The United Nations has officially published KAILASA's 31st report, which presents comprehensive documentation of what it describes as the continuation of colonial violence through systemic persecution of indigenous Hindus in modern India and globally. Titled "The Continuity of Colonial Violence: Systemic Persecution of Indigenous Hindus in Modern India," the report exposes widespread human rights violations, institutional discrimination, and coordinated transnational persecution affecting Hindu communities.
The report establishes that Vedic (Hindu) civilization represents a sophisticated, indigenous, and continuous tradition within Bharat (modern-day India), with roots predating colonial interruptions. Recent genetic studies cited in the document affirm that Hindus alone embody the indigenous lineage of the region, while Christianity arrived primarily through European colonial powers and Islam was introduced through invasions and conquests. However, the report contends that current policies prevent the formal identification, documentation, demarcation, registration, and titling of indigenous Hindu lands.
Institutionalized temple control and wealth confiscation represent significant concerns raised in the document. Post-independence India is described as continuing the British colonial legacy of controlling Hindu temples through laws like the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HRCE) Act. The Tamil Nadu State HRCE implemented a scheme on January 20, 1979, under DMK leadership, further tightening state control. Key findings indicate Hindu temple funds are systematically diverted to non-Hindu projects while mosques and churches remain free from state control, with government officials controlling temple administration, appointments, and finances. The report calls for a UN audit of this wealth confiscation under CERD General Recommendation 23.
Statistical evidence presented in the report documents systematic marginalization, including Forest Rights Act violations where out of 45.5 million land claims filed, 40% (18 million claims) have been rejected. Indigenous communities face mass evictions from ancestral lands, constituting violations of UNDRIP Article 10 regarding forced removal without free, prior, and informed consent. The full report is available at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/cfi-subm/80th-session-general-assembly/subm-80th-session-un-cso-61-kailash-union.docx.
KAILASA establishes itself as a sovereign subject of international law in the report, derived from SPH Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam's inheritance of unbroken succession and revival of 21 ancient Hindu sovereign states. Legal foundations cited include the Doctrine of Continuity (state's legal personality persists despite annexation), Doctrine of Acquired Rights (sovereign rights through succession remain absolute), De Jure Statehood under the Montevideo Convention, and Divine Sovereignty principles in Hindu Law where the Deity is the legal owner and kings are merely regents.
The document cites numerous international law violations, including breaches of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Article 11 regarding presumption of innocence denied under the Criminal Tribes Act, ICERD Article 2 violations through maintenance of colonial caste classifications, UNDRIP Article 10 violations regarding forced removal from lands without consent, ICCPR Article 18 failures to respect cultural diversity in education, and violations of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) through diplomatic harassment and intimidation. Additional violations include the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) 1969 Articles 49, 50, and 60 regarding fraud, coercion, and treaty invalidity; UN Charter Article 2(4) violations through annexation by force; Rome Statute of ICC Article 8 violations regarding war crimes; and Vienna Convention on Succession of States (1978) violations through ignored state continuity.
Comprehensive UN recommendations call for immediate UN audit of confiscation of temple wealth under CERD General Recommendation 23, deployment of a Special Rapporteur to investigate forced conversions of tribal and indigenous communities, passage of a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the weaponization of "secularism" as a tool for majoritarian persecution, restoration of indigenous rights to land, self-governance, and cultural preservation, and establishment of accountability mechanisms for diplomatic missions engaging in harassment and intimidation. The UN page for calls for input is available at https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-report-80th-session-un-general-assembly.
Historical context traces modern persecution to colonial instruments including the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 as the origin of "caste" labels used to marginalize Hindu groups, the SC/ST Act described as a "Divide-and-Rule" tool fragmenting indigenous communities, HRCE Acts (1810-1827) as British-era temple control mechanisms still enforced, and sedition laws as colonial suppression tools weaponized against indigenous leadership. The report uses Kashmir as a detailed case study demonstrating patterns of indigenous Hindu displacement, forced migration, and systematic erasure of Hindu presence in traditionally Hindu-majority regions.
