A Hindu temple in southern California was destroyed over the weekend, which caused investigation by the police.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office launched the investigation to find the culprits behind the labeling of a temple with “political messages,” authorities said in A press release.
The Baps Shri Swaminarayan Temple Mandir in Chino Hills opens its doors to 9 am visitors, according to The temple website. On Saturday, temple agents found labels that said: “F— Modi, Hindust and Moradabad.” Graffiti referred to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India; the historical name for the nation; and a city in the west state of Uttar Pradesh.
Graffiti was scribbled on a sign in a Hindu temple in Chino Hills.
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The Taggers sprayed these words on the temple marble sign, a brick wall and a stags of the city, authorities said.
The deputies reached the temple around 9:13 am and soon notified the application of the Chinese Code Hills, whose officers have the task of maintaining the appearance and security of property in the city. Mehul Patel, BAPS volunteer, said all graffiti on the property and the sidewalk were eliminated from Sunday.
“Faced with another desecration to mandate, this time in Chino Hills, California, the Hindu community remains firm against hatred.” BAPS Public Affairs said in X. “Together with the community in Chino Hills and southern California, we will never let hate get on.”
The members of the Hindu community took Social networks to express His concerns about the vandalism of the temples, listing 10 in California and in other places they said they had been damaged or stolen in recent years.
“It is not surprising that this happens since the day for a so-called 'Khalistan referendum' in Los Angeles is approaching,” said the Hindu coalition of North America in X. “It is just another day in a world where the media and academics will insist that there is no anti-Hindu hatred and that #hindupphobia is just a construction of our imagination.”
The referendum is a non -binding vote in a movement to create an Independent Sij Sij Sij, Khalistan, in the Punjab state of India.
Patel said that the most recent vandalism attack took place in Bap Swaminarayan mandir in Sacramento and consisted of equally disturbing messages.
“We are aware that there have been other incidents in BAP not only in California but also throughout the country,” Patel said. “As far as I know, a suspect has not been located for the Sacramento incident. There were no security images; Here we have it. ”
The mayor of Chino Hills, Art Bennett, attended a prayer event in the Chinese Temple Hills and called the “Odious” graffiti.
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The surveillance images, he said, shows two suspects walking towards the temple and reaching the area before labeling the marble sign. A suspect waits for a car to pass before labeling the sidewalk.
“It is sad to listen to this act of hateful vandalism,” said Ash Kalra (D-San José) in X. “The Chinese Hills Mandir is a beautiful place of adoration and community construction and I am with them and the Hindu community in Chinese Hills and southern California against such a vile hatred.”
The authorities have not yet classified this incident as a hate crime. The update was not updated on Sunday, Mara Rodríguez's Office of the Sheriff's Office of San Bernandino told The Times.
Baps, which represents Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Santha, is a Hindu Spiritual Hindu with its roots in the Vedas, a collection of sacred texts that serve as the basis of religion, according to The temple website. Faith was established in 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj.
Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, told the British news The Independent on Sunday that New Delhi condemned the “despicable acts.”
“We call on the authorities of the local law that take strict measures against those responsible for these acts, and also guarantee adequate security. [for] Places of worship, ”said Jaiswal.
A Hindu temple in southern California was destroyed over the weekend, which caused investigation by the police. The members of the Baps Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple made a prayer on Sunday afternoon, asking for peace and unity.
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The members of the Baps Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple made a prayer on Sunday afternoon, asking for peace and unity.
The mayor of Chino Hills, Art Bennett, attended the prayer and called the graffiti “hateful.”
“We are following with our police department, and we will discover who these people are and accuse all criminals,” Bennett said in the event. “We have always received the Baps in Chino Hills, and we were very happy when they chose to put this mandate here in 2004. It is a place of beauty and cultural excellence.”
