Hindu group ‘Siva Senai’ founder M K Sachithananthan recently went to Chidambarapuram situated in the south of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
Here Sachithananthan went after hearing the news that Hindus were converting to Christianity and that already 11 families have been converted. He was joined by Rama Ravikumar of Hindu Makkal Katchi.
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They also went to the Palani Murugan Temple which is situated in Chidambaram and met Mahadevan, the trustee of this Temple. Many others were present and he informed that at least 11 families converted due to efforts of the Christian propagator. He also said that he had prevented others to convert their religion. Due to sustained efforts now many people have already returned to the Hindu fold.
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Sachchithananthan had described the hardships that Hindus face in Buddhist majrity Sri Lanka. He had said:
“Our first objective is to stop conversion. We are for safeguarding Hindu temples from encroachments by other religions. For instance there is a huge church in front of the ancient Thiruketheeswaram temple in violation of an agreement entered into in the 1960s. In Mannar and Mullaitivu we face challenges from the Catholics and in Vavuniya it is from the Buddhists who are colonizing through the imposition of Buddhism. In the Eastern Province the Hindus face threats from Muslims.”
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