Nithyananda’s representative attends House of Lords’ Diwali party on Tories invite

Given the severity of the criminal charges Nithyananda is facing, some attendees were upset over the invitation to Atmadya and the profile given to the godman’s organisation.

Nithyananda, who fled India in 2019, is facing charges of rape and abduction. He has failed to respond to all the summons issued against him since 2019. The rape case against Nithyananda was filed in 2010 based on a complaint by his former driver Lenin. Nithyananda was arrested and later released on bail. In 2020, the bail was cancelled again following a petition by Lenin, claiming that Nithyananda has escaped from the country.

 
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Nithyananda even claimed to have set up his own sovereign island state known as the “Republic of Kailaasa”. There is much speculation about whether Kailaasa is a real nation with physical territory.

Its official website claims that it is a “nation without borders created by dispossessed Hindus from around the world who lost the right to practice Hinduism authentically in their own countries”. It is referred to as the “World’s Greatest Digital Hindu Nation”.

It even has its own government, complete with departments of health, education, commerce, information broadcasting, and even ‘enlightened civilisation’. Nithyananda is referred to as the ‘Supreme Pontiff’ of Kailasa.

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