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.

Swami Chakrapani Maharaj condemned the recent vandalism of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple in California, the second attack in under ten days. He called for increased vigilance by the Indian government and international awareness of Hindu persecution.

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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.

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