Now, VHP raises objections to Santa Claus giving chocolates to children News18 | Wed Nov 26, 2014 | 09:25 IST The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has raised questions over use of school buses for religious functions as well as Santa Claus distributing chocolates to school students during Christmas. According to a report in Times of India, the VHP and its backed outfits have also said they want idols of Godess Saraswati, the Hindu deity of learning, installed in missionary schools. While the Catholic school authorities agreed to have the Goddess’s idols installed, they rejected VHP’s other demands saying these were an infringement on their freedom to manage their religious affairs guaranteed by the Constitution. The row between Bastar missionaries and VHP was triggered by a speech by Jagdalpur diocese bishop mar Joseph Kollamparambil at a school annual function recalling how Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara, a visionary and social reformer, “was canonized and conferred sainthood by Pope Francis at Vatican on Sunday”.
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