Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken)

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken)

Infobox Mandir


caption= The first Swaminarayan Temple in USA
creator =
date_built = 24th May, 1987
primary_deity = Lord Swaminarayan and Narnarayan Dev
location = New Jersey
The Swaminarayan Mandir in Weehawken, New Jersey is the first Swaminarayan temple in the USA. [cite web | url=http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2005/0914/Front_Page/018.html | title=New temple one of only 8 in the United States] It is the national headquarters of the ISSO and comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. [cite web | url=http://web2.userinstinct.com/28924427-international-swaminarayan-satsang-organization.htm | title= International Swaminarayan Satsang Organization in Weehawken, New Jersey (nj)] Today there are four Swaminarayan temples in New Jersey alone. [cite web | url=http://issochicago.org/Swaminarayantemples.aspx?Country=USA | title=Swaminarayan temples - USA]

History of ISSO in New Jersey

The first Dev Mandir in the USA was set up in the basement of a house of a devotee in New Jersey in 1981. The Dev Mandir existed here until 1986. [cite web | url=http://www.swaminarayan.info/Mandirs/mandirdetails.asp?MandirID=103 | title=Shree Swaminarayan Temple, New Jersey (I.S.S.O)]

History of this temple

The Historical Landmark, First Church Of Christian Scientist, was purchased in Weehawken, New Jersey on the bank of Hudson River with a view of the high-rise buildings of New York City in 1986. On 24th of May, 1987 Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj conducted the Murti Pratishtha ceremony (invocation of gods) the in first Swaminarayan Temple in USA at Weehawken. Lord Swaminarayan occupies the principal seat of this temple. The occasion was celeberated by satsangis from various parts of the USA, UK, Africa and India. [cite web | url=http://www.swaminarayan.info/Mandirs/mandirdetails.asp?MandirID=103 | title=Shree Swaminarayan Temple, New Jersey (I.S.S.O)]

The procession with the idols began at Colonial Park, West New York and New Jersey on the Blvd East Road ,overseeing the bank of Hudson River. With extraordinary floats and the Weehawken Mayor Mr. Robert Turner as Guest of Honor and assemblyman Mr. Octovio Alfonso in presence the procession began towards the temple. [cite web | url=http://www.swaminarayan.info/Mandirs/mandirdetails.asp?MandirID=103 | title=Shree Swaminarayan Temple, New Jersey (I.S.S.O)]

ee also

* Bhagwan Swaminarayan

* Swaminarayan Sampraday

References

External links

* [http://moksha.akshardham.org ISSO]


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