Gottimukkala Babu Rao was arrested at the Sri Rajarajeswari temple at Parkal in Andhra Pradesh after a complaint was lodged by a social worker.
Hundreds of women had been visiting him on Mondays and Saturdays to have their breasts massaged, because they believed it would result in motherhood.
Rao claimed he had the blessings of Hindu god Lord Shiva to ‘treat’ the women.

The officer sent to arrest Rao encountered protests from female devotees who argued the police were interfering with their treatment, and denying them the swami’s blessings.
Rao has been charged under laws dealing with cheating and outraging the modesty of women.