After the 2008 Kandhamal violence, over 393 churches and worship places were destroyed, including a Catholic church in Katimaha village that remains unreconstructed and was reduced to a cattle shed. Religious symbols were desecrated, property looted, and livelihoods erased, alongside the burning of 6,500 homes. The violence targeted faith, women, and dignity, yet failed to break community resilience. Despite inadequate compensation and deep losses, survivors organized peaceful struggles through collective platforms, asserting moral strength over retaliation. Their resistance affirms that faith and justice cannot be destroyed by force, and exposes the long political history of anti-Christian hatred in the region.