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India: dead man “reconverted”

23 October 2004 – Vishal Arora - Compass Direct

Delhi, October 12 (Compass) — Residents of Gurandi village, Orissa, dug up the body of a Catholic man on October 4, 2004, and ceremonially “reconverted” him to Hinduism, along with the living members of his family. The incident was triggered when Bala Tulasiga, a 35-year-old Catholic convert, was buried in a Hindu cemetery. Purna Chandra […]

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India: Hindu ‘reconversions’ continue in Orissa

23 October 2004 – Satya Kumar - Compass Direct

Delhi, October 22 (Compass) — At least 336 tribal Christians were “reconverted” to Hinduism on October 17 in a mass ceremony organized by the World Hindu Council in Orissa, India. The ceremony took place in the remote village of Baridia in Sundargarh district, about 280 miles west of Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Orissa. Those […]

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Bihar and Orissa: Christians return to Hinduism

16 September 2004 – Indo-Asian News Service

Patna, Sep 15 (IANS) — Terming it a “return home,” the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) re-converted 55 Dalits to Hinduism after a religious ritual in a Bihar village. Eight families of these socially marginalized sections who had earlier embraced Christianity underwent purification rites in Chandarpur village of Samastipur district Tuesday in a ‘yagna’ organised by […]

Tagged With: Bihar, India, Orissa, reconversions

India: Court seeks detail of Orissa conversions

8 April 2004 – Indo-Asian News Service

Bhubaneswar, Apr 4 (IANS) – The Orissa High Court has sought details from the state government about an incident of forcible religious conversion that occurred nearly two months ago, a court official said Sunday. Eight people, including seven women, of Killipal village in coastal Jagatsinghpur district who had embraced Christianity seven years ago were reportedly […]

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Orissa: seven women tonsured for embracing Christianity

1 March 2004 – Jatindra Dash - Indo-Asian News Service

Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) — At least seven women who converted to Christianity in a village in Orissa said residents of the area forcibly tonsured them and made them reconvert to Hinduism. The incident took place in the first week of February in Kilpal village in the coastal district of Jagatsinghpur, about 80 km from […]

Tagged With: converts, India, Orissa

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