A New York temple run by the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha was sprayed with anti-India graffiti on September 17.

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California, United States, was vandalized with xenophobic and anti-Hindu messages on Wednesday. This is the second such incident in a month after a similar act of desecration at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Melville,

The temple was vandalised with the message, "Hindus go back," and the Sacramento Police have launched a probe into the "vandalism being classified as a hate crime" at the BAPS Temple in California

Wednesday night's incident comes after the desecration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville, New York, on September 17.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sacramento was defaced with the 'Hindus go back' message and water supply to the temple cut in the second such incident in the US in as many weeks

WASHINGTON: Unknown miscreants have vandalised the BAPS Hindu temple in California's Sacramento, desecrating it with expletive-laden graffiti saying "Hindus go back!", the BAPS Public Affairs said. "Less than 10 days after the desecration of the @BAPS Mandir in New York,

The Sacremento Police said that the vandalism incident was being classified as a "hate crime". Police added that the accused also cut water lines at the property.