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Word: omkarananda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...trial in a Swiss federal criminal court last week, wearing a faded orange-pink robe and sandals, was a slender Indian who called himself Swami Omkarananda, a self-proclaimed teacher of mankind and head guru of a "Hindu-Christian" sect known as the Divine Light Center. The charges against the 49-year-old swami and what the prosecution called the hard core of his 80 followers ranged from theft and trespassing to attempted murder and grievous bodily harm. But most serious of all, the cultists had disturbed the peace of Winterthur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWITZERLAND: Cuckoo Cult | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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