Mahesh Kumar aka Mahatma Vedapravaktanand aka Ashutosh Maharaj

Mahesh Kumar aka Mahatma Vedapravaktanand aka Mahesh Kumar Jha was born on the 6th August 1946 and in 1974 found himself living and preaching in the Palace of Peace as Mahatma ("Great Soul") Vedapravaktanand until his sexual exploits saw him kidnapped by premies and spirited to Heathrow and unceremoniously dumped in a jet plane back to India. When he arrived back in India his only work experience was parroting the Divine Light Mission shtick so he had little choice but to join Rawat's eldest brother, Satpal Maharaj, formerly Prem's right hand man known as Bal Bhagwan Ji. Fortunately for him, he was unable to maintain public celibacy and he was sent packing by Satpal as well. You can't get much lower than being spurned as unworthy by both Rawat brothers, who can't even agree on which of them is the real Godman.

How do we know the Divine Light Mission mahatma is the famous Ashutosh Maharaj who found international fame after his possible death. As of the writing of this article (mid 2014) the Indian legal system has not yet determined whether he is dead or in deep meditative samadhi and as the disposition of 100 million pounds depends upon the outcome his body is being kept refrigerated by devotees in his ashram.

Scans of his 1970's passport and photographic evidence and memories of those who knew him in London provide adequate evidence that the former lowly mahatma became the divine and very rich Godman.

Further information gleaned from various international media including:

India Today, February 5, 2014