided the prayer hall from a bedroom where my x-guru had sex with women and children. In the temple, devotees would sit for hours every day, chanting holy songs, meditating, and praying to their beloved guru, whom they considered a God on Earth. In the next room, he was seducing women and raping underage girls. Every. Single. Day.
His conquests would be served up to him by a core group of female worshippers, including preachers, devoted followers, and even his three daughters.
All underage girls were fair game. Few escaped his secret sex factory for over sixty years—operating in his three ashrams across the Braj district of India.
Sex God exposes the true history of my x-guru—including source documentation and victims’ own stories. This book brings my x-guru and his shameful, criminal operation out of the shadows of darkness and into the bright light of truth.
