Vijayapriya Nithyananda: What we know about Kailasa’s UN representative
Live MintA woman named Vijayapriya Nithyananda is making headlines after a video of her speaking at a United Nations meeting in Geneva went viral. The video, shared by fugitive godman Nithyananda, who claims to have founded the "United States of Kailasa," shows Vijayapriya dressed in a saffron saree with a rudraksha necklace and maang-teeka on her forehead. However, she later issued a clarification, stating that the "United States of Kailasa" holds India in high regard and urging the Indian government to take action against those who attack and incite violence against Nithyananda and Kailasa. UN response The UN human rights office clarified that any submissions made by representatives of the "United States of Kailasa" at the public meetings in Geneva last week were "irrelevant" and would not be considered in the final outcome drafts. Vijayapriya Nithyananda is the permanent ambassador of the "United States of Kailasa" at the United Nations.