A Hindu temple in California, USA has revealed an incident of sabotage. On Saturday, the temple of Bochan resident Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) in Chinese Hills was vandalized by unknown people. According to media reports, slogans like ‘Modi Hindustan Murdabad’ were written on the temple walls. The Ministry of External Affairs condemned the incident on Sunday.
Regarding the sabotage at Shri Swaminarayan Temple, ‘BAPS Public Affairs’ said in a post on the social media forum’ X ‘,’ Another temple was impure. This time the incident occurred in Chinese Hills in California. The Hindu community stands strongly against hatred. The community in Chinese Hills and Southern California is together and we will never let hatred root out. Without giving details of the incident in the post, it was said, “Our shared humanity and faith will ensure that peace and compassion are maintained.”
The organization ‘The Coalition of Hinduj of North America’, who works towards improving understanding of Hinduism in North America, drew attention to such incidents in the past and demanded a thorough investigation. The organization said in its post on ‘X’, ‘Another Hindu temple was vandalized – this time at the prestigious BAPS temple in Chinese Hills, California. Will the media and academics still say that there is no hatred towards Hindus and ‘Hinduphobia’ is just the product of our imagination. ‘
The post said, ‘It is no surprise that this happened when the day of the so -called’ Khalistan Public Collection ‘in Los Angeles is approaching.’
The organization made public the names of 10 temples, including incidents of vandalizing or impure them in the last few years. In September, the BAPS Hindu Temple was impure in Sacramento, California and wrote slogans on the wall and said ‘Hindus go back!’ Another BAPS Sri Swaminarayan Temple was impure in Melville, New York, about 10 days before the Sacramento incident and the messages that spread hatred were written. The incident was strongly condemned by the Consulate General of India in New York.
Another Hindu Temple vandalized – this time the iconic BAPS temple in Chino Hills, CA. It’s just another day in a world where media and academics will insist there is no anti-Hindu hate and that #Hinduphobia is just a construct of our imagination.
Not surprising this happens as… https://t.co/SXNmyRuTiT pic.twitter.com/V4P77wUKAV
— CoHNA (Coalition of Hindus of North America) (@CoHNAOfficial) March 9, 2025
