It is a fascinating portrait of the inner workings and power dynamics of a modern-day cult led by a charismatic Guru idolised by millions around the world. The events that unfolded at the commune and the stand-off between its inmates and local residents comprise the core of the Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country.
Within three years, his followers had transformed the barren expanse into a city of up to 7,000 people, boasting a fire department, police, restaurants, malls, townhouses, a 4,200-foot airstrip, a public transport system using buses, a sewage reclamation plant and a reservoir. He along with his neo-Sanyasins moved out, lock, stock and barrel, from "Rajneeshpuram", his sprawling 60,000-acre commune in the state of Oregon. The commune was centered around the controversial godman, Bhagwan Rajneesh, who had been rechristened Osho after his return from the United States.īhagwan Rajneesh in a still from Wild Wild Country.īorn Chandra Mohan Jain on December 11, 1931, in Kuchwada village of Madhya Pradesh, Rajneesh was deported back to India after pleading guilty to two counts of felony. It was a mandatory requirement for all new members. I was accompanied by my partner Claudia, a Croatian cellist and composer, who at the time was studying Indian classical music in Bombay.Ī middle-aged blonde woman clad in a flowing maroon robe ushered us into a booth for an HIV test.
I was in my early 20s when I stepped through the gates of the Osho Ashram in Pune for the first time.
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