Santosh Madhavan (7 June 1960 – 6 March 2024), also known as Amritha Chaithanya, was an Indian godman.

Madhavan had been wanted by Interpol since 2004 for fraud committed in the United Arab Emirates.

A Dubai-based Indian woman, Serafin Edwin, accused him of cheating her of 400,000 dirhams in 2002.

[1] Madhavan was found guilty of pedophilia and producing pornography videos of him molesting underage girls at a children's home run by his trust, Santhitheeram.

[5] Madhavan was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi for a cardiac ailment, and died from heart disease on 6 March 2024, at the age of 63.