Temple Skirmishes

From western India, the following report about skirmishes between two rival sects of the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism:

Sadhus, who take a vow of non-violence and abstinence, shed their saffron robes to don violent garbs, aiming soda bottles and stones at each other and later attacking a police station. By the time peace prevailed, at least a dozen sadhus were in the Takhatsinhji Hospital in Bhavnagar. The town remained tense on the second consecutive day with the police deploying 200 personnel

The city of Gadhada is an important pilgrimage center for the Swaminarayan believers, and violence is erupting between the five sects about the rights to maintain lucrative temples and pilgrimage sites. The move to violence is a significant change, according to political commentator Dinesh Shukla. In the past, the sects confined themselves to slur campaigns - "sting operations revealing sex scandals and financial irregularities."

Apparently. The article ends with the following interesting (if grammatically questionable) note:

The tension was palpable when elections were held last October at Maninagar and Junagadh temples. And, the election results are usually followed by a sodomy or sex scandal, revealed to followers by either faction.

Sodomy scandals? Gosh. Sounds like home.