Several people shared their concerns about the Global Hindu Heritage Foundation with council members at Tuesday’s Frisco City Council meeting.
is an “extremist group operating under the garb of a charity.” The group said the Hindu organization has been raising money in Texas aimed at demolishing churches in India and forcefully converting Christians to Hinduism.Prakasrao Velagapudi, president of the Global Hindu Heritage Foundation, said the organization was founded to protect, preserve, promote and maintain Hindu culture and Hindu temples through legal, peaceful avenues in India.
Velagapudi added that Hindus do not believe in conversion and that his group “has not raised funds to demolish churches, implied or sent threats to anyone or any other organization.” According to FIACONA, Texas is home to more than 200,000 Indian Christians, and the Dallas area has about 300 churches serving people of Indian origin.
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