India News: The newly-built Akshardham temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey, had its consecration ceremony performed by Mahant Swami Maharaj, making it the second l
The climbdown by the sect is unusual in a state where it enjoys immense clout. The Hanuman statue from where the murals were removed, for example, was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in April
The temple, which has a 54-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanuman called King of Salangpur, is run by the Vadtal Swaminarayan faction of the Swaminarayan sect.