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The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Robbinsville, New Jersey) is a slightly older, smaller mandir on the Akshardham campus, built between 2010 and 2014. The mandir was built in the Nagaradi style using 68,000 cubic feet (1,900 m 3) of Italian Carrara marble. The structure is 87 feet (27 m) wide, 133 feet (41 m) long, and 42 feet (13 m) high. [51]
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey was first proposed by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in 1997 as a part of Swaminarayan Akshardham in North America. [1] The mandir's construction commenced in 2010.
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. [17] [18] The new temple, the largest in Gujarat, was opened in May 2010 by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi. [19]
Chakradhara (also known as Sarvadnya Shri Chakradhar Swami or Kunwar Haripaladeva [1] was an Indian Hindu saint and philosopher, who was the founder of Mahanubhava sect of Krishnaism. Shri Chakradhara advocated worship of the god Krishna and preached a distinct philosophy based on Bhakti. He was an exponent of the Dvaita philosophy within Hinduism.
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken) Sri Venkateswara Temple (New Jersey) Swaminarayan Akshardham (Robbinsville, New Jersey)
The Swaminarayan Mandir in Weehawken, New Jersey is the first Swaminarayan temple of the Narnarayan Gadi in the United States. [1] It is the national headquarters of the ISSO and comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. [2] Today there are four Swaminarayan temples in New Jersey alone. [3]
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