Swaminarayan Bhagwan, the founder of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, established temples, known as mandirs (Devnagari: मन्दिर), as part of his philosophy of theism and deity worship. These mandirs are known as Swaminarayan Hindu temples.[1]
He constructed nine temples in the following cities; Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Muli, Vadtal, Junagadh, Dholera, Dholka, Gadhpur & Jetalpur. In these temples he installed images of various Hindu gods, such as NarNarayan Dev, LaxmiNarayan Dev, RadhaKrishna Dev, RadhaRaman Dev, Revti-Baldevji, Madan Mohan Dev etc. Each of these nine original temples fall either under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi, Ahmedabad or the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi, Vadtal depending on their geographical location.
One of the most prominent features of the heritage of Swaminarayan Sampradaya is temple architecture. The images in the temples built by Swaminarayan Bhagwan are the evidence of the priority of Swaminarayan Bhagwan . All of the temples constructed during his life show some form of Krishna, and all temples since have such worshipable murtis. In Vadtaldham he as a god concentrated his own life form known as Harikrushna Maharaj. In the temples of the dioceses of Ahmedabad and Vadtal, they are predominantly a central altar or a shrine. Human forms are predominant but for a known exception of a Hanuman temple at Sarangpur, where Hanuman is the central figure. The temples have accommodations for sadhus built next to them. Stones were quarried in far places and carried to the temple sites.
Swaminarayan temples, like other Hindu temples, have walkways around the central shrine to allow worshipers to circumambulate the shrine. These are often decorated with designs and inlaid marble. The main shrine area is divided by railings. One side of the railing is reserved for women, as Swaminarayan propagated that men and women should be separated in temples to allow full concentration on god. Men do a specified number of prostrations (as decided by themselves). In front of the men's section, there is a small section reserved for ascetics and special guests. There is great variety in form and nature of the central images, in front of which are gold- or silver-plated doors that open during darshan.
Today there are over a thousand Swaminarayan temples,[2] spread across five continents, which come under the above two Gadis (seats) of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.[3]
As an adjunct to the scriptures in establishing ultimate redemption and consolidating the framework of the holy fellowship (Satsang), Swaminarayan constructed stone mandirs, buttressing Upasana – worshipping God, and devotion towards the deities. Towards the end of his second decade of work, he placed a greater emphasis on devotion than detachment – vairagya to foster love for God.[4] This emphasis on devotion culminated in the building of mandirs, which served as permanent places of worship, centres for religious gathering, instruction, the study of Sanskrit, devotional music and Vedic literature, and as centres of social services where alms, medicines and clothes were available to the poor and needy.[5] In a span of six years, from 1822 till 1828, Swaminarayan sanctioned the construction of nine mandirs in Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Mooli, Bhuj, Vadtal, Jetalpur, Dholera, Dholka, Junagadh and Gadhada.
One of the most prominent features of the heritage of Swaminarayan is its temple architecture. The images in the temples built by Swaminarayan are the evidence of the priority of Krishna. All of the temples constructed during his life show some form of Krishna, and all temples since have such worshipable figures, or murtis. In the temples of the dioceses of Ahmedabad and Vadtal, these are predominantly a central altar or a shrine. Human forms are predominant, with the exception of the Hanuman temple at Sarangpur, where Hanuman is the central figure. The temples have accommodation for ascetics built next to them. Stones were quarried in far places and carried to the temple sites.
Swaminarayan temples, like other Hindu temples, have walkways around the central shrine to allow worshipers to circumambulate the shrine, which is often decorated with designs and inlaid marble. The main shrine area is divided by railings. One side of the railing is reserved for women, as Swaminarayan said that men and women should be separated in temples to allow full concentration on god. Men perform a specified number of prostrations. In front of the men's section, there is normally a small area reserved for ascetics and special guests. There is great variety in the form and nature of the central images, in front of which are gold- or silver-plated doors that open during darshan. Swaminarayan ordered the construction of the following six mandirs and installed the images of various deities, such as Nara Narayana, Laxminarayan, Radha Krishna, Radha Ramana, Revti Baldevji, himself.[6]
See main article: Swaminarayan Temple, Ahmedabad. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is the first temple Swaminarayan constructed. It was built in Ahmedabad in 1822, and presents images of Nara Narayana, who occupies the principal seat of the temple, and forms of Arjuna and Krishna at the central altar. The left altar has murtis of Radha Krishna. The land for construction of the temple was donated by the East India Company government of the day. The task of constructing it was entrusted by Swaminarayan to Ananandand Swami. The temple is constructed as per scriptural norms with intricate carving in Burma teak and sculptural art depicting deities' episodes, auspicious symbols and religious icons representing axiomatic religion and Indian culture. The temple is believed to be a valuable cultural heritage in the socio-religious history of Gujarat and India.[7] [8] The installation ceremony of the murti forms in the temple was celebrated in the presence of thousands of pilgrims from across India. Nara Narayana .
See main article: Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj. On the request of devotees from Bhuj, Swaminarayan asked Vaishnavananand Swami to go there with a team of saints and build a temple. In 1822, they camped on land adjacent to the temple site and drew plans of the temple complex. within a year they had built a temple abode of Nar Narayan.[9] [10] [11] The Gujarat earthquake on 26 January 2001 destroyed much of the city of Bhuj, including this temple. Members of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, including saints and satsangis of Kutch residing in India and abroad, have resolved to construct a new marble temple a short distance from the site.[12] [13] The new temple, the largest in Gujarat, was opened in May 2010 by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi.[14]
See main article: Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal. The temple in Vadtal, also known as Vadtal Swaminarayan, is in the shape of a lotus, with nine domes in the inner temple. The land for this shrine was donated by Joban Pagi, a dacoit who was later converted into a devotee by Swaminarayan. The temple was constructed under the supervision of Brahmanand Swami, was completed within fifteen months and the idols of Laxmi Narayan was installed by Swaminarayan on 3 November 1824, amidst chants of vedic hymns and devotional fervour of the installation ceremony.[15] Swaminarayan also installed his own idol in Vadtal, naming it Harikrishna Maharaj. The walls are decorated with colourful representations from the Ramayana.[16] [17] The temple's walls are decorated with colourful representations from the Ramayana.
See main article: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera. Dholera is an ancient port-city, from Dhandhuka in Ahmedabad District. This temple has three domes. Its construction was supervised and planned by Nishkulanand Swami, Bhai Atmanand Swami, Akshardanand Swami and Dharmprasad Swami. The land for the temple was donated by Darbar Punjabhai. On 19 May 1826, Swaminarayan installed the idols of Madan Mohan and his own form Harikrishna, at the principal seat of the temple and invoked Gods amidst Vedic hymns.[18]
See main article: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Junagadh. This temple, in the city of Junagadh on Mount Girnar, has five domes and external decoration with sculptures. Its construction was supervised by Brahmanand Swami; it was built on land donated by king Hemantsinh of Jinabhai, Darbar of Panchala. On 1 May 1828, Swaminarayan installed the murtis of Ranchhodrai and Trikamrai on the principal altar of the temple, which is 278feet in circumference. The life of Swaminarayan is crafted in stone on the dome of the sanctum.[19] [20]
See main article: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada. The land for the temple in Gadhada (or Gadhpur) was donated by the court of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. Darbar Dada Khachar and his family were devotees of Swaminarayan. The temple was made built the courtyard of his own residence. This shrine has two stories and three domes and is adorned with carvings. Swaminarayan assisted in the construction of the temple by lifting stones and mortar, and he installed the figures of Gopinath, Radhika and Harikrishna on 9 October 1828.
Gadhada is also home to Laxmi Vadi.[21] This is the burial place of Swaminarayan's ashes. The site is marked by a shrine consisting of the idols of brother Ichharam, Swaminarayan himself and Raghuvirji Maharaj.
Sahajanand Swami also ordered construction of temples at Muli, Dholka and Jetalpur. Although these temples were completed after his death, the Murti pratishtas, idol installation ceremonies, were conducted by Sahajanand Swami. He installed images of various manifestations of God, such as Nar Narayan Dev, Laxmi Narayan Dev, Radha Krishna, Radha Raman and Revti Baldevji. Swaminarayan lived in Gadhpur for about 27 years; he stayed at the Darbar of Dada Khachar, one of his best-known devotees. At some temples, footprints of Swaminarayan are worshiped by his followers. Swaminarayan entrusted the day-to-day performance of the worship rituals in these mandirs to ascetics. By 2012, there were over a thousand Swaminarayan temples across five continents.
In the 1920s, members of the sect began to move out of India to East Africa in search of work and better lives. Among these was a large number of Kutchis of the Leva Patel/Patidar community, who remained to the Bhuj temple under the Nar Nararayan Dev Gadi. All the temples built in Africa come under the temple in Bhuj. The first Swaminarayan temple in Africa was built in Nairobi in 1945, and temples were built in Mombasa and other Kenyan towns in the following years. Temples were also built in Tanzania and Uganda. The Swaminarayan temple in Karachi, Pakistan, was built in 1868 when Karachi was part of the Indian Union.[22]
After the Second World War, members of the movement in East Africa began migrating to the United Kingdom; the number of migrants rose significantly in the 1960s and 1970s. The first Swaminarayan temple in the UK was built in Bolton in 1973.[23] This was followed by a temple in the London suburb of Willesden, which was consecrated in 1975 and is the sect's biggest temple in the UK. Temples have been built in other parts of the UK, such as Cardiff, Oldham, Leicester and Brighton and several others in London. The temple in Leicester was opened in 1993 and was the first in Europe under the International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation (ISSO) and was followed by one in Sweden.[24] A small number of followers migrated to the United States before 1965 as students, and following a 1965 immigration law, a large number of Indians, including members of the sect. moved there from the 1970s until 2000. The ISSO was formed in 1978 in Chicago under the Nar Narayan Dev Gadi. The temple in Weehawken, New Jersey, was opened in 1987, and was the first in the US. By 2012, the organisation had 20 temples in the US, in cities including Boston, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tampa, Florida, Detroit and Cleveland, Ohio, Colonia, Parsippany and Cherry Hill.[25] [26] Another organisation, International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal (ISSM), under the Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi, has temples in Chicago, Grand Prairie, Texas, Sunnyvale, California, Downey and Somerset, New Jersey. Also under the Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi, the Laxminarayan Dev Spiritual Organisation (LDSO) has been set up in San Francisco to promote the faith there.[27] http://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/temples/temple-international/
The movement also has temples in Australia, Seychelles, Canada, Thailand, Fiji, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman, UAE and Zambia.[28] [29]
| 2008 | Swaminarayan Mandir, Sydney | |
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Sydney - – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi | |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Melbourne | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in:2008Architecture: Notes | Melbourne - – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Swaminarayan Mandir, Perth | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Perth, Western Australia - – – This Mandir comes under the true swaminarayan faith of the gadi. |
| BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brisbane | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Brisbane - – – This Mandir comes under the BAPS a runaway sect from Vadtal gadi http://www.baps.org/ |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Adelaide | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Adelaide - – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Toronto Swaminarayan 10 August 2008 – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Toronto Swaminarayan 10 May 2008 – This Mandir comes under the ISSO |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Saskatoon | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Saskatoon Shri Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj – This Mandir comes under the BAPSa runaway sect from Vadtal gadi[30] |
| Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Saskatoon | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Saskatoon – This Mandir comes under the ISSO[31] |
| Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, Regina | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Regina – This Mandir comes under the ISSO[32] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Fiji (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Fiji - - Bhagwan Swaminarayan – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| Akshardham (Delhi) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Akshardham (Delhi) - - – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| श्री अक्षरपुरुषोत्तम स्वामीनारायण मंदिर (Shri Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Mandir) | |
| Location: Ashok Vihar, Delhi Primary Deity: Swaminarayan Constructed in: 3 Fabury 1988 (3 Fabury 1994) Architecture: Founder: Dadubhai Patel (Dadukaka or Kakaji) |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Hyderabad | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Hyderabad - - – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kolkata | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: construction | Pailan, Diamond Harbour Rd, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020 - BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhasa, was constructed and opened to public in the year 2014 - – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
Gujarat[33] Origin Place of Swaminarayan Sampraday
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad (Kankaria-Maninagar) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Ahmedabad Swaminarayan - - This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad (Narayan Ghat) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Ahmedabad Swaminarayan - Multi-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad (Narayanpura) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Ahmedabad Swaminarayan - Tri-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Vadtal Swaminarayan 3 November 1824 In the Shape of a Lotus Headquarters of the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Bhuj Swaminarayan 1823 Multi-spire Structure This Mandir was built by Swaminarayan himself |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj (New temple) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Bhuj NarNarayan Dev, HariKrishna Maharaj, RadhaKrushna Dev and Ghanshyam Maharaj 2010 Multi-spire marble and gold structure The original Swaminarayan temple in Bhuj was damaged by an earthquake in 2001. This temple has been built to replace the old one, which will now serve as a museum. |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Junagadh | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Junagadh Ranchhodrai and Trikamrai 1 May 1828 5 Dome Structure with sculptures This Mandir was built by Swaminarayan himself |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Dholera Madan Mohan Dev and HariKrishna Maharaj 19 May 1826 three Dome Structure This Mandir was built by Swaminarayan himself |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Gadhada Gopinathji Maharaj and HariKrishna Maharaj 9 October 1828 Three Domes and two storied Structure This Mandir was built by Swaminarayan himself |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Rajkot | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Rajkot Laxminarayan Dev, HariKrishna Maharaj and Ghanshyam Maharaj - - This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sardhar | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Sardhar Laxminarayan Dev and Ghanshyam Maharaj - - This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Muli | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Muli RadhaKrishna Dev - - This Mandir comes under the Narnarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Hanuman Mandir, Sarangpur | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Sarangpur Kastbhanjan Dev - - This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Jamnagar | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Jamnagar RadhaKrishna Dev and HariKrishna Maharaj - - This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Jetalpur | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Jamnagar Revati-Baldevji - - This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gandhinagar | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Gandhinagar NarNarayan and RadhaKrishna - - This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Sanskardham Gurukul, Dhrangadhra | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Dhrangadhra NarNarayan and RadhaKrishna - - This Sanskardham comes under the NarNarayan, Laxminarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bengaluru (Bangalore) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Bengaluru Laxminarayan Dev 2003 – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Burhanpur | |
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Burhanpur LakshmiNarayan Dev – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Burhanpur is an old city in State of Madhya Pradesh, India. Satsang in this religious city of Burahanpur started in 1798 when Swaminarayan sanctified this city on his pilgrimage as Neelkanth Varni. Later, he sent his paramhansas like Kripanand Swami, Gunatitanand Swami, Premanand Swami, Poornanand Swami, Naronarayananad Swami, Nirvikaranand Swami, Anantanand Swami, Adbhutanand Swami, etc. who sowed roots of Satsang in this city. Swaminarayan himself gave Lakshminarayan Dev to Seth Shiva Shah of Burhanpur in 1825–26. Idols of L.N. Dev were then kept at the residence of Brahmin Ramchandra who lived at site of present temple. In December 1829 Idols of L.N. Dev were installed in small temple of 1 shikhar by Acharya Shri Raghuvirji Maharaj with Param Chaitanyanand Swami. In Samvat 1907, Raghuveerji Maharaj visited Burhanpur with Narsimhanand Swami and a huge procession was carried out in the city. Later in 1871, Acharya Bhagwatprasadji installed Harikrishna Maharaj adjacent to L.N. Dev and instructed Swami Balmukunddasji guru Gopalanand Swami to build a huge temple. Eventually, Balmukund Swami completed new temple in 1875 without disturbing the original installation of idols. Bhagwatprasadji came with Adbhutanand Swami, Pavitranand Swami, Gopalji Maharaj, Nishkamanand Bramhchari, etc. in a Train (then called as Aag-gadi). Thereafter in the year around 1898, Bramchari Chaitanyanandhi, Br. Nirdoshanandji, Krishnanandji, Nishkamanandji on the instruction of Shri Viharilalji Maharaj and with donation from Shri Bhaulal Haridasji Gandhi installed Ghanshyam Maharaj in Sukhshaiya on the right of L.N. Dev. Later in 1944 Shri Goverdhandas Gandhi son of Shri Bhaulal Gandhi donated a farm at Titgao for maintenance of Ghanshyam Maharaj. This temple also witnessed satsang under great saints like Br.Mayatitanandji, Br. Atmanandji, Br. Chaitanyanandji, etc. and Purani Dharmswaroopdasji, Shastri Nilkanthdasji, Chaturbhuj Shastri, Shastri Lakshmiprasaddasji, etc. Also well known ekantik haribhakt were Seth Shyamdas Shiva Shah, Seth Onkardas Nanabhai, Seth Narottamdas Lakshmidas, Bhaulal Haridas Gandhi, Seth Tikamdas Bechardas Shah, Seth Ranchoddas Merchant and others. Mayatitanand Bramhchari also initiated daily Abhishek of idols in this temple and also inspired Swami Sevak Mandal to make Hir na Hindola in Samvat 1991 in Burhanpur Temple. Present Kothari of temple is Shatri P.P. Swami. By Pankaj G. Shah |
| 2019 | Swaminarayan Mandir, Jabalpur | |
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes | Jabalpur - – – This Mandir is built at the Birthplace of Sadhu Keshavjivandas of BAPS | |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai (Bhuleshwar) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mumbai LaxmiNarayan Dev, Ghanshyam Maharaj and Gaulokvihari Maharaj 1868 Tri-Spire Structure Under LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi, This is the first Swaminarayan Mandir in Mumbai.[34] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai (Mulund) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mumbai LaxmiNarayan 1983 – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai (Ghatkopar) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Ghatkopar – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mumbai (Kandivali) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mumbai – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nagpur | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nagpur – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nashik | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nashik – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kalyan | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Kalyan (Thane district) LaxmiNarayan – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kolhapur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary Deity : | Swaminarayan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constructed in : | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notes : | This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Jaipur | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Jaipur – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nathdwara | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nathdwara – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Khan Village, Rajasthan | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Khan Village – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi. Images at this temple were originally located at Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Karachi. |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chennai | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Chennai (Madras) – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Rameshwaram | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Rameshwaram – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Badrinath | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Badrinath Swaminarayan and NarNarayan – Tiled roof structure in the Backdrop of the Himalaya's This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Haridwar | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Haridwar Swaminarayan Year 2003 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chhapiya | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Chhapiya Ghanshyam Maharaj – Multi-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mathura | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mathura – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kanpur | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Kanpur – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ayodhya | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Ayodhya – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Allahabad | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Allahabad – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Varanasi (Kashi) | ||
| Location: Contact: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | K-1/1, Machhodari Park, Gaighat, Varanasi - 221001 (KASHI) +91 9415448802 / +91 9839265663 - – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kerugoya | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Kerugoya – – – This Mandir comes under the Nar Narayan dev ghadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mombasa | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mombasa Swaminarayan 1958 Single-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi (SKSS) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nairobi Swaminarayan Year 1954 Single-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan dev ghadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi (EASS) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nairobi Swaminarayan Year 1945 Tri-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the Narnarayan dev and was the first Swaminarayan temple outside India and on the continent of Africa[35] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kisumu | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Kisumu – – – This Mandir comes under the Nar Narayan dev ghadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Eldoret | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Eldoret Nar Narayan 2011 Tri-spire This Mandir comes under the Nar narayan dev |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nakuru | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nakuru – – – This Mandir comes under the Narnarayan dev ghadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Terre Rough, Mauritius | ||
| Location: Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | 1st Floor, Kurjibhai Ramjibhai Building Le Hochet, Terre Rough Mauritius Tel: +230 2493656. Fax: +230 2481481 Lord Swaminarayan – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Auckland | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Auckland Narnarayan Dev, Ghanshyam Maharaj and RadhaKrishna Dev 24 March 2008 Tri spire with Haveli This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO)[36] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Muscat | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Muscat – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Karachi | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Karachi Swaminarayan Year 1849 Single-spire and dome Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi[37] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Victoria | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Victoria – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi[38] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mariestad | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mariestad NarNarayan Dev, Swaminarayan and RadhaKrishna Dev – Tiled-roof Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mariestad NarNarayan Dev, Swaminarayan and RadhaKrishna Dev – Tiled-roof Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Arusha | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Arusha – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dar-es-Salaam | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Dar-es-Salaam Swaminarayan 1958 Haveli style tri-spire structure This Temple is owned by Tanzania Swaminarayan Mandal, an organization blessed by both the Acharyas of Amdavad & Vadtal. It is open to devotees of all caste/color/creed. For more details and activities of this Temple, visit http://www.swaminarayantz.org |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bangkok (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Bangkok – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Abu Dhabi – Bhagwan Swaminarayan – 2024 – 7-spire structure This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Kampala | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Kampala Swaminarayan – Tri-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Leicester | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Leicester Narnarayan Dev – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO)[39] |
| Shri Hanumanji Mandir, Leicester | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Leicester Kastbhanjan Dev – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (East London) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London Ghanshyam Maharaj 1988 N.A. Under NarNarayan Dev Gadi, One of the seven Swaminarayan temples in London |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Streatham) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London – – Tiled roof Structure Under NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO), One of the seven Swaminarayan temples in London |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Willesden) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London Ghanshyam Maharaj 1975 Tri-spire Structure Under NarNarayan Dev Gadi, One of the seven Swaminarayan temples in London |
| BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London (Neasden) Swaminarayan 1995 Tri-spire Structure Constructed by Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha[40] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Harrow) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London Ghanshyam Maharaj 1997 Tri-spire Structure Under NarNarayan Dev Gadi, One of the seven Swaminarayan temples in London[41] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Stanmore) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London Ghanshyam Maharaj Year 2006 Haveli Style Structure with Single-spire Under NarNarayan Dev Gadi, One of the seven Swaminarayan temples in London |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Plumstead) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | London Swaminarayan – – Under NarNarayan Dev Gadi, One of the seven Swaminarayan temples in London |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Oldham | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: | Oldham Swaminarayan 1977 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bolton | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: | Bolton Swaminarayan 1973 Single-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi. First purpose built Swaminarayan temple in UK. |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Crawley (Gatwick – Near London) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: | Crawley HariKrishna Maharaj 2006 – This Mandir comes under the under NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO) |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brighton | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: | Brighton Swaminarayan 1999 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO) |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Cardiff | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: | Cardiff Ghanshyam Maharaj 1982 Traditional Hindu Architecture This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nottingham (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Nottingham – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO) |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Birmingham, Alabama (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Birmingham, Alabama – – – This Mandir comes under the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Norwalk | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Los Angeles RadhaKrishna Dev – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi[42] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, San Francisco (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | San Francisco – – – Laxminarayan Dev Spiritual Organisation: This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Downey | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Downey Laxminarayan Dev 2000 Havli Style Structure with dome This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, San Jose, California (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | San Jose, California – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sunnyvale, California | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | San Jose, California – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi[43] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, West Hartford, Connecticut (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | West Hartford, Connecticut – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Washington, D.C. (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Washington, D.C. – - – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Lakeland | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Lakeland NarNarayan Dev – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi (ISSO)[44] |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Atlanta | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Atlanta Swaminarayan 2007 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bryon, Georgia (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Bryon, Georgia – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Smyrna, Georgia (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Smyrna, Georgia – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Duluth, Georgia (Atlanta) (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Duluth, Georgia – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Itasca) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Chicago NarNarayan Dev 1998 Tri-spire Structure This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Palatine) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Wheeling) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | ||
| Shri BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, Kansas (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Kansas – – – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bowie, Maryland (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Bowie, Maryland – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Silver Spring, Maryland (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Silver Spring, Maryland – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Lowell, Boston | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Lowell, Boston Ghanshyam Maharaj, NarNarayan Dev and RadhaKrishna Dev August 2006 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Detroit | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Detroit HariKrishna Maharaj 2004 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, St. Louis, Missouri (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Bridgeton, Missouri – – – This Mandir comes under the BAPS |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Mississippi (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Mississippi – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Colonia) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | New Jersey Narnarayan Dev – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | New Jersey Swaminarayan Year 1987 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Somerset) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | New Jersey Laxminarayan Dev and Ranchhodrai – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (South Jersey) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | New Jersey HariKrishna Maharaj – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Parsippany) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | New Jersey – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New York City (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | New York City Swaminarayan – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Raleigh, North Carolina (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Raleigh, North Carolina – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Cleveland | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Cleveland RadhaKrishna Dev and HariKrishna Maharaj 2008 – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Cincinnati, Ohio (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Cincinnati, Ohio – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Temple - Hari Mandir, Telford (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Lansdale, Hatfield, Telford, Souderton, Sellersville, Philadelphia Swaminarayan and Ghanshyam maharaj 2015 – This Mandir comes under the Vadtal Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Philadelphia (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Philadelphia – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (Chapter) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Houston | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Houston RadhaKrishna Dev – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Grand Prairie (Dallas) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Grand Prairie Ghanshyam Maharaj 4 July 1991 – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Vadtal Dham Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Richmond, Texas | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Richmond, Texas Harikrishna Maharaj 2022 – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Pflugerville (Austin) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Pflugerville, Texas – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Lusaka (SKSS) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Lusaka – – – This Mandir comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi- Shri Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan |
| Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Lusaka (LSSM) | ||
| Location: Primary Deity: Constructed in: Architecture: Notes: | Lusaka – – – This Mandir comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi – Lusaka Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal |