The president of the Hindu Society of Alberta says he is “still recovering from the shock” of learning his organization’s temple in north Edmonton caught on fire early Thursday morning.

for nearly an hour, battling the blaze at Alberta’s oldest Hindu temple. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) said it received the first call at 3:35 a.m. and had six crews on site within minutes.

A Swaminarayan Mandir temple managed by the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS) in the Canadian city of Edmonton has been vandalised with alleged hateful and anti-India graffiti ...