Hyderabad, July 1 -- In a twisted tale, an episode of Aniruddhacharya Maharaj's (popularly known as Pookie Baba) katha series led to the murder of a devotee in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district.

For 45-year-old Inder Kumar Tiwari from Madhya Pradesh, marriage was a question mark. He attended one of Aniruddhacharya Maharaj's preaching sessions and asked for his guidance on the matter.

"I own 18 acres of land, but still unmarried. What am I to do with the land?" Inder Kumar asks in the now-viral video. "Who will look after my land when I am gone if I do not have children?" he put forward his concern.

Aniruddhacharya Maharaj, laughing, told the man, "It seems Lord Brahma forgot to make someone for you." In Hindu mythology, Lord Brahma i...