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'''Bangaru Adigalar''' is a South [[India]]n spiritual guru. He is the President of [[ACMEC|Adiparasakthi Charitable Medical Educational and Cultural Trust]]. He is called 'Amma', meaning mother in Tamil, by his followers and devotees of the Adhiparasakthi temple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2014/feb/16/Her-Merciful-Majesty-576181.html|title=Her Merciful Majesty|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref><br />
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Arulthiru Bangaru Adigalar is believed to be the Poorna Avatar (holding all 16 qualities of an Avatar) and is believed to be the incarnation of the supreme power – [[Adhiparasakthi]] by his followers. He has a large following of believers. Bangaru adigalar has also implemented reforms in temple and spiritualism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/jan/27/amma-is-a-spiritual-guru-focussed-on-breaking-social-barriers-say-devotees-1930524.html|title=Sri Bangaru Adigalar is a spiritual guru focussed on breaking social barriers, say devotees|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref><br />
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The [[government of India]] awarded him with [[Padma Shri]] in 2019 for his service to humanity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/leaders-differ-over-padmaaward-for-bangaru-adigalar/article26101960.ece|title=Leaders differ over Padmaaward for Bangaru Adigalar|date=January 27, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><br />
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== Income tax raid ==<br />
Bangaru Adigalar's Adhiparasakthi group of educational institutions,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-07-03|title=Rs.20 cr. recovered in Income Tax raids on 2 colleges|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Rs.20-cr.-recovered-in-Income-Tax-raids-on-2-colleges/article16182402.ece|access-date=2021-03-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> as well as his four residences and trust offices in [[Melmaruvathur]], were raided by sixteen IT teams on July 2, 2010. The search began at 11.30 a.m. on July 2nd and lasted until 4 a.m. the next day. Adigalar's house alone had cash worth {{INRConvert|9|c|year=2010}} confiscated. A search of the trust offices turned up an additional {{INRConvert|3|c|year=2010}}, and his son Anbazhagan's house was raided and {{INRConvert|40|l|year=2010}} was seized from it. In addition, gold jewellery was also uncovered on the property.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IT raid seizes Rs 9 crore in godman’s bedroom|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2010/jul/04/it-raid-seizes-rs-9-crore-in-godmans-bedroom-166914.html|url-status=live|newspaper=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205024313/http://www.newindianexpress.com:80/cities/chennai/2010/jul/04/it-raid-seizes-rs-9-crore-in-godmans-bedroom-166914.html |archive-date=2019-02-05 }}</ref><br />
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