The Light of Kailasa

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The Light of Kailasa is a Hindu movement originally from Belarus. It is a part of the Saivite movement. The movement was banned by govt. authorities in Belarus. In 2002, the main activists of the movement Tatiana Akadanova (Now in USA as refugee), Sergei Akadanov (Now in USA as refugee) and Sergei Olisevich were sentenced to prison terms. Hindu activists Sergei Romanchik, Tatiana Zhilevich, Sergei Silybins, Irina Silybins, Igor Yusupov and Irina Golovina were also imprisoned. In 2003 group leader Natalya Solovyova and other followers were attacked by police. Many of the followers were imprisoned, while the rest fled to USA and other countries. Now there is no organized activity of this movement in Belarus.

See Also:

Belarus Hinduism

Hindu Persecution

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In 2002

Prison sentence

Police Attack

2002 Arrests

Hunger strike

Hunger Strike