Archive · 13 Sep 2026
French Mayor Praises BAPS Trust and Transparency After Ten Years
Mayor Yann Dubosc praised BAPS for working openly with his city for ten years.
BAPS runs a Hindu temple called the BAPS Hindu Mandir.
The temple is near places connected with several other religions.
The Mayor said this shows how different communities can live and work together.
He also described a 2023 visit by BAPS swamis to City Hall as friendly and respectful.
He said nobody was asked to leave, including women working there.
A large festival at the temple welcomed visitors from 41 countries.
Nearly 3,000 volunteers helped make the temple and festival possible.
His comments contrasted with unspecified recent rumours about women entering the Eiffel Tower.
Mayor Yann Dubosc praised BAPS for a decade of dialogue and transparent engagement with Bussy-Saint-Georges.
The BAPS Hindu Mandir is located on the Esplanade of Religions and Cultures alongside Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim institutions.
Dubosc said a 2023 visit by BAPS swamis to Town Hall was respectful and that nobody was asked to leave, including female staff members.
A 12-day Mandir festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors from 41 countries and involved nearly 3,000 volunteers.
The Mayor said BAPS’s values and activities support peaceful coexistence, solidarity and a more harmonious society.
- Who
- Yann Dubosc, Mayor of Bussy-Saint-Georges, and the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
- What
- The Mayor praised BAPS’s ten-year relationship with the city, its transparency and its contribution to interfaith and cultural life.
- When
- Over the past ten years; Dubosc specifically recalled a BAPS delegation’s 2023 Town Hall visit and BAPS’s 2023 leadership of the interfaith body.
- Where
- Bussy-Saint-Georges near Paris, particularly the BAPS Hindu Mandir and the Esplanade of Religions and Cultures.
- Why
- The Mayor said dialogue, openness, cultural activities and shared values had built trust and supported peaceful coexistence.
Recent Rumours
Mayor’s Account
Treatment of women and visitors
Recent Rumours
The article refers to recent rumours about women’s entry at the Eiffel Tower but gives no specific details or evidence supporting them.
Mayor’s Account
Mayor Yann Dubosc said that during a 2023 visit by BAPS swamis to Town Hall, nobody was asked to move or leave, including female staff members.
BAPS’s relationship with the city
Recent Rumours
The reported rumours raise questions about BAPS’s treatment of women and its engagement with the wider public, although the article does not substantiate those questions.
Mayor’s Account
Dubosc described BAPS as trusted, respectful and transparent, and said it was positively integrated into Bussy-Saint-Georges’s religious and cultural community.
- Mayor
- Yann Dubosc, Mayor of Bussy-Saint-Georges
- Organization
- Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, also known as BAPS
- Mandir location
- Esplanade of Religions and Cultures, Bussy-Saint-Georges
- Interfaith setting
- The esplanade includes two Buddhist pagodas, a synagogue, a mosque and the BAPS Hindu Mandir
- Festival duration
- 12 days
- Festival reach
- Tens of thousands of visitors from 41 countries
- Volunteers
- Nearly 3,000
- Interfaith role
- BAPS presided over the esplanade’s interfaith body in 2023 and continues to participate
