After it says it is being blocked by a Henderson ordinance from building a Hindu temple on a 5-acre patch of land in a rural neighborhood, a local Hindu group accuses the city of discrimination.
The association is now appealing to the federal government to intervene on its behalf.
The American Hindu Association says a city ordinance that was updated in 2023 to restrict the construction of religious institutions in the neighborhood where it had bought the land for about $450,000 in 2021 is discriminatory and violates their constitutional rights.
‘Unduly burdened’
The group alleges it was the culmination of a series of obstacles put in the way of temple’s construction by Henderson.
“From the onset, AHA’s efforts and its…
