Kandhamal district, 150-250 miles southwest of the Odisha capital, Bhubaneswar, witnessed the worst anti-Christian violence in modern times beginning in August 2008.

The Kandhamal district, 150-250 miles southwest of the Odisha capital of Bhubaneswar, witnessed the worst anti-Christian violence in modern Indian history following the mysterious murder of 81 ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 6, 2023 / 07:01 am Aug. 23 marked the 15th anniversary of one of the worst Christian persecutions in Indian history: the Kandhamal bloodshed in the eastern state of ...

The Indian Church has postponed a commemorative program to honor martyrs killed during sectarian violence in Kandhamal in 2008, due to a volatile political situation in the country ahead of national ...

It was 15 years ago when remote Kandhamal district in India’s eastern Odisha state witnessed the worst, organized anti-Christian violence in two millennia of Christianity in India, fetching the ...

The violence that engulfed Kandhamal following the swami’s murder started when Father Digal had stopped for the night, Aug. 23, with an elderly priest.