# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prakashanand-saraswati
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:09:10.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prakashanand-saraswati"
name: "Prakashanand Saraswati"
slug: "prakashanand-saraswati"
description: "Prakashanand Saraswati, also known as Swamiji, is a Hindu monk, guru, convicted child molester, and internationally wanted fugitive from Ayodhya, India. Previously, he founded the Hindu religious organisation the International Society of Divine Love and the Radha Madhav Dham temple in the United States. In 2011, a jury found Swami Prakashanand Saraswati guilty on 20 counts of indecency with a child. He is still a fugitive and appeared on the Fox TV show America's Most Wanted."
tagline: "Indian spiritual leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swami_Prakashanand_Saraswati.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-01-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             25
  historical:           3.662052
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakashanand_Saraswati"
    title: "Prakashanand Saraswati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakashanand_Saraswati"
    title: "Prakashanand Saraswati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views