@religiondata.bsky.socialOn October 9, 2023, the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), an international Hindu religious and social service organization, opened the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, or temple, on 160 acres in New Jersey.
It is the world’s largest Hindu temple outside India. #TDIH
@jckaelin.bsky.social#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October9, 1635: #RogerWilliams founder of #RhodeIsland banished from #Massachusetts Bay as a religious #dissident.
#Puritans #SeparationOfChurchAndState #NativeAmericans #ColonialHistoryOfTheUS
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social#tdih 1912, European immigrant women working in textile mills of Little Falls, NY, walked off the job, beginning the Little Falls Textile Strike (1912–1913).
After enduring terrible conditions like crowded tenements, improper plumbing, & missing safety protocols, final straw was cutting their pay.
