Prem Rawat's father died when Prem was eight and some backroom shuffling resulted in his elevation to SatGuru instead of his older brother. But you are correct, he was controlled by his mother mainly. Kinda like a stage mother. And she had an organization around her, the family business, really. It's a long story but well documented.Sure, he was used as a kid, but he turned the tables on them all and kicked his mother out of his life when he married an American stewardess at age sixteen. He took over in a big way and has never looked back. He never saw his mother again, btw...
