Over 2,200 members of 384 families residing in 20 villages re-embraced Hinduism at a special function organized in Sutarpada, a village in Kapvada Tehsil in the district of Valsad. Dharma Prasar Samiti was the organizer of this event. A team of Arya Samaj purohits conducted the yajna and the people offered ahutis.
The people who returned to the Hindu fold are members of Varali and Konkana Vanvasi communities, who had embraced Christianity in the recent past. A gathering of 300 people warmly welcomed them back home.
Shri Mohan Joshi, the central secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), spoke about the glorious history of our Hindu ancestors who fought to protect Hinduism from foreign invaders.
Saying that Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world advocating peace and love, Swami Omkaranand Maharj called upon everybody to guard it with their lives.
Shri Dilipbhai Trivedi, the Gujarat State president of VHP; Shri Dharmaendrabhai Patel, the Prant Dharma Prasar Pramukh; Shri Lalit Suvakia, the joint secretary; Shri Neeraj Patel, the state secretary; and many others were present.
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