Articles tagged under: Christians

Uproar over alleged religious conversion event in Pal area of Surat

November 21, 2024
Uproar over alleged religious conversion event in Pal area of Surat

Surat: There was an uproar in Surat's Pal based Green City in the evening due to suspicion of Christian religious conversion activities. The alleged conversion event was held in the building number 13. Around 40 persons were boarded in a private luxury bus and several cars and brought here. After the uproar, city police DCP Rakesh Bharot held questioning of all 40 persons to check whether they were brought for religious conversion forcefully or with some kind of allurement. According to Advocate...Read More

30 tribal families return to Hindu faith in Shuddhikaran yagna in South Gujarat

October 26, 2024
30 tribal families return to Hindu faith in Shuddhikaran yagna in South Gujarat

Vansda: In a Shudhi karan yagna organized by Agniveer Hindu Sangathan, 30 christian converted tribal families returned to Hindu faith. The function was held at Kavdej village in Navsari district near Vansda. According to the organizers 1200 families have returned to Hindu faith in last 7 years under the banner of Agniveer organization. it's worth noting that with huge foreign funds, evangelists have converted thousands of tribal Hindus mainly in tribals populated areas of South, Central, East an...Read More

Police probe into suspected illegal religious conversion meet near Kochrab Ashram

September 22, 2024
Police probe into suspected illegal religious conversion meet near Kochrab Ashram

Ahmedabad: Suspecting illegally religious conversion activities by Christian Missioneries, police took away around two dozen persons from a complex near Kochrab Ashram around noon today. The persons were from tribals populated Dahod and Zabua areas.  Members from Bajrang Dal and other Hindu organization  gathered at Ellisbridge police station in this connection. DeshGujaratRead More

Hindu students, parents allege religious conversion attempts in school; Videos go viral

January 31, 2024
Hindu students, parents allege religious conversion attempts in school; Videos go viral

Kutch: Videos have gone viral recently on social media from Adhoi village in Bhachau taluka, where students and parents confront the Christian teachers of an English school after they gave the Bible to Hindu students in an alleged attempt at conversion. In the viral video, the parents can be seen confronting and questioning the teachers about why the Bible was given to Hindu students. When the teacher claimed that the students asked for the Bible, the young student promptly said that he did n...Read More

U.S. based Methodist Church organization awards Doctorate degree to Gurudev Rakeshji of Gujarat

August 25, 2023
U.S. based Methodist Church organization awards Doctorate degree to Gurudev Rakeshji of Gujarat

Dharampur: Claremont School of Theology in America awarded Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree to Gurdevshri Rakeshji, the founder of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission at Dharampur in South Gujarat, for his "extraordinary contribution" in religious and humanitarian works. Claremont School of Theology, an official theological school of the United Methodist Church, located in Clermont, California awarded a honorary doctorate degree to a non-Christian religious saint for the first time, in the 130 year...Read More

Around 170 families return to Hindu faith; do Ghar Wapsi in Navsari

April 22, 2023
Around 170 families return to Hindu faith; do Ghar Wapsi in Navsari

Navsari: Around 170 families in Kavdej village of Vansda taluka of Navsari have left Christianity and re-converted to Hinduism through 'Shuddhikarana Mahayagya' a purification program organized by an organization called Agniveer Hindu Sangathan. The event was held in the Shraddha Mandir of Vansda taluka and was attended by saints of the Swaminarayan sect. Religious conversion is happening on a large scale in the state, particularly in tribal areas where families had earlier converted from Hi...Read More

Cross complaints filed by Hindus and Christian groups over Hanuman Jayanti celebration in Dang

April 08, 2023
Cross complaints filed by Hindus and Christian groups over Hanuman Jayanti celebration in Dang

Dang: Cross-complaints have been filed by groups from the Hindu and Christian communities in Ghodvahal village, Waghai taluka of Dang, over the celebration of Hanuman Jayanti. The local Hindus of Ghodvahal village had decided to stop the use of liquor, meat, and mutton in the village 15 days before Hanuman Jayanti due to Bhajan Kirtan and puja in the mandir. However, on the same day(Thursday), Christians were preparing to mark Good Friday. The local Christians allegedly rushed to the mandi...Read More

Protest in Olpad over converting residential house into Church

June 28, 2022
Protest in Olpad over converting residential house into Church

Surat: The locals and Hindu bodies of Olpad protested over the making of a church in place of a residential house in Murli lake society in Olpad in Surat. The Hindu residents of the society and local Hindu bodies gave a memorandum to the Olpad Prant office complaining about the illegal making of a church in place of a residential house. They stated in it that the area is known as the Hindu area as the Hindu population lives there for years. The Christians have started making a church in plot...Read More

Three dozen tribals return to Hindu faith, celebrate their reentry to Sanatana dharma in Tapi

June 20, 2022
Three dozen tribals return to Hindu faith, celebrate their reentry to Sanatana dharma in Tapi

Tapi: Over 35 converted Christian tribals belonging from the Kotvadiya community did 'Ghar Vapasi' by reconverting selves to Hindu faith during at Budhwada in Songadh taluka of Tapi district. A procession was held prior to the sthapana of Gram Devta Hanumanji by Tapi Jilla Rashtriya Janjati Manch and Bhathiji Seva Sangh on this occasion on Saturday. It is learnt that no Hindu religious celebrations were held in the village for many years. The locals were therefore in joyous mood while cele...Read More

Pro Christians order by Dahod district collector on State govt direction

June 11, 2022
Pro Christians order by Dahod district collector on State govt direction

Dahod: Dahod district collector has rejected the application for transferring the land of Sanjeli church into Fakira farmhouse, following the demand of All India United Christian Front. The land of Sanjeli church in Dahod was usurped and an application for transferring it into Fakira farmhouse was filed by Iqbal Fakira. The Christian bodies from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh had united to save the church land. All India United Christian Front runs a legal fight for last 4 years to preve...Read More