Dang (Gujarat):A day after Christmas, 251 Christian families were converted to Hinduism by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other right-wing leaders at Shiv Rudra Hanuman temple in Navagam area of Saputara, a tribal area in Dang district of Gujarat.
Amid chants of 'Jai Shri Ram', the event, organised by VHP in Ahwa Taluk of the district, saw 251 families accepting Hinduism during a Tulsi Pujan.Tribal traditional dance was also performed in the conversion program.
Surrounded by forests, Dang is home to a large number of tribal communities and alleged reports of them being converted to Christianity have come from the place in the past.