[8] The Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organised several Ghar Wapsi events in Telangana,[9] Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Goa.
[12] In a Supreme Court judgement, the judges ruled that reconversion to Hinduism will not prevent a person from accessing quota benefits and adopt the caste of his forefathers.
The bench further held that the "Scheduled Caste persons belonging to Hindu religion, who had embraced Christianity with some kind of hope or aspiration, have remained socially, educationally and economically backward.
"[13] In Indoensia, Sudhi Wadani is a ceremony in Balinese Hinduism for individuals converting to the religion, aimed at "purifying" them from the influences of previous beliefs.
The ceremony involves several stages, including cleansing with holy water (melukat), spiritual purification, chanting sacred mantras, and offering to Hindu gods.
[17][18][19] This term indicates the belief held by the organisations facilitating such programmes that most of the Muslims and Christians in India have descended from Hindus, and hence are returning to their "home" through reconversion.
He claims that there was also reluctance on Hindu society of that period to accept people back into the fold but upon pressure from rulers such as Shivaji, the reconversion was allowed.
In May 2017, RSS performed conversion of at least 22 Muslims, including women and children, into Hinduism in a secretive ceremony at an Arya samaj Temple in Ambedkar Nagar district of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.
[37] In January 2023, 1100 people were converted to Hinduism from Christianity in the presence of BJP's Chhattisgarh state minister Prabal Pratap Singh Judev[38] Secular groups[which?]