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Located in New Jersey, the Akshardham Mahamandir was constructed with more than 1.9 million cubic feet of rare and decorative minerals sourced from around the globe ....
5 ex-workers sue BAPS in US alleging forced labour By Arul Louis ( IANS) | Published on Wed, May 12 2021 10:18 IST | 3 Views After 28 years, CBI court verdict awaited in Abhaya murder case. Image Source: IANS News New York, May 12 : Five men who had worked at a Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple have filed a case in a federal court alleging that they were made to work as forced labour in the construction and maintenance of the shrine in New Jersey, according to court documents. The case was filed on Tuesday in a federal court in New Jersey on behalf of the men described in the court papers as Dalits from Rajasthan, who had worked at the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, which is reportedly the largest Hindu temple in the US. ....
Hindu temple in N.J. accused of exploiting workers it lured from India, lawsuit alleges Updated May 12, 2021; Facebook Share 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. ....