{"id":5316,"date":"2008-08-04T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T15:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5316"},"modified":"2009-07-19T05:28:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-19T10:28:03","slug":"commander_selva_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/04\/commander_selva_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander Selvam of Atlanta: What Do You Think?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[UPDATE: After arresting Commander Selvam last fall, the police have decided drop charges against him, for lack of evidence. See Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n

Reader MacWalla sent us a tip to this story, which ran on a local Fox affiliate in Atlanta:<\/p>\n\n

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It’s about an Atlanta based swami named Selvam Sidhar, also called Dr. Commander Selvam (though his real name is apparently Annamalai?), whom the reporter finds to be a fraud. There’s also a second part I would strongly recommend here<\/a>, where the reporters went undercover to book a “beer bash and barbecue” in the Temple’s main hall, and Commander Selvam readily agreed to have meat and alcohol served on the premises. After the Fox reporters called the next day to “out” themselves, big banners reading “Hindus Only Allowed — No Trespassing” went up around the temple.<\/p>\n\n

Some of the footage they use, showing his house (heavily mortgaged), and his car, isn’t by itself an issue for me. If anything, the $900,000 mortgage on the house suggests he doesn’t actually have as much money in the bank as might be expected. Is this exposé overblown at times?<\/p>\n\n

Finally, the reporter responsible for the recent story on Fox Atlanta, Randy Travis, has a blog post up<\/a>, with 179 comments on the story.<\/p>\n\n

[UPDATE: After arresting Commander Selvam last fall, the police have decided drop charges against him, for lack of evidence. See Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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