As Hindu group built world-class temple in N.J., a group of Indian workers alleges they were exploited
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They were allegedly recruited as cheap labor to help build a temple.
Members of the lowest-rung of India’s caste system, known as Dalits, were brought to New Jersey to help build a magnificent Hindu temple in Robbinsville, working behind the scenes to perform what they allege to be grueling and often dangerous work.
“What is ironic here is that those who are forbidden to enter into the Hindu Temples in India for the reason of impurity and pollution are brought into the U.S. with religious visa to build a temple,” said Ben Chinnappan, president and executive director of Dalit Solidarity, a U.S.-based organization advocating for Dalit rights.