 The Sannyasi claimed to know, while sitting at his own Chunpora residence, everything that the king said or did in his palace.Claims of this nature enabled the Sannyasi to exercise great sway over the mind of the king and his court.Swargadeo Udayaditya Singha became greatly devoted to Paramananda Sannyasi, and in his eagerness to advance the prestige and influence of Paramananda summoned the twelve "Vaishanava Mahantas" or religious heads of the Thakuria denomination and asked them to become disciples of the Gakulpuri Sannyasi.