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In February 2000, with the blessings of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a 29-acre plot of land was purchased in the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn. [6] The mandir is a type of ‘Shikarbaddha’ mandir, built according to principles laid out in the Shilpa Shastras, Hindu texts prescribing standards of sacred architecture. [7]
The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple at 112 N. Main St. – open Wednesdays through Mondays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., free admission – rises 19 stories above the ground and sprawls over 180 acres ...
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir [85] Cincinnati: Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati: Cincinnati: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir [86] Columbus: ISKCON Columbus [87] Columbus: Opened 1969. Oldest Hindu temple in Ohio. Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Columbus [88] [46] Columbus: Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Temple [89] Columbus: Vedic Welfare Society [90 ...
The basis for the formation of BAPS was Shastriji Maharaj's conviction that Swaminarayan remained present on earth through a lineage of Gunatit Gurus (perfect devotee), starting with Gunatitanand Swami, one of Swaminarayan's most prominent disciples, [4] [11] [12] [13] [5] [14] [note 1] and that Swaminarayan and his choicest devotee, Gunatitanand Swami, were ontologically, Purushottam and ...
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta in adjacent Lilburn, Georgia is currently the largest Hindu temple in the world outside of India. [19] It is one of approximately 15 Hindu temples in the metro Atlanta area, along with 7 other Hindu temples in Georgia serving nearly 100,000 Hindus in Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Perry, Savannah, Columbus ...
Georgia has an extensive interstate highway system including 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) of interstate highway and 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) of federal and state highways that facilitate the efficient movement of more than $620 billion of cargo by truck each year.
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]
The Hindu Temple of Atlanta is located in Riverdale, Georgia, and serves the Metro Atlanta Hindu population. But, because of its proximity to the I-75, and its popularity, nearly 5-10% of the devotees are from the eastern seaboard, southern, and midwestern states. The temple is 9-miles away from the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ...