KURUMARADIKERE, India — Lambani tribal villagers in India’s Karnataka state prohibited Pastor Revanna Naik and his congregation from worshiping Oct. 29, instead forcing them to bow down and worship Hindu deities. Three of the 11 Christian families at the church in the remote Kurumaradikere village, in Chitradurga district, refused to bow before the idols or partake of the prasad offering that would indicate allegiance to the Hindu deities.
The local council chief ordered the village to ostracize those families. "This stigma of ostracization will crush the very spirit of the Lambani, who are very clan-oriented people," said Sajan George, national president of the Global Council of Indian Christians.
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