<p>Activists of Hindu outfits in Kerala coordinated religious reconversion programmes on Thursday with 63 people embracing Hinduism in two separate events held in Kottayam district. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Hindu Aikyavedi leaders had earlier claimed that about 200 people would reconvert to Hinduism on Christmas.<br /><br />In Ponkunnam, 46 people from about 20 Christian families reconverted to Hinduism. The event was organised by a local VHP unit at the Puthiyakavu Devi Temple. <br /><br />In another event held at a Krishna temple in Thirunakkara, 17 people reconverted to Hinduism, sources said. The reconverted families are from Ponkunnam, Vaikom and Kumarakom.<br /><br />The state leadership of the VHP, however, remained non-committal on projecting the reconversions as part of the “ghar wapsi” (homecoming) programme launched by the outfit in other parts of the country. <br /><br />The reconversions are coordinated by local Hindu groups and have no direct links with the VHP state unit, its leaders said.<br /><br />More than 100 people have reconverted to Hinduism in Kerala since Sunday in events held at Kollam, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts in the presence of Hindu outfit leaders. <br />Local VHP leaders claimed that they were coordinating the reconversions based on requests reaching a Hindu helpline. <br /><br />Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday that no forced religious conversions were being done in Kerala.</p>
<p>Activists of Hindu outfits in Kerala coordinated religious reconversion programmes on Thursday with 63 people embracing Hinduism in two separate events held in Kottayam district. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Hindu Aikyavedi leaders had earlier claimed that about 200 people would reconvert to Hinduism on Christmas.<br /><br />In Ponkunnam, 46 people from about 20 Christian families reconverted to Hinduism. The event was organised by a local VHP unit at the Puthiyakavu Devi Temple. <br /><br />In another event held at a Krishna temple in Thirunakkara, 17 people reconverted to Hinduism, sources said. The reconverted families are from Ponkunnam, Vaikom and Kumarakom.<br /><br />The state leadership of the VHP, however, remained non-committal on projecting the reconversions as part of the “ghar wapsi” (homecoming) programme launched by the outfit in other parts of the country. <br /><br />The reconversions are coordinated by local Hindu groups and have no direct links with the VHP state unit, its leaders said.<br /><br />More than 100 people have reconverted to Hinduism in Kerala since Sunday in events held at Kollam, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts in the presence of Hindu outfit leaders. <br />Local VHP leaders claimed that they were coordinating the reconversions based on requests reaching a Hindu helpline. <br /><br />Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday that no forced religious conversions were being done in Kerala.</p>
