Another temple was vandalised with anti-India graffiti in Australia’s Victoria on Monday. On January 12, the Swaminarayan temple in Melbourne was defaced by ‘anti-social parts’ with anti-India graffiti.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 17, 2023 20:14 IST
The vandalism was observed when devotees got here for darshan.
By India Today Web Desk: A temple was vandalised in Victoria, Australia with anti-India graffiti on Monday, a report mentioned. This is the second such incident involving a temple in Australia inside seven days. The vandalism was observed when devotees got here for darshan on the day of the Pongal pageant.
The Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs, Victoria, was allegedly vandalised by “Khalistani supporters” with anti-India graffiti, The Australia Today reported.
There is not any place in Victoria or Australia for this sort of behaviour that we’re seeing right here, mentioned Victorian Liberal Party MP Brad Battin, reacting to the alleged act of vandalism.
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“Victoria is and will remain the best multicultural state in the world as long as people learn to work together, not against each other,” Battin mentioned.
On January 12, the Swaminarayan temple in Melbourne was defaced by ‘anti-social parts’ with anti-India graffiti.
“We are deeply saddened by the anti-India graffiti at the gates of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Mill Park, Melbourne, Australia by anti-social elements. The BAPS temple in Mill Park, like all temples of BAPS worldwide, is an abode of peace, harmony, equality, selfless service, and universal Hindu values,” Swaminarayan Sanstha Australia mentioned in a press release.
(PTI inputs)
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Jan 17, 2023