Radhema is a self-proclaimed Hindu goddess and one of India’s most controversial spiritual figures.
Wiki/Biography
Radhe Maa’s actual date of birth is unknown and different sources cite different dates of birth. According to one source, Radhe Maa was born on Sunday, April 4, 1965 (58 years old; as of 2023), while according to another source, she was born on Monday, March 3, 1969 (54 years old; as of 2023) in Dorangala, Gurdaspur, Punjab. She studied up to class 10 at the Government LSM Higher Secondary School, Dorangala, Gurdaspur.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 7″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Family and caste
She was born into a Sikh family.
Parents and siblings
Her father, Sardar Ajit Singh, was the SDC of the Punjab State Electricity Board. Her mother died when Radhe Maa was still very young. Radhe Maa has two brothers, Sukhbir Singh and Nirmal Singh.
Radhe Maa’s father
Relationships, Wife and Children
At the age of 17, she married Mohan Singh. Her husband ran a sweet shop in Mukeriya, Punjab. They had two sons, Harjinder Singh (Nishu) and Bhupender Singh (Bunty). Due to financial constraints, Radhe Maa’s husband moved to Doha, Qatar to work in a construction company, while Radhe Maa stayed in Mukeriya with her parents-in-law and their two sons. In an interview, Radhe Maa said that both her sons are industrialists.
Radhe Maa’s son
She is reportedly dating Indian film producer Ranjit Sharma.
From Sukhvinder Kaur to Radhe Maa
As a child, she used to visit the Maa Kaali temple in the village and according to some of her followers, she was inclined towards religion and spirituality from an early age. She married into a lower-middle-class family and to support her family financially, she opened a tailoring shop “Babbu Tailor” where she used to provide tailoring training to local women and girls.
An old photo of Radhe Maa
In 1986, her husband was transferred from Mukeriya to work in a construction company in Doha. After her husband went to Doha, Radhe Maa suffered from mental disorder. She often went to the local temple to seek peace, where she met “Shri Mahan Ramdeen Das” of 1008 Paramhans Bagh Dera Mukerian in Hosiyapur.
Guru of Radhe Maa- Shri Shri 1008 Manath Ramadindas Maharaj Ji
She followed him for nearly six months of deeksha or spiritual training and he named her “Radhe Maa”. Soon, she started organizing jagrans and chowkis in her village and nearby villages. With the help of her few devotees, the news of her miracles began to spread in the villages near her hometown and people from neighboring states began to visit her for spiritual guidance. According to some of her fellow villagers, by then, she had learned black magic and started practicing it on people. At that time, she lived a simple life and wore a white dress.
Young Radhema
Radhe Maa in a white dress
Many business families started calling her to their homes for rallies and gatherings. One of the businessmen was Arun Nanda, a resident of Phagwara in Punjab. In 2002, Nanda organized rallies in the name of Radhema at his home. When Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena activists came to know that Radhema claimed to be an incarnation of the goddess, they protested in front of Arun Nanda’s house for nearly three hours and said that Radhema should publicly apologize for misleading the people.
Protest against Radma
When the protests got out of control, Radhema came out to apologize in front of the media and according to some sources, she said that she was a common man and not an incarnation of any goddess.
Radhe Maa apologizes
After this incident, she moved to Delhi, but she continued to hold chowkis and jagran in Haryana, Delhi and Punjab. During one of the chowkis in Delhi, a businessman from Mumbai, Sanjeev Gupta, noticed her and invited her to Mumbai for jagran. Sanjeev Gupta is one of the owners of the famous sweets chain “MM Mithaiwala” in Mumbai.
Sanjeev Gupta
According to Sanjeev Gupta, Radhema had predicted some things about him which later came true and since then he became her devotee. Later, he asked Radhema to shift to his residence in Mumbai permanently.
Manmohan Gupta – Chairman, MM Mithaiwala
Soon after moving to Mumbai, she started gaining popularity among the city’s wealthy families, and many prominent Indian politicians, businessmen and Bollywood celebrities became her followers.
Radhe Maa at the Sikh Gurdwara
Radhe Maa in the Shiva Temple
Radhema’s list of followers included Indian celebrities such as Subhash Ghai, Ravi Kishan and Dolly Bindra (the latter later accused Radhema of engaging in prohibited activities). Later, Radhema became the brand ambassador of Sanjeev Gupta’s “Global Advertising Agency”.
Radhe Maa and Divyanka Tripathi
Radhe Maa and Ravi Kishan
Radhe Maa and Subhash Ghai
It was only after she settled in Mumbai that she started dressing like a newlywed North Indian bride. She started wearing red dresses, red bridal bangles, a trident and heavy makeup.
She is always accompanied by her two closest followers, Chhoti maa and Talli baba.
dispute
Her name has caused a lot of controversy, some of the most talked about controversies are:
- In 2015, a woman named Nikki Gupta filed a lawsuit against her in-laws and Radhe Maa, accusing them of demanding dowry. In an interview with reporters, Nikki revealed that Radhe Maa instigated her in-laws to demand dowry from her. Nikki also said that Radhe Maa had physically assaulted her. Nikki Gupta said,
My husband and in-laws often say that the jewellery and cash I get from my parents are not enough.” She also said she was tortured. Her lawyer Kshitij Mehta said the court would not take up the matter, while senior police officer M Powar of Kandivali police station said the matter would be investigated.
Later, the local police removed Radhe Ma’s name from the indictment without Nikki’s consent. Nikki Gupta objected to this and appealed to the Bombay High Court. Radhe Ma said in her defense that she did not ask for any dowry and the matter was between Nikki and her in-laws. Radhe Ma said,
I am a pure and pious person. The plaintiff is very poor. I did not take money from my daughters-in-law. They are both from royal families. How could I take money from a poor person who has no food to eat? ”
Radhe Maa was interviewed
- In 2015, Indian television actress Dolly Bindra, who was once a follower of Radheya Ma, filed a criminal complaint against Radheya Ma, accusing him of sexually exploiting her.
- In 2015, Radhema was heavily criticised by a section of the society for a few pictures that went viral on the internet, in which she was seen wearing a very short skirt. The controversy was reportedly sparked by a hacker named Santya Haxor who hacked into Radhema’s official website and uploaded some of Radhema’s private pictures.
- In 2017, her photo again caused controversy when a photo that went viral again showed her sitting on the chair of Sanjay Sharma, an officer at New Delhi’s Vivek Vihar police station, while the officer stood next to her with his arms crossed. He was later suspended.
- She had been accused of abetting her sister-in-law to commit suicide.A mahan named Shyam Sundar Das accused Radhe Maa of murdering her guru from whom she had received deeksha.
- She had courted a huge controversy after her pictures in short skirts, videos of her dancing to Bollywood songs, and other objectionable videos surfaced in the media. In some of her videos, she was seen sitting on the lap of her fans and some devotees were holding her in their arms. Later, she was even spotted lashing out at media persons during interviews related to her controversies.
Radhe Maa dancing in video
address
Singh House, Bungalow No. 9, SBI Staff Gulmohar CHS LTD, Near Kamal Medical, Chikuwadi, Borivali (West), Mumbai 400092
Facts/Trivia
- Her real name is Sukhwinder Kaur.
Her friends and close ones fondly called her Gudiya or Babbu.
- Her followers call her ‘Mamtamai Shri Radhe Maa’.
- In 2015, Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swarupanand banned her from attending the Nashik Kumbh Mela. Mahant Gyandas said,
More and more impostors are entering the holy realm of sadhus and mahant. Trikal Bhavanta, Radhe Maa and liquor expert Sachchidananda should be banned from taking “shahi snan” (holy bath).”
- Controversial Indian actor and dancer Rakhi Sawant praised Radheya Ma in an interview and said that she thinks Radheya Ma is like God. She also praised Radheya Ma’s dressing style.
- In an interview, while talking about the series of controversies in her life, she said that these controversies led her to suffer from severe depression and in order to recover, she had to undergo treatment from psychiatrist Dr. Maachiswala.
- She loves the color red, which is evident in her clothes, car seats, and her room, where her followers meet her, where she has red curtains, red furniture, red lighting, and a statue of Goddess Durga above her bed.
Old photo of Radhe Maa
- Her followers built the ‘Radma Temple’ in Radma’s hometown.
Radma Temple
Photos taken by Radhe Maa’s fans
- She owns a collection of luxury cars, including a custom-made black Jaguar.
Radhe Maa’s Jaguar
- In 2018, she acted in a Hindi film titled Raah De Maa.
- Her ashrams are also in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Radhe Maa and her devotees
- In one of her interviews, she said that she observes celibacy, she also said that she likes to wear denim tops and dresses and her favorite song is “Tumko Mere Dil Ne” from the Hindi film “Rafoo Chakkar” (1974).
Radhe Ma and her son being interviewed
- The Shri Radhe Guru Maa Charitable Trust in Mumbai was founded by a Singh family in Mumbai. The trust donates food and money to the poor, underprivileged women and underprivileged children. During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, her trust donated huge amounts to relief funds and distributed rations to the needy.
Radhe Maa Charity Association
Radhe Maa’s trust distributes rations
Radhe Maa’s Trust Donation
- Before TikTok was banned in India, Radhe Ma’s interview was widely used by some TikTokers, who uploaded lip-syncing videos of it on their TikTok accounts; these videos went viral on social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPk_dbDqCs
- In 2020, there were rumors that she would be one of the contestants of the popular television reality show Bigg Boss 14, but later it turned out that these rumors were false and she was only a guest on the show. She appeared in the first two episodes of the show and gave a special aashirwaad to Jaan Sanu and Siddharth Shukla.
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Source: HIS Education