Amid reports that Guru Nithyananda, who is facing charges of illegal confinement of children and has been charge-sheeted in a rape case, has formed a 'nation' in an island near Ecuador in central Latin America, the Ecuadorian government on Friday denied that it has granted asylum to the self-styled godman or helped him purchase any land.
In a statement, the Embassy of Ecuador said the country had denied Nithyananda's request for asylum, and he left the country for Haiti.
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"The Embassy of Ecuador categorically denies the statement, wherever published, that self styled Guru Nithyananda was given asylum by Ecuador or has been helped by the government of Ecuador in purchasing any land or island in South America near or far from Ecuador," the statement said.
It further said: "Moreover, Ecuador denied the request for international personal protection (refuge) made by Mr. Nithyananda before Ecuador and later on, Mr. Nithyananda left Ecuador presumably on his way to Haiti." It said that all the information "published in digital and print media in India is based on the information which allegedly has been sourced from https://kailaasa.org, a website which is supposedly maintained by Mr. Nithyananda or by his people".
The statement comes days after reports emerged that Nithyananda has created a Hindu nation, Kailaasa, with its own flag and political setup, on an island near Ecuador.
According to the website of Kailaasa (www.kailaasa.org), 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".
"Kailaasa was created with the determination to not just preserve and protect Sanatana Hindu Dharma and share it with the entire world, but also to share the story of persecution that is yet unknown to the world," it said.
The country has its own triangular flag with an emblem of Paramashiva and Nandi and is called the 'Rishabha Dhvaja'. English, Sanskrit and Tamil are its main languages.