Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri and Accounts of Siddhi

Record summary

Bhagawan Nityananda, who died in 1961, was remembered by disciples as an extraordinary avadhuta whose presence, healing, austerity, and alleged siddhis shaped the Ganeshpuri lineage. This is a useful lead for comparing living-saint testimony with tantric and hagiographic models of transformation. The relevant evidence consists largely of disciple recollections, photographs, ashram publications, and later biographies rather than controlled investigations. Reports vary substantially, and the historical Nityananda must be distinguished from the devotional figure produced by subsequent transmission.