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What was fugitive Nithyananda's 'United States of Kailasa' doing at the UN?

Nithyananda, a rape-accused fugitive who is also a self-styled godman, claims to have established a country representing 2 billion Hindus in 2019

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Pictures and social media posts of people draped in saffron clothing claiming to represent rape-accused fugitive Nithyananda and his fictional country, "Nation of Kailasa," at the United Nations (UN), were shared and left many puzzled.
 
To quell any misrepresentation, a UN official responded to queries about the delegation's attendance at a UN meeting on March 1 and said that the group was attending

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