Greenwood, IN, August 14, 2025: The main signboard of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Greenwood, Indiana, was defaced with hateful graffiti overnight on August 10, in what community leaders and advocacy groups are calling a disturbing act of anti-Hindu bigotry.
Temple volunteers discovered the vandalism early the next morning and reported it to the Greenwood Police Department. The graffiti, described by a volunteer as “a message of hate and intolerance against Hindus,” was quickly removed, but not before photographs circulated online, sparking outrage.
The Consulate General of India in Chicago condemned the desecration as “reprehensible” and raised the matter with local law enforcement. Consul General Somnath Ghosh met with devotees, local leaders, and Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers, urging unity and vigilance against “the designs of miscreants.”…