The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 is a once-in-144-year event that has garnered international attention. Interestingly, the presence of unique ascetics, Naga, Sadhus, Yog Gurus, and spiritual leaders adds to the allure of the massive gathering. Among them, 36-year-old Abhey Singh—also known as IIT Baba—has drawn a lot of attention. Singh, an aerospace engineering graduate from IIT Bombay, gave up his lucrative employment to follow his spirituality and join the Juna Akhada.
Devotees have been captivated by IIT Baba’s unique method, which is best known for using diagrams and pictures to convey complex spiritual subjects. But in his most recent video, he provoked discussions by calling the notion that parents are gods a “Kalyug trap” and denouncing it as such.
IIT Baba’s firm position against the idea that “parents are gods” goes viral:
IIT Baba discussed the idea of considering “parents as god” in a recently shared video. According to him, children of Kalyugi parents who have experienced generational trauma have inherited it. For this reason, they forbid their kids from doing things in a different way. There is a caption for the video.
“This satyugi concept of treating parents as God is misused by demented Kaliyugi parents to pass on the generational trauma and to not let their kids do things differently – jo tumhara iss janam main maa-baap hain, wo kya pata kya honge agle janam main, ek aatma ka safar sirf uska hota hai – nahi to maa-baap, patni beta sab kuch tyag dene wale Buddha bhagwan nahi hote, bhagwan hote hue bhi apne maa-baap ko Jail main chodkar raas leela karne wale Krishna Bhagwan nahi hote, Prahlad ke bulane par baap ko chir kar faad dene wale Narsimha bhagwan nahi hote – jab maa baap ahankar aur swarth se yukt hokar apne aap ko bhagwan manne lagte hain, tabhi Narsimha bhagwan aakar unka ahamkar ka vinash karte hain”
IIT Baba repeats “namaskaram” at the beginning of the reel, indicating that he will go back to the same topic—the parental trap, which has a big effect on Bharat. He stated,
Most of these sayings like meko papa ke liye ghar banana hai, people take it so proudly. Maine yeh kar dia mummy papa ke liye yeh karna hai. Lot of this is perpetuated because of so called spiritual teachings also. They are like maa baap hi bhagwan hai. Maa baap bhagwan nai hai yaar. Maa baap ko bhi bhagwan ne banaya hai. Matlab kya hai yeh? Logo ka dekhne ka alag tarika hai. Satyug wala concept tum kalyug mei use kar rahe hoh basically.
IIT Baba went on to say that the Satyug concept could not be used in Kalyug because parents are not godlike. “In India, parents treat their children like horses that were brought up to do nothing but work,” he continued. IIT Baba continued by saying:
Yeh soch hoti hai. Maa baap bhagwan kuch nai bhai kalyug ka trap hai yeh tumhare liye. O tumhara iss janam main maa-baap hain, wo kya pata kya honge agle janam main, ek aatma ka safar sirf uska hota hai – nahi to maa-baap, patni beta sab kuch tyag dene wale Buddha bhagwan nahi hote.
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Here’s how netizens reacted to Abhey Singh’s statement
IIT Baba’s parents asked him to come back home
In the meantime, his father, Haryana lawyer Karan Grewal, expressed his concerns and urged him to go back. He revealed that Singh stopped communicating six months ago, even though his family had asked him to come back. Grewal wants to get back in touch while respecting his son’s choices. Addressing the press, he stated,
Obviously, I want him to come home. His mother asked him to come back, to take care of the family, but he replied that after becoming a sanyasi, that’s no longer possible.
Why did IIT Baba not want to go home?
IIT Baba discussed how “domestic violence” in his early years impacted his spiritual development in an interview with NDTV. Despite having little personal experience, he claimed that his parents’ regular arguments had “traumatised” him.
Singh claims that as a child, he would study through the night to get away from the chaos at home. When questioned why he never got married, he said that he chose to live alone after seeing his parents fight.
