Asaram, who has 400 ashrams across the world, raped the young girl in 2013. He is also accused, along with his son, Narayan Sai, of raping two sisters in Surat in Gujarat between 2002 and 2004.

The Supreme Court recently set a five-week deadline for the Surat trial be completed.

Asaram received life term, which means he will be in jail for the rest of his life, and was fined Rs 1 lakh by the court.

Asaram was arrested in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for the Jodhpur case and moved to jail in the desert city. He appealed 12 times for bail but was turned down each time.

"We have got justice. I want to thank everyone who supported us in this fight. Now I hope he will get strict punishment. I also hope the witnesses who were murdered or kidnapped get justice," said the father of the rape survivor.

During the Jodhpur trial, nine witnesses who testified against him were attacked, three of them died.

Asaram, who has a long flowing white beard and used to dress in white robes, was accused of rape, and trafficking under POCSO, a stringent law on sexual crimes against children.

The young girl he raped was left alone with him by her parents because Asaram's aides said he would "cure" her of evil spirits that had possessed her. She testified later that he threatened to kill her if she revealed what he had done to her.

Of the four people accused along with him, two have been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in jail. Two others have been acquitted.