A 55-foot-tall statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman is being built at the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton and is set to be unveiled in April next year to mark Hanuman Jayanti

A temple in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada, is enhancing vigilance after complaints and bigoted attacks on social media related to a giant statue of Lord Hanuman being constructed on its premises.

A 55-foot-tall statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman is being built at the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton and is set to be unveiled in April next year to mark Hanuman Jayanti. The statue is 95% complete, with some work on the pedestal remaining, according to a temple priest.

“There is security at our temple, and we will be keeping watch at night as well,” Phool Kumar Sharma, a priest at the temple, told the HT on Friday.

He said there have been complaints from the people to the administration and also bashing on social media by some people who are unhappy about the construction of the statue.