Wealthiest spiritual leaders in India 2023
As of March 2023, Swami Nithyananda had an estimated net worth of nearly 100 billion Indian rupees. Under the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam trust, he owns temples, gurukuls, and ashrams world over. A controversial figure, he fled India in 2019 and built a new Hindu nation called Kailaasa, although it is not officially recognized as a state. Baba Ramdev, another yoga and Ayurveda guru ranked second in that time period.