Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi (EASS Temple) explained

East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple
(EASSTemple)
Coordinates:-1.2683°N 36.8161°W
Native Name:East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple
Country:Kenya
State:Nairobi
District:Parklands
Location:Nairobi
Deity:Swaminarayan
Monument Quantity:7
Established:Year 1932
Year Completed:Year 1945
Website:www.easstemple.com

The oldest Swaminarayan Organisation in Kenya, founded in Nairobi in 1932, as East Africa Satsang Mandal, to serve as a meeting point for all Swaminarayan Devotees in the Region.[1] The East Africa Swaminarayan Satsang Temple, Nairobi was built in 1945. It was the first Swaminarayan temple to be built outside the Indian subcontinent as well as the first on the continent of Africa.[2]

History of this temple

Pictorial images of Swaminarayan were consecrated in India and were then shipped to Nairobi in 1945.[2] In 1957, Acharya Maharajshree Tejendraprasad Pande (in his Pre-Acharya status) on behalf of his father (who was then Acharya), visited the temple for the first time and installed images of Swaminarayan in the ladies section.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cynthia Salvadori . Through Open Doors: A View of Asian Cultures in Kenya . East African Publishers. 1989. 9966848053 . p.206
  2. Book: Raymond Brady Williams . An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism . Cambridge University Press. 2001 . registration . 206 . swaminarayan temple bhuj. . 0-521-65422-X . p.206