Prem Rawat (Maharaji) - 1975 Press Articles
In 1975 controversy and debunking became the major media topics around Prem Rawat. There are 43 newspaper articles about Prem Rawat posted here from 1975 when Rawat was 17 years old.
- Guru's Follower Killed The New York Times, January 14, 1975
- Vision Blamed in Shooting Panama City News-Herald, January 14, 1975
- Notes On People New York Times, March 11, 1975
- God not at home - but what a home it is News-Chronicle, April 3, 1975
- Mahatma Prakash Bai advertisement May 1975
- Rennie Davis Was Hard To Accept As Raving Revolutionary The Register: Danville, Va., Wednesday, July 16, 1975
The Darby McLean court case revealed Prem Rawat's finances when his financial adviser, Michael Garson, became conscience struck, the first of many of Rawat's close associates to become disgusted and tell the truth about the "Lord of the Universe".
- Divine Light aide sees mission just for guru GREELEY (Colo.) TRIBUNE Sat., March 22, 1975
- NewsMakers Los Angeles Times, March 23, 1975
- Guru keeps "mission" deep in debt INDEPENDENT (AM) PRESS-TELEGRAM (PM) Long Beach, Calif., Sun., March 23, 1975
- Growing Pile of Unpaid Bills Beneath Guru's Spiritual Bliss March 23, 1975, Lincoln Neb., Sunday Journal and Star
- RICHES CALLED GOAL OF DIVINE LIGHT WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, Monday, March 24, 1975
- The Nation Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1975
The judgement in the British Columbia Supreme Court criticises Prem Rawat's "grand style".
- Court Halts Heiress' Money Gift To Guru CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL FRI., April 18, 1975
And then the "Perfect Master" is Fired For His Spiritually Imperfect "Playboy Lifestyle".
- Mother Ousts Young Guru as Playboy Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1975
- Guru Maharaj Ji is just a "spiritually imperfect" playboy The New York Times, April 2, 1975
- Mother Ousts Guru, 17 Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1975
- Guru's mother rejects him as religion chief Long Beach, Calif., Wed., April 2, 1975 INDEPENDENT (AM)
- In The BEE Today THE MODESTO BEE AND NEWS-HERALD Wednesday, April 2, 1975
- Guru denounced by mother as a playboy THE TIMES Wednesday April 2 1975
- Guru Tries to Take Control of Mission The Ruston Daily Leader - Wednesday, April 9, 1975
- NewsMakers Los Angeles Times, April 10, 1975
- Young Guru's Mother Replaces Him Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1975
- Guru won't confront mother Mon., April 14, 1975 GREELEY (Colo.) TRIBUNE
- Gurus are born and not made The New York Times, April 15, 1975
- Once a Guru, Always … He Thinks The Washington Post, April 15, 1975
- Disowned guru meets press GREELEY (Colo.) TRIBUNE, Tues., April 15, 1975
- Guru Fights Ouster as 'Perfect Master' Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1975
- NewsMakers Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1975
- Give Up Fight Guru Urged By His Family The Tuscaloosa News, May 18, 1975
And in India a judge tells the Rawat brothers not to wash their dirty linen in court
- Judge Upbraids Guru Brothers Los Angeles Times, May 23, 1975
- GURUS TOLD TO SETTLE DISPUTE OUT OF COURT PRESS-TELEGRAM (PM) Long Beach, Calif., Fri., May 23, 1975
- Rival Gurus Call Off Courtroom Battle Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1975
- Scolding the 17-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji The New York Times, May 24, 1975
But the Rawat brothers and rival "Lords of the Universe" do their thing instead.
- Rival Gurus Drop Suits, But Continue Feud Sat., May 24, 1975 The CHARLESTON GAZETTE
- Rival gurus scolded by judge THE TIMES, Saturday May 24, 1975
- Notes On People The New York Times, June 4, 1975
- the Guru Maharaj Ji gave himself a Father's Day party The New York Times, June 17, 1975
- Guru won't return to India, aide says Wed., June 18, 1975 GREELEY (Colo.) TRIBUNE
- Guru Maharaj Ji Pizza Sports Cars and Millions of Followers News Journal, Mansfield, 0. Monday, July 14, 1975
- Guru buys property to be used for school GREELEY (Colo.) TRIBUNE, Fri., Oct. 3, 1975
- No Connection with Divine Light, Switzerland THE TIMES Tuesday October 14 1975
- BIRTHDAY - Guru Maharaj Ji THE TIMES Wednesday December 10 1975
- New Messiahs Hailed by Youth, Hated by Parents Aiken Standard, December 22, 1975
- Some Commune Groups Demand Total Devotion THE BEE: Danville, Va. Tuesday December 23, 1975
The new "Western" mahatmas are out propagating.
- Meditation It's Not What You Think The Tech, MIT, September 16, 1975
- Meditation It's Not What You Think The Tech, MIT, September 16, 1975