The Eiffel Tower shut to visitors on Monday, 7 September, after staff went on strike over the treatment of female employees during a private visit by a BAPS Hindu delegation two days earlier.
According to reports, around 100 members of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha visited the Paris landmark on Saturday, when women working at the tower were reportedly asked to leave posts or remain out of sight.