Santa Claus effigies burnt in Agra on Christmas Eve
Effigies of Santa Claus were burnt in Agra on Friday, claiming the mythical figure to be part of a “strategy” by Christian missionaries to convert people.
The incident took place at the intersection of St John’s College on Mahatma Gandhi Marg on Christmas Eve. Members of the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Bajrang Dal took out a procession carrying effigies of Saint Nicholas, more commonly known as Santa Claus.
These effigies were then set ablaze while activists raised slogans like “Santa Claus Murdabad”
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