BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha) leads spiritual and community programs worldwide; recent Eiffel Tower incident highlights tensions over protocol and gender interactions.
Eiffel Tower staff have said female employees were asked to leave workstations and avoid certain areas during a private visit by about 100 members of the BAPS Hindu organisation on Saturday. SETE, the operator, has acknowledged the delegation asked to limit interactions with women and said those conditions should not have been accepted. Paris officials have launched an investigation and BAPS has apologised.