Nithyananda’s representatives confirmed on April 1 that he is alive and active amid death rumours. The statement came from Kailasa, his self-proclaimed nation, and included a live stream of him ...

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

Bolivia has dismantled a bold land grab by Nithyananda’s self-proclaimed Hindu nation, ‘Kailasa’, arresting 20 of its representatives for signing deceptive 1,000-year leases with indigenous groups in ...

Nithyananda, self-proclaimed Hindu guru, calls himself  “supreme pontiff”, a title not recognised in Hinduism, but his followers use it to validate his status.

Followers of Nithyananda, a self-proclaimed Indian guru, have been secretly buying land in Latin America as part of his ...

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 for ...

Self-styled godman Nithyananda aka Arunachalam Rajasekaran, a fugitive who is facing sexual abuse charges and kidnapping in India, may have established a fantasy land for himself – a nonexistent ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Controversy grows as Indian Guru tries to seize Indigenous land in Bolivia to establish 'new' nation without recognition.

Nithyananda fled India in 2019, leaving behind a sprawling religious empire, after being accused of child abduction, sexual assault and abuse, and claimed to have founded the nation of 'Kailasa ...