At a Khatu Shyam gathering, far-right monk Madhuram Sharan Shiva, leader of the armed monks’ group Shiva Shakti Akhada, claimed that Hindus once inhabited the entire world but are now being “looted and beaten.” He urged Hindus to emulate Shivaji and Bhagat Singh and fight the war against “vidharmis” and “terrorists,” declaring that “this world belongs to Hindus only.”