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What the Eiffel Tower controversy reveals about a Hindu monastic practice – known as ‘brahmacharya’

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par Bhakti Mamtora, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Arizona

A visit to the Eiffel Tower by a delegation of monks representing a global Hindu religious denomination on Sept. 5, 2026, has raised broader questions about accommodating religious observances in public spaces.

Eiffel Tower workers protested with a one-day strike after tower management allegedly replaced some women employees for the duration of a 20-minute visit by monks from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS.

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