Inside, in snug foam packing, were a flat vacuum-packed package and a triple-band VHP transmitter.

Sunday's gathering would be followed up with bigger protests in India's capital New Delhi, Sharma of the VHP said.

The VHP is a radical member of a cluster of right-wing Hindu groups that includes Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

The VHP, which shares ideological ties with the BJP, would renew its demand only after the general election, its leaders said.

If the RSS can be characterised as the ideological head of the Hindutva movement, the VHP is its bully boy and fund-raiser.