UN Report Recognizes Hindus as Indigenous People, Documents Systemic Persecution

The United Nations has published KAILASA's 28th report as part of contributions to the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council, formally recognizing Hindus as indigenous peoples and documenting systemic persecution faced by Hindu communities worldwide. This development carries significant implications for indigenous rights movements globally and challenges colonial frameworks that have historically marginalized native civilizations.

The comprehensive submission establishes that followers of Sanatana Dharma are the indigenous people of Bharat (ancient India) and across Asia, with Hindu traditions thriving for millennia across 56 indigenous Hindu nations spanning over 6 million km². Unlike Christianity and Islam, which entered the region through conquest and external imposition, Hindu traditions represent continuous indigenous civilizational presence. The report emphasizes that colonial powers disrupted this indigenous identity by artificially constructing divisive labels such as caste and tribe to control populations.

Beyond physical colonization, the document highlights how European coloniality entrenched Eurocentric frameworks that delegitimized indigenous systems of law, governance, and knowledge. The report critically examines what it terms neo-Hindutva as a colonial construct, noting the role of British-supported ideologies in fragmenting Hindu society and aiding colonial divide-and-rule policies. This analysis provides important context for understanding contemporary political dynamics in South Asia and their colonial roots.

Under the leadership of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam—recognized as the Sovereign of 21 ancient Hindu kingdoms—KAILASA has revived the continuity of indigenous Hindu statehood. Operating as a government-in-exile, it represents the assertion of decoloniality and the restoration of Hindu Swaraj (self-governance). The organization has united over 160 indigenous nations and communities worldwide through the United Ancient Nations, advancing shared struggles for sovereignty and cultural survival.

The report documents extensive human rights violations against The SPH and KAILASA, including deep state-sponsored violence, unlawful persecution, suppression of Hindu religious freedom, and illegal detention and torture of SPH and KAILASA members. These allegations, if substantiated, would represent serious breaches of international human rights law and religious freedom protections. More information about these findings is available at https://kailaasa.org/briefings-statements/united-nations-reports/un-publishes-kailasas-28th-report-recognizing-hindu-indigeneity-and-uan/.

The report urges the United Nations and international community to recognize Hindus as indigenous peoples under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), investigate systemic persecution of Hindu indigenous communities, hold deep state and non-state actors accountable for violations of religious and cultural sovereignty, and support decolonial movements worldwide that seek to restore indigenous self-determination. The struggle of KAILASA represents the universal fight of indigenous peoples against colonial legacies that persist today, making protection of Hindu and all indigenous community rights critical for global justice, peace, and cultural continuity.