muktananda is a controversial figure and the siddha yoga group has tactfully tried to use the goodwill of bhagawan nityananda to the benefit of their group siddha yoga itself has nothing to do with bhagawan nityananda who was never assosiated with any religious group he was wondering yogi not a person who founded any organisation many of nityananda's other disciple have criticised muktananda trying to hog the limelight by claiming that he was nityananda's most favoured disiple just to maintain the non controversial nature of bhagawan i as a honest admirer beleive that the siddha yoga template does not do good to the nityananda article