Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal
The headquarters of the Shri Laxminarayan Dev Gaadi
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictKheda
Deity
FestivalsSamaiyaa(twice in a year)
Location
LocationVadtal
StateGujarat
CountryIndia
Architecture
Architect(s)Brahmanand Swami
CreatorSahajanand Swami
Completed3 November 1824
Website
vadtalmandir.org


Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal (Devanagari: श्री स्वामिनारायण मन्दिर, वडताल) headquarters of the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi are located in this temple in Vadtal.[1][2] There are three main shrines in the temple the central shirne of this temple is that of Lakshmi Narayan and RanchodRai. On the right there is idol of Bhagwan Radha Rani and Shree Krishna with His Mahavishnu Form Hari Krishna and the left has Vasudev, Dharma and Bhakti.[3] The wooden pillars of the temple bear colourful wood carvings. There is a dharamsala within the temple premises. Gnyanbaug is a garden to the northwest of the temple gate that has four memorials dedicated to Swaminarayan.[4]

  1. ^ M. G. Chitkara (1997), Hindutva, APH, pp. 227–228, ISBN 978-81-7024-798-2, retrieved 10 June 2009
  2. ^ Williams 2001, p. 29
  3. ^ M M Rahman (2006), Encyclopaedia of Histography, Anmol Publications PVT. LTD, ISBN 978-81-261-2305-6, retrieved 10 June 2009 Page 145
  4. ^ Desai, Anjali (2006). India Guide Gujarat. India Guide Publications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9789517-0-0.Page 202, 203