Amrit Sadhana, spokesperson for the Osho International Meditation Resort, said they were preparing for the Enlightenment Day celebrations and not for any kind of ‘war’ with the rebels.
EVEN AS Osho followers across the country have started to descend in Pune to celebrate Osho’s 70th ‘Enlightenment Day’ on March 21, the rebel Osho group has sought police support for taking part in the celebrations. The Osho International Meditation Resort has said they have ‘no quarrel with the rebel sannyasins and that they will be welcomed with open hearts’. In such a case, the rebel group said the resort should allow their entry by ‘wearing mala’ and without paying Rs 970 entry fee.

Will welcome ‘rebel group’ with open heart, claims Osho Resort

Police are urged to ensure the rebels are allowed to wear Osho’s ‘mala’ while taking part in the celebrations on March 21.
As Osho lovers will be assembling in Pune to celebrate the spiritual leader’s 70th “Enlightenment Day” on March 21, a rebel group of devotees has sought police support for taking part in the celebrations.
In a press release, Swami Chaitanya Keerti, one of the rebel Oshoites, said, “For the past 23 years, the Osho Ashram management has not been celebrating Osho’s birthday on 11 December, Osho’s Punyatithi 19 January, Osho’s Enlightenment Day on March 21, and Osho Full Moon (Guru Purnima in July). It has been celebrating only the monsoon festival in August and the New Year festival regularly. And about 500-700 people were attending. This year’s Osho Enlightenment Day celebration in Pune will bring together three or four times more people (1,500-2,100, or even more) than any monsoon festival.”

Osho’s 70th Enlightenment Day celebrations in Pune, rebels seek police help

THE Osho “rebel” group has alleged that over 200 pages related to their spiritual guru on Facebook have been removed on instructions of the management of Pune-based Osho International Foundation (which works under Switzerland’s Osho International Foundation) so that information about such celebrations does not reach all Osho’s disciples as it did before. The Osho International Meditation Resort refused to comment on the allegations.