Saint’s alleged pregnant wife to claim right to ashram property

HARIDWAR: A self-proclaimed pregnant wife of deceased seer Rasananda Maharaj of Uttarakhand’s Agni akhara has decided to claim her right to ashram property through a legal course after she delivers the baby.

Rasanand Maharaj died mysteriously during the Ujjain Kumbh on April 21 this year. On Saturday, Tejendra Kaur, 43, claimed before the media that she was married to the Mahamandaleshwar in 2014 and now bore his child.

However, she alleged that the ashram management was denying her the right to enter the ashram and even opened her room without her permission and treated her as a criminal.

Kaur said that she was ready to get the DNA test conducted after giving birth to the baby in order to establish that the child belonged to the saint after they married.

“I have a proof of the marriage,” she said, and later showed the journalists a will which reportedly made mention of their marriage among other things.

I have been a disciple of Rasanandji Maharaj for the past eight years. He had made physical relationship with me after getting married in 2014. I was living with him in his ashram in Kankhal. I was also present with him when he died in Ujjain TEJENDRA KAUR, seer Rasananda Maharaj’s disciple

About how she developed intimacy with the maharaj, she said, “I have been a disciple of Rasanandji Maharaj for the past eight years. He had made physical relationship with me after getting married in 2014. I was living with him in his ashram in Kankhal. I was also present with him when he died in Ujjain. But, after his death, the new caretaker of the ashram is not giving her the permission to enter the asharm. I am just demanding my rights. I just demand right of my unborn child.” She expressed her displeasure that her room was searched in her absence and the belongings were removed. She alleged that she was treated as a criminal and abused by the ashram caretaker and his men. She said she had visited the ashram on the condolence day, which she was not informed about, and related the story of her relationship with the saint. “But, they refused to give me my right to live in ashram. I am living in a rented accommodation now. I will fight for my rights (through court),” she added.Ashram representative Anuj Dube said Kaur’s allegations were baseless. However, he said: “If she has evidence of the marriage and if the DNA test confirmed what she claimed then she would be treated as a widow of saint Rasanand.”