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The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham is a Hindu mandir (temple) built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha in Robbinsville, New Jersey.It is the largest Hindu mandir in the United States and the second-largest Hindu mandir in the world, rising 213 ft (65 m) above ground.
The largest Hindu temple in the U.S. opens its doors Sunday in New Jersey. Built in the small township of Robbinsville, the 183-acre BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, named for its founding Hindu ...
BAPS has constructed three large temple complexes dedicated to Swaminarayan called Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and Robbinsville, New Jersey, [156] which in addition to a large stone-carved mandir has exhibitions that explain Hindu traditions and Swaminarayan history and values. [157]
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Edison, New Jersey is a Hindu temple built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu denomination within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. The first BAPS mandir built in Edison was consecrated by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in August 1996. In 2019, a new mandir was built on the same property and a re-inauguration ...
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Following the opening of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in 2014, [7] the Akshardham mandir was inaugurated on October 8, 2023 as the world’s 2nd largest Hindu temple. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The temple stands 58 metres (191 ft) high and is situated 99 kilometres (62 mi) south of New York City .
Mahant Swami Maharaj (born Vinu Patel, 13 September 1933; [3] ordained Keshavjivandas Swami) is the present guru and president of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a Hindu denomination. [4][5][6]: 157 BAPS regards him as the sixth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan ...
The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which is headed by Mahant Swami Maharaj, is a denomination of the Swaminarayan tradition of Hinduism. It consists of a 11,500-square-foot (1,070 m 2 ), 73-foot (22 m) tall open-air temple and a 25,620-square-foot (2,380 m 2 ) surrounding deck.