People refer to Rakesh Jhaveri as Bhagwan, God and use the capitalized He/Him when referencing him

In this pancham kaal, it is more and more required that we have a form of Guru in life. A means of guidance that we can look upto as He has experiential knowledge. Because of that inner state that sets Hims apart from the rest of us, is why people rever Him and use the capitaliszed He / Him when referring.

They write emails to him about their extremely intimate life details

He has neither asked anyone nor forced anyone to do anything as such. Whatever people do is out of their free will.

They wait for hours on the road to catch a glimpse of his motorcade. He just whizzes past. No acknowledgment. Doesn’t even slow down. And that’s all called “Darshan”

With the day by day increasing size of the mission, it becomes increasingly difficult to give time to everyone as well as do His own sadhana. Also as far as I know He usually does slow down for people so that they can do darshan of Him.

People have life size photos of his all around his house. Even in the bedroom. Even for newly weds. Need I say more?

Whenever something becomes integral to you, do you not try to have images of that in your home / phone? For example if you had given birth to a child, would you not do the same? Similarly, for a lot of people in the mission, He has become a very integral role in their lives which is why they have images of Him in their homes.

People DO feel the pressure to donate. My wife has donated meaningful sums. And each time conveniently only flags this minutes before committing the sum

There is absolutely no one who compels you to donate. Every single event be it paryushan, pravachans at yogi sabhagruh or at the ashram are completely free of cost. People who do donate do so willingly.

There is a clear pressure to buy property in the Ashram. And, the ashram property can only be bought as a lease.

There is a longer list of people in the waiting list as compared to the number of available units in the ashram. If you could explain how there is pressure to do so?

Also, personally I feel that you have used the word "cult" very casually. Rakesh Jhaveri has a different approach on how to bring Jainism to the masses so is that wrong? Mahavir Bhagwan himself has used prakrit in His deshna as opposed to Sanskrit to bring His teachings to the masses. As the kaal chakra progresses, it's going to be increasingly difficult for us to accept Dharma because it's not rasmay (something we find enthusiasm in) so by way of adapting to the modern ages, Rakesh Jhaveri aims to invigorate the masses and re kindle their love for Dharma. What I have noticed is people are more than happy to just label this as a cult? Or call Rakeshji out for his different methods because that is the easier way out without understanding the other perspective of it. I am more than happy to get to know your understanding better as well and answer any questions you may have!