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BAPS Charities is a global charity that works to provide service through health awareness, educational services, humanitarian relief, environmental protection and preservation and community empowerment. [16] Annual health fairs are a key component of the health and wellness services BAPS Charities provides in Chicago.
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]
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.
The BAPS concurs that Akshar is the divine abode of Purushottam and "an eternally existing spiritual reality having two forms, the impersonal and the personal." [8] [89] [90]: 158 Followers of BAPS identify various scriptures and documented statements of Swaminarayan as supporting this understanding of Akshar within the Akshar-Purushottam Upasana.
Chicago: Opened 2022 ISKCON Chicago [29] Chicago: Moved from Evanston to current location in 1980 Shree Ganesh Temple of Chicago [30] Chicago: First Hindu temple in Chicago's Little India [31] Hanuman Mandir of Greater Chicago [32] Glenview: Opened 2016 [32] Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago [33] [34] Homer Glen: Established 1930. First ...
The Akshardham was initiated by BAPS's fifth spiritual leader, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, and is one of the three Akshardham mandirs constructed by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha; the other two are in New Delhi and Gandhinagar. [3] [4] It is the largest Hindu mandir in the United States, and the second-largest in the world. [5] [a]
Shastriji Maharaj (31 January 1865 – 10 May 1951), born Dungar Patel [1]: 3 and ordained Shastri Yagnapurushdas, was a swami of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya and founder of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
Chicago Shakespeare Theater [7] Chopin Theatre [8] Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest) [9] Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre) [10] Court Theatre [11] Factory Theater [12] First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) [13] Goodman Theatre [14] iO Theater [15] Kane Repertory Theatre (St. Charles) [16] Lifeline Theatre [17] Lookingglass Theatre Company [18 ...