The tomb, the samadhi site of Neyyattinkara Gopan Swamy, was opened on Thursday morning after the Kerala High Court declined to stay the district administration's decision to exhume the body.

His family claimed that he sat in samadhi — a state of meditative consciousness, according to different Indian religious traditions — the previous day and was lowered into the concrete chamber that ...

The body of Gopan, the self-styled spiritual guru whose mysterious death has attracted a police probe, was buried in a specially-erected crypt — dubbed as “maha samadhi” — at his house at Aralumoodu ...

During the exhumation, the body was discovered in a sitting position. Several pooja items, including 'vibhuti' (sacred ash), were reportedly found inside the grave, according to police sources.

Gopan’s burial and subsequent memorial had sparked controversy after his family claimed he had attained ‘samadhi’—a spiritual state of liberation. When police opened the burial site ...

While issuing notices to the government and police, Justice C S Dias declined to interfere with the investigation into the death of the man, identified as Gopan Swami.

The Kerala police exhumed the body of a self-proclaimed godman who was entombed by his family after claiming he had attained 'samadhi'. The exhumation came amid public protests, legal scrutiny and the ...

"Produce the death certificate. Why are you apprehensive? Where is death registered?" the Court asked Gopan's family, who have challenged the State's move to exhume his body as violating their Hindu ...