Many BAPS houses of worship, like the Chino Hills mandir and the recently finished BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey — the largest Hindu temple in the U.S. — are ...

New Jersey, the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era. The Swaminarayan sect, a branch of Hinduism, oversees more than 1,300 temples and 5,000 centers around the world, according to the ...

In the footage, the vandals can be seen approaching the BAPS temple in dark clothing, pulling out cans of spray paint and defacing the temple's welcome sign. They also spray-painted an obscenity ...