The auditorium lights dim, the heavy resonance of a conch shell reverberates through the hall, and the sacred Vedic chants fill the air, accompanied by the solemn strum of classical Indian instrumentation.

On the illuminated screen, an ascetic-looking human figure is bound to an ancient wooden sacrificial post (yupa). But as the camera draws closer through the haze of incense, the narrative violently pivots: the figure yoked to the post is not just some ascetic, but Jesus of Nazareth, crowned with thorns, his blood poured out as the supposed fulfilment of the ancient Purusha-medha. The yupa is the cross.

Fringe perhaps? Look around.

Such depictions are becoming common. Today an average Christian pastor will tell you with confidence that Prajapati is none other than Jesus – prophesised in your own Vedas, he would add. And they are increasing their political clout as well………”