 Khalistani supporters have allegedly vandalised a Hindu temple in Australia with anti-India graffiti, a media report said on Tuesday.
This has been the second attack on a temple in Victoria state within a week.
The vandalism of the historic Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs, Victoria, took place on Monday, The Australia Today website reported.
This act of vandalism was noticed when the devotees came for 바카라darshan바카라 as the three-day long 바카라Thai Pongal바카라 festival is being celebrated by the Tamil Hindu community.
Usha Senthilnathan, a long-time devotee of Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple said, 바카라We are a Tamil minority group in Australia, a lot of us came as refugees to escape the religious persecution.바카라
바카라This is my place of worship and it바카라s not acceptable to me that these Khalistan supporters are vandalising it with their hate messages without any fear,바카라 she said.
"I urge Premier Dan Andrews and Victoria Police to take strict action against these goons who are trying to scare the Victorian Hindu community,바카라 added Senthilnathan.
How did the Hindu community react?
Hindu Council of Australia바카라s Victoria chapter President Makrand Bhagwat told the website, 바카라I can바카라t tell you how upset I am for witnessing a second Hindu Temple vandalised for Khalistan propaganda.바카라
바카라Our Temples vandalism is deplorable and should not be tolerated by the wider community.바카라
Melbourne Hindu community member Sachin Mahate said, 바카라If these Khalistan supporters have the courage they should go and draw graffiti on the Victorian Parliament building rather than target peaceful Hindu communities' religious places.바카라
Victorian Liberal Party MP Brad Battin said, 바카라In no way, our future can be built on hate when it has been built on working together for so long.바카라
바카라There is no place in Victoria or Australia for this kind of behaviour that we are seeing here.바카라
바카라Victoria is and will remain the best multicultural state in the world as long as people learn to work together not against each other,바카라 added Battin.
On January 12, the Swaminarayan temple in Melbourne was defaced by 'anti-social elements' with anti-India graffiti.
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Australia in a statement appealing for peace has said that they are deeply saddened by this incident.
"We are deeply saddened by the anti-India graffiti at the gates of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Mill Park, Melbourne, Australia by anti-social elements. The BAPS temple in Mill Park, like all temples of BAPS worldwide, is an abode of peace, harmony, equality, selfless service, and universal Hindu values," they said in a statement.
(With PTI Inputs)
