page_title: Kalki Bhagwan
section_title: Tenth avatar of Vishnu
hierarchical_section_title: Kalki Bhagwan / Claims and predictions / Tenth avatar of Vishnu
context_page_description: Kalki Bhagwan, also known as Sri Bhagavan, is an Indian godman, cult leader, businessman and real estate investor. A former insurance agent, he gained popularity during 1990s and early 2000s, after claiming to be Kalki, an incarnation of God according to Hinduism.
  As a godman, Vijaykumar launched the Oneness Movement in 1989, a type of New Religious Movement promising to give mass 'Enlightenment' to humanity and inaugurate the 'Golden Age' in 2012. The movement fizzled out by 2013 and is now called O&O Academy, headed by his son NKV Krishna and daughter-in-law Preetha Krishna.
  Through his family and acharyas, Vijaykumar founded the White Lotus Conglomerate, a multi-million dollar group of more than 40 holding companies with interests in real estate, mining, entertainment, sport, agriculture, education, finance and manufacturing.
  In 2019, Indian Law Enforcement agencies raided Kalki Bhagwan's properties and confiscated unaccounted assets worth US$67 Million. The Enforcement Directorate attached 900 acres of land belonging to his Ashram and registered a case against him under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
  In December 2019, he suffered a heart attack.
context_section_description: In 1990, Vijaykumar Naidu claimed to be Kalki, the tenth Avatar of Vishnu. Kalki Bhagwan's wife, otherwise known as 'Amma', claims to be Vishnu's consort, Padmavati. Kalki Bhagwan's claim that he had inaugurated the Hindu Golden Age was not well received by Hindu spiritual leaders.
  According to Hindu Pauranic tradition, Kalki rides a white horse and carries a fiery sword. He rejuvenates existence by ending the darkest and destructive period to remove adharma (lawlessness) and usher in a new era for believers. Prophesies written in the Vishnu Purana describe Kalki as marrying princess Padmavati of Simhala.
  Vijaykumar and Padmavati make themselves available for public darshan, or a 'divine glimpse', and charge money to followers for the privilege. It costs around $60 for a 'divine glimpse' of the couple in a crowded room, and $700 for a one-on-one meeting with Kalki Bhagwan himself.
  The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements says that Vijaykumar is currently the most famous of the spiritual leaders laying claim to being the final and future avatar of Kalki. Other individuals who have claimed to be Kalki include Agastya Joshi, who also  claimed to be Mahdi; and Samael Aun Weor, founder of the Universal Christian Gnostic Movement. Another claimant is Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi of the Kalki Avatar Foundation, founded in 2000 by Younus AlGohar. Yet another claimant was the American writer Adi Da (also known as 'Da Kalki'). 
  The moola mantra (main chant of the cult) celebrates the godman as "the embodiment of truth-consciousness-bliss", referring to Vijaykumar as the "Supreme Godhead, Perfect Person and the Transcendent Self" (Satchidananda para brahman, Purushottam Paramatma).
caption: A depiction of Kalki, the prophesied tenth avatar of Vishnu
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