Paramahamsa Nithyananda filed a counter-petition (OS 85 of 2013) against Arunagirinatha Paramsariyar Swamigal, 292nd Pontiff of Madurai Aadheenam, declaring his cancellation of Paramahamsa Nithyananda as 293rd Pontiff as void and requesting to be allowed to perform our religious and spiritual functions.