Hindu Trust, Accused of Labour Violations in US, Once Filed Case Against Temple Entry for Dalits
After India introduced laws prohibiting temples from denying entry to Dalits, the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha went to court to keep non-Satsang Dalits out of its places of worship.
Swaminarayan temple in Ahemdabad. Photo: 09bec027/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
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New Delhi: The organisation facing a suit in the US for violating labour laws by underpaying workers engaged in the construction of a temple in New Jersey â many of them Dalits â was also involved in a controversial court case in India seven decades ago that sought an injunction preventing non-Satsangi Dalits from entering the Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad.