The Swaminarayan Temple, located on Louisville’s Bardstown Road, was vandalized with window breakage and sexist, xenophobic and hateful messages on the temple walls. The incident is believed to have occurred between January 27th and 29th, 2019. The vandals broke in and spray-painted "repugnant messages of hate" in the temple. In an upstairs room, profane messages were spray-painted on the walls along with several black crosses. Phrases including "Jesus is all-mighty", "Jesus is Lord" and "God" were also sprayed in black paint on the walls. The eyes of a religious figure were spray-painted, with black paint dripping down the face. Near an entrance to the temple, a window had been broken, a picture was partially sprayed with black paint and "Jesus is the Only God" and a black cross was sprayed next to a staircase. A knife was also left on a chair in the temple, according to Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad. But most concerning is a profane message directed at those who worship at the temple. Spray-paint on a bulletin board labels them as "foreign b*****s."