Swaminarayan temple

On Wednesday, February 14th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Swaminarayan Mandir in Abu Dhabi, the first Hindu temple in the United Arab Emirates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accepted an invitation to inaugurate the BAPS Hindu Mandir in UAE's Abu Dhabi

US State Department for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs posted a tweet condemning the vandalism of Swaminarayan Temple in California

On 4th September, the saints of the Swaminarayan sect and other saints of Hinduism met at Ahmedabad and decided to remove the disputed murals before sunrise on 5th September. The meeting was organised by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP).

Protests erupt in Gujarat over the murals installed under the statue of Lord Hanuman in Salangpur where the Hindu deity is portrayed as a servant of Sahajanand Swami.

BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Melbourne vandalised by Khalistani attackers with anti-India graffiti

The Indian High Commission in Ottawa condemned the anti-India slogans at the BAPs Swaminarayan Temple and urged the Canadian authorities to take necessary action. 

Several Indian and Hindu groups have vowed to assist the victims of the Russia-Ukraine war in whatever manner they can.

In May this year, a group of Indian workers in US had filed a lawsuit alleging human trafficking and forced labour and had claimed they were confined and forced to work for as low as USD 1 on construction of the Swaminarayan temple in New Jersey's Robbinsville.