In yet another incident of hate crime a Hindu temple has been desecrated in Canada after being spray painted with anti-India graffiti late on Tuesday night. This time the target of the vandalism was the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in the town of Windsor in the province of Ontario.
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According to Hindustan Times report, a spokesperson for the BAPS organization told that they were very shocked by the anti-Indian graffiti on their temple walls.
In an email to members of the Hindu Federation in Canada, a representative of the BAPS organization said the “incident was reported to the local police for their immediate necessary action.” Images attached to the email showed slogans against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the fifth such incident where a temple has been defaced with such graffiti since July last year.
On February 14, the target was the Shri Ram Mandir in the town of Mississauga in the GTA. Slogans spray painted included those attacking India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and describing the founder of the separatist Khalistan movement, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, as a “martyr.”
Earlier, on January 30, the Gauri Shankar Mandir in Brampton was similarly desecrated. Prior to that, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, located at the Vishnu Mandir in Richmond Hill, was defaced in July last year. The 20-foot tall bronze statue was situated in the Peace Park of temple. Weeks later, in September, an episode of such vandalization occurred at the front entrance to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Toronto.
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