Last month brought news of another career brought to it’s end by the foolish promotion of Nithyananda’s fictional country Kailasa.
The Telegraph reported last month that a Paraguayan official was “forced to step down as chief of staff of the Paraguayan agriculture ministry, having been duped into penning the ‘memorandum of understanding. with representatives from the non-existent United States of Kailasa”.
Multiple other news-sources also reported on this story.1
Arnaldo Chamorro is yet another official who has fallen foul of a practice known a “Safepointing”.
Having fled India in 2019, following charges filed in Indian courts, Nithyananda and his followers have sought to “Safepoint” by corrupting dignitaries and politicians as a means to claim legitimacy for a mysterious location in the hopes this will obscure the real reason for Nithyananda’s self-imposed exile — he refuses to face charges of rape and abduction.
This past year has seen Nithyananda’s cult drag multiple officials in many countries into this scandal.
In 2022 The Telegraph2 and The Guardian3 reported that “Kailasa UK” featured in a full-page advert for the (HFB) Hindu Forum of Britain’s 2022 Diwali brochure.
The brochure featured letters from (now Prime Minister) Rishi Sunak, (now former Home Secretary) Suella Braverman, MP Bob Blackman, (now former Home Secretary) Priti Patel and Lord Rami Ranger.
A Diwali event was held in the House of Commons on 21 October 2022, with MP Bob Blackman and Lord Rami Ranger present.
The HFB’s president Trupti Patel was pictured alongside Nithya Atmadayananda, a prominent supporter of Nithyananda, as was MP Bob Blackman.
It was later revealed that Lord Rami Ranger has “undermined and humiliated” the journalist who had broken the story of the Nithyananda Cult’s attempt to “Safepoint” using the Houses of Parliament4.
In January 2023 the City of Newark was approached to “Safepoint” the Nithyananda Cult with a Sister-City agreement signed between the city and Kailasa.
This was later rescinded by the city in March.5
Another unfortunate episode happened in 2023 when Vijayapriya Nithyananda, the “permanent ambassador of the United States of Kailasa”, addressed a United Nations committee in Geneva.
This led to the United Nations issuing a statement that it would ignore the comments made.6
- “Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country”, Guardian, 30 November 2023
“ನಿತ್ಯಾನಂದನ ‘ಕೈಲಾಸ’ ದೇಶದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ!: ಬೇಸ್ತುಬಿದ್ದ ಪೆರಗ್ವೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕೆಲಸದಿಂದ ವಜಾ”, Vijaya Karnataka, 1 December 2023
“Nithyananda: పరాగ్వే కీలక అధికారి పదవిని ఊడగొట్టిన నిత్యానంద”, Eenadu, 1 December 2023
“நித்தியானந்தாவின் கைலாசாவுடன் ஒப்பந்தம் செய்த பராகுவே அமைச்சரின் பதவி பறிப்பு”, Hindu Tamil Thisai, 1 December 2023
“Paraguay official ousted amid deal with non-existent country”, Deutsche Welle, 1 December 2023
“Agreement With Fugitive Baba Nithyananda’s Kailasa Proves Costly For Paraguay Official”, Zee News, 1 December 2023
“Nithyananda’s Kailasa running a scandal? Paraguay official replaced after deal with ‘fictional country’”, Mint, 1 December 2023
“Paraguay Sacks Official Over Dealings With Nithyananda’s Kailasa”, NDTV, 1 December 2023
“Paraguay Replaces Govt Official Who Signed Deal With Fugitive Nithyananda’s Fictional Country”, The Wire, 1 December 2023
“நித்தியானந்தாவால் பறிபோன பதவி: பராகுவே நாட்டு அதிகாரிக்கு வந்த சோதனை”, Dinamalar (தினமலர்), 1 December 2023
“Paraguay official sacked after signing MoU with Indian fugitive Nithyananda’s fictional country”, The Hindu, 1 December 2023
“El funcionario paraguayo destituido tras firmar un acuerdo con Kailasa, un país que no existe”, BBC News Mundo, 30 November 2023
↩︎ - “Work of cult leader wanted by Indian police promoted in Houses of Parliament Diwali pamphlet”, The Telegraph, 11 December 2022 ↩︎
- “Tories invited UK representative of fugitive Hindu guru to party at House of Lords”, The Guardian, 11 Decmber 2022 ↩︎
- “Tory peer ‘undermined and humiliated’ journalist, finds Lords commissioner”, The Guardian, 13 June 2023 ↩︎
- “Newark rescinds sister-city agreement entered into with ‘United States of Kailasa’, terms incident regrettable”, The Hindu, 4 March 2023 ↩︎
- “Nithyananda’s Kailasa: UN to ignore remarks of fugitive India guru’s fictional country”, BBC News, 2 March 2023 ↩︎