Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj
Narnarayan Dev murti at this temple
Geography
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Location	Bhuj
Culture
Primary deity	Narnarayan Dev and Harikrishna Maharaj.
History and governance
Date built	May 15, 1823
Creator	Swaminarayan

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj (Devnagari: श्री स्वामीनारायण मंदिर, भुज) is a Hindu temple in Bhuj. This temple (mandir) that was constructed by Swaminarayan, founder of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.^[1]^[2]

History

Bhuj Swaminarayan Temple Logo

The temple, part destroyed by the earthquake

Main gate of the temple

This mandir comes under the Narnarayan Dev Gadi. Senior devotees Gangarambhai, Sundarjibhai, Jigneshwarbhai and others from the Bhuj region of Kutch went to Gadhada where Swaminarayan was attending a Fuldol festival. In that festival, the devotees of Bhuj met Swaminarayan and requested him to construct a temple in Bhuj.^[3]

Swaminarayan asked Vaishnavananand Swami to proceed with a team of the saints to Bhuj and construct a temple. Vaishnavanand Swami and the accompanying saints went to Bhuj in 1822, camped at the place neighbouring the land of temple drew plans of the temple, complex, executed the plans with minute details and within a short span of one year, they built a temple abode of NarNarayan Dev.^[3]

Satsang in the Kutch region was spread by Late Guru Ramanand Swami. He constantly visited Bhuj and other places in Kutch.

Swaminarayan had graced this temple in the western belt of India and had himself installed the idols of Narnarayan dev and his own form - Harikrishna Maharaj in central sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Besides these manifestations of God at the central dome there under the eastern dome, are seated RadhaKrishna Dev, Harikrishna Maharaj and in the western dome Ghanshyam Maharaj. Roop Chowki - the main square of the inner temple-houses the images of Ganapati and Hanuman.

Akshar Bhavan in the temple treasures the personal items of Swaminarayan.

Gujarat earthquake

New Temple

Main article: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj (New temple)

The earthquake on 26 January 2001 destroyed much of the city of Bhuj, including this temple associated with the founder of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. The saints and satsangis of Kutch residing in India and satsangis living abroad, have resolved to construct a new temple a short distance away from the site.^[4]^[5]

Notes

References

Williams, Raymond (2001). Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-65422-7.
Swaminarayan Mandirs Worldwide - Bhuj
Shree NarNarayan Dev Nutan Mandir Mahotsav 2010 - Bhuj

External links

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Swaminarayan Sampraday

Swaminarayan Temples (Mandirs)	Ahmedabad Vadtal Bhuj Dholera Gadhada Junagadh Mumbai London Auckland Karachi New Jersey Nairobi Cardiff Oldham Sarangpur Chicago Brighton Downey Bhuj (New temple) Bolton List of Swaminarayan temples

Establishments	Swaminarayan Museum

Major Deities	Swaminarayan NarNarayan LaxmiNarayan RadhaKrishna Radha Ramana Rama Revati-Baldevji Gopinathji Maharaj Madan Mohan Dev Hanuman Ganpati Shiva Parvati Suryanarayan

Noted Saints	Muktanand Swami Brahmanand Swami Premanand Swami Gopalanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Gunatitanand Swami Nityanand Swami

Scriptures and other books	Vachanamrut Shikshapatri Janmangal Namavali Shreemad Satsangi Jeevan Swamini Vato Desh Vibhag Lekh

Present Heads	Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj (Ahmedabad) Acharya Shree Rakeshprasadji Maharaj(Vadtal)

Devotional Songs	Swaminarayan Aarti Shri Radhika Krishnashtaka

Organisations	International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation ISSO Seva International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal NarNarayan Dev Yuvak Mandal

Hindu Temples in Gujarat

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