Bangaru Adigalar (3 March 1941 – 19 October 2023) was an Indian spiritual guru and the president of the Adiparasakthi Charitable Medical Educational and Cultural Trust.
He was called "Amma", meaning mother in Tamil, by his followers and devotees of the Adhiparasakthi temple.
Adigalar treated his followers equally, regardless of gender, caste, or religion.
[4] Adigalar's educational institutions,[5] his residences, and trust offices were raided by income tax officials on 2 July 2010.
[6] Bangaru Adigalar died of a heart attack in Melmaruvathur, on 19 October 2023, at the age of 82.