"Our place is a place of worship," said Girish Patel, a leader of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple. "We strongly ...
This incident comes after a thread of temple vandalizations that have occurred in the past year across North America.
"On Monday, I stood in unity with the BAPS community," the Congressman said ... Video footage from the scene showed offensive graffiti at the temple, and a prayer meeting is scheduled in response ...
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, the organisation that runs the temple, held a prayer meeting at the site of the vandalism with US members of Congress Nick LaLota, Tom Suozzi, and senator Mario Mattera ...