The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sacramento, California was vandalized with anti-Hindu messages, echoing a recent incident in New York. The Hindu American Foundation and local officials condemned the act,

Unknown miscreants have vandalised the BAPS Hindu temple in California's Sacromento, desecrating it with expletive-lade graffiti saying "Hindus go back!", the BAPS Public Affairs said.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sacramento, California, was vandalized with anti-Hindu messages on the night of September 25. This act of desecration comes less than ten days after a similar incident at the BAPS Mandir in Melville, New York.

The organisation also issued a statement to condemn the hate. It said they will pray for all including those “with hate in their heart”.

This was the second incident of desecration at a BAPS temple in less than a month in the US amidst the growing trend of temple vandalism as part of a systematic hate crime against the Hindu community in the country.

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sacramento, California was desecrated with anti-Hindu messages on the night of September 25, less than 10 days after a similar act of vandalism took place in New York.

According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, vandalism that was reported at BAPS Hindu Temple is “being classified as a hate crime.” The temple is in the community of Mather, about 12 miles east of Sacramento.

In a shocking incident of vandalism, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sacramento, California, was defaced with disturbing anti-Hindu graffiti, including slogans targeting Prime Minister Modi and the Hindu community.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is investigating on Wednesday a hate crime at a Hindu temple. Deputies are at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir along Armstrong Avenue in Mather. It is located just north of the Sacramento Mather Airport.