A Hindu priest was beaten near a Queens temple in what officials believe was a bias attack — but the battered holy man is preaching forgiveness for his assailant.

Swami Ji Harish Chander Puri was jumped about three blocks from the Shiv Shakti Peeth Temple in Glen Oaks around 11:05 a.m. July 18, allegedly by an umbrella-wielding Sergio Gouveia, according to cops.

“They hit me [to the] sidewalk and, after, they beat me,” said the swami during a Tuesday press briefing outside the temple. “After that was bleeding inside the mouth, nose, the ear.”

Puri told cops that Gouveia, 52, punched him and bashed him with an umbrella as he ranted about the swami being in his neighborhood, authorities said.

The attack left Puri with gashes to his nose, chest and limbs that were so severe, he had to be hospitalized, according to police and a criminal complaint.

Gouveia was arrested minutes after the attack on 264th Street near 85th Avenue, and charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.

But since the attack, Puri has offered only forgiveness for Gouveia.

“I was the first to admit that when I heard about this … your blood boils, you are outraged, enraged, you want something done,” said state Sen. John Liu, whose district includes the scene of the beatdown. “But then I came to see the swami and he just looks at you and says, ‘What’s the matter? Try to find out what happened and we can forgive this person.'”

Despite Gouveia’s alleged charged comments during the attack, the NYPD said that he does not face a hate crime charge.

Liu said that was because the perpetrator is mentally ill — though he expressed skepticism.

“The police have initially not characterized it as a hate crime but as a crime perpetrated by somebody who is mentally disturbed,” said the Democrat and former mayoral hopeful. “When somebody is targeted because of his religious role, because he is a couple of blocks away from the temple that he presides at, it is really difficult to think it was just a pure coincidence.

“I do believe there is some type of hate behind this, but I’ll let the NYPD do their job without interference,” he said.

State Attorney General Letitia James agreed that the crime was motivated by bias, saying, “It’s clear to me that this is a hate crime and I am urging the NYPD to treat it as such.”

Gouveia — who, according to court records, was released without bail — could not immediately be reached for comment.