Hindu temple in N.J. accused of exploiting workers it lured from India, lawsuit alleges
Updated May 12, 2021;
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A lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleges the builders of a New Jersey Hindu temple considered to be one the largest in the United States lured workers from India, worked them nearly 90 hours per week and paid them around $1.20 per hour.
One worker, the lawsuit claims, died from forced labor.
The allegations were made against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect known as BAPS, and the leaders who run the Robbinsville temple and its construction. The temple opened in 2014 and is constructed entirely of Italian marble that was sculpted in India and completed on site off Route 130 in Robbinsville.