Intruders on Saturday evening crawled over the walls and through a window of a mandir in Patentia, West Bank Demerara, and destroyed the place of worship’s altar.
In a Facebook post on Sunday morning, a member of the mandir, Ravin Ramsuran said when worshippers went to the mandir on Sunday morning, they found the altar ransacked and burned.
The sling person/s used to enter the mandir
“Our beautiful mandir was vandalized … After failing to gain entry through the door … The person/s broke the window, climbed down, and set fire to the altar which was completely destroyed. Two Lord Ganesha murtis among other damages.”
“I can’t believe such sick and evil persons exist in the world. However, our Dharma is strong,” he said.
Meanwhile, after the post, several persons from the community and organisations denounced the act, while pleading with those in authority, to act quickly to bring the offenders to justice.
The murtis that was destroyed by fire
“I haven’t seen anything done to stop it. We should have laws made to condemn such unethical behaviours. Laws are made and executed for everything else in this country except religion,” one person posted.
Two months ago, persons broke into a Hindu temple in Berbice and vandalised the religious murtis. The members of the D’Edward, West Coast Berbice mandir discovered the event and called the Police. As per reports, the suspect was caught.
A member of the local community named Adrian (only name given) told the media that when he entered the temple for a puja, he discovered that two of the murtis had been destroyed.
According to the man, a report was made to the Blairmont Police Station, and the suspect was apprehended but later released. (G9)
