Representatives of the self-declared nation "Kailasa," founded by controversial godman Nithyananda, describe it as the ...

Pedro Guasico, a leader of one of the indigenous groups called the Baure, says that their contact with ‘Kailasa’ representatives began in 2024 after they offered help with forest fires.

At least 20 people associated with Kailasa were reportedly arrested last week in connection with the land-grabbing charges.

The United States of Kailasa, led by fugitive Swami Nithyananda, claims to be a sovereign Hindu nation with its own currency and passports. However, 20 of its followers were arrested in Bolivia ...

Members of fugitive self-styled godman Nithyananda's fictional country, Kailasa, were deported from Bolivia for allegedly attempting to seize land belonging to indigenous communities. Self-styled ...

Swami Nithyananda - one of many self-styled Indian "godmen" with thousands of followers and a chequered past - is wanted by police for alleged rape, sexual abuse, and abduction of children.

The guru known as Swami Nithyananda after appearing at his bail hearing near Bengaluru, India, in 2012. A fugitive holy man, he has claimed miracle powers.Credit...Manjunath Kiran/Agence France ...

As many as 20 representatives of the 'country' were arrested. Self-styled godman Nithyananda fled India in 2019, leaving behind a sprawling religious empire, after being accused of child abduction ...

Nithyananda's Kailasa claimed it to be a sovereign ... irrespective of race, gender, sect, caste, or creed, where they can peacefully live and express their spirituality, arts, and culture free ...

Bolivia on Tuesday said that it has deported 20 members of Kailasa, a fictional country founded by preacher Nithyananda, for allegedly attempting to seize land belonging to indigenous communities.