MELBOURNE: A prominent Hindu temple in Australia has received threatening calls in which it was asked to raise proKhalistan slogans if it wanted to observe Maha Shivratri peacefully which falls on February 18, a media report said on Friday. The threatening call to Gayatri mandir in Brisbane came after three Hindu temples were vandalised in Australia’s Victoria allegedly by “Khalistan supporters” with anti-India graffiti.
Jai Ram, the president and Dharmesh Prasad, the vice president of Gayatri Mandir received separate calls on Friday from a man who identified himself as ‘Guruawadesh Singh’ seeking the Hindu community to support the “Khalistan Referendum”, the Australia Today reported. Claiming that he was calling from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, the anti-India supporter asked temple officials to ask the Hindu community to support the ‘Khalistan Referendum’. Later on, temple’s public relation officer Neelima also said that received several calls from a US number.
Earlier, a Kali Mata Mandir in Melbourne’s northern suburb of Craigieburn also received a threatening call to cancel a bhajan and puja event or face consequences.
Jai Ram, the president and Dharmesh Prasad, the vice president of Gayatri Mandir received separate calls on Friday from a man who identified himself as ‘Guruawadesh Singh’ seeking the Hindu community to support the “Khalistan Referendum”, the Australia Today reported. Claiming that he was calling from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, the anti-India supporter asked temple officials to ask the Hindu community to support the ‘Khalistan Referendum’. Later on, temple’s public relation officer Neelima also said that received several calls from a US number.
Earlier, a Kali Mata Mandir in Melbourne’s northern suburb of Craigieburn also received a threatening call to cancel a bhajan and puja event or face consequences.