VHP-Durga Vahini conducted a Shastra Pooja on Durga Ashtami, attended by large numbers of women and children. Speakers discussed the founding of Durga Vahini and peddled the anti-Muslim conspiracy theory of “love jihad,” alleging that Muslim men conceal their identities by using Hindu names to approach girls. They further urged attendees to make themselves and their children aware in order to protect them from religious conversions.