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Dewas Tekri (also known as Maa Chamunda Tekri, Dewas Mata Tekri, and Devi Vaishini Hill) is a sacred mountain located in the city of Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India. Tekri is known for its religious significance as it houses two important shrines: the Devi Chamunda Mata Temple and the Devi Tulja Bhavani Mata Temple. [ 1 ]
Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Chicago, IL is a Swaminarayan Hindu temple located in the Chicago suburb of Itasca. [1] Opened in 1998, it comes under ISSO of the Nar Narayan Dev Gadi (Swaminarayan Sampraday). [2] It was built at the cost of $10 million, reportedly the most expensive Hindu temple in the Midwest at that time. [3]
The central shrine of the mandir houses the murti of Swaminarayan, with Gunatitanand Swami to his left, together worshipped as Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj.Other shrines hold the murtis of Ghanshyam Maharaj, Harikrishna Maharaj, Radha-Krishna, Shiva-Parvati, Sita-Ram, Hanumana, Ganesh, and the lineage of BAPS gurus who are Swaminarayan's spiritual successors in BAPS. [2]
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The foundation stone of the Rama temple was laid in June 1984. After two years of construction, the temple was inaugurated with a kumbhabhishekham on July 4, 1986. [1] [2] In 1994, the original building on the site was converted to a temple dedicated to Ganesha, Shiva, and Durga. A kumbhabhishekham was performed for the temple in the summer of ...
The following Swaminarayan temples are located in the area of Chicago, Illinois: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Itasca), in Itasca, Illinois;
The temple is devoted to the tutelary deity of the former princely rulers of the Karauli state, Kaila. [28] [29] Mahadev mandir is a temple in Shankar Gadh built by the Dewas ruler Shrimant Sadashive Rao Maharaja (Khase Saheb) in 1942. The temple is located on a small hill south of the city. [30]
A model of the temple was placed on display at Chicago's 1933–34 Century of Progress Exposition, and people began travelling to Wilmette to see the building taking shape. [22] The temple was featured in a privately issued postal stationery cover on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of US airmail service in 1938. [ 23 ]