A clash of interpretations? Dr Jose Pereira, professor of theology, scholar, musicologist, researcher, polyglot and painter was recently in the midst of controversy surrounding his Painting Exhibition ‘Epiphanies of the Hindu Gods’ at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research in Porvorim. Succumbing to the constant requests by the HJS(Hindu Janajagruti Samiti) to remove the Paintings, Fr Delio Mendonca, Director of the Centre, eventually shut down the Exhibition.
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