Gujarat celebrates Navratri with nine nights of dancing, known as garba, where dance is the form of worship for the goddess. Many people also fast for all nine days.
Ashfaq Saiyed also got the minor girl to sell alcohol. Gujarat has alcohol prohibition law in place and selling and consumption of the same is illegal.
Vadodara Mayor Keyur Rokadia and Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agrawal have ensured that the idols will be reestablished with respect on an urgent basis.
For the portrait of Hindu gods and goddesses, the newspaper cuttings used contained news of rapes at an exhibition held at Fine Arts faculty at Maharaja Sayajirao University.