Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal | |
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Sahajanand Swami | |
Completed | 3 November 1824 |
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vadtalmandir.org |
Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal (
History
The town of Vadtal is also known as Vadtal Swaminarayan. The temple
here is in the shape of a lotus, with nine domes in the inner temple. The land for this shrine was donated by Joban Pagi, a devotee of Swaminarayan. The temple was ordered by swaminarayan and constructed under the supervision of S.G. Brahmanand Swami.
Devotees from Vadtal had gone to Shreeji Maharaj on the day of Nirjala
Besides the Gods sitting in the central temple, in the left wall of the worship-place, were installed the form of Dakshinavart Shankh (Southern-sea conch) and Shaligrama (icon of Vishnu) and in the inner dome, there are the stone-idols of the ten incarnations of god, besides the idols of Vishnu resting on the seat of Sheshnaag (heavenly snake).
Influence
Farmers in and around Vadtal made a fortune by cultivating tobacco. The temple played an important role in influencing these farmers to move to other agricultural options.
During the
The Swaminarayan temple in Vadtal is a member of the
Headquarters
The temple is the main temple of swaminarayan sampraday and the Acharya and preceptor of the dakshin desh (Laxminarayan Dev Gadi). On the south end of the main temple, there is a place called the Akshar Bhuvan. Its first floor has standing idols of Ghanshyam Maharaj. On the second floor, there is the idol of Ghanshyam Maharaj in sitting posture. Personal objects of Swaminarayan are kept here. On the west there is a place called the Hari Mandap where Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri.
Town of Vadtal
In the east of the town, there is a mango garden where Swaminarayan ignited Holi and played with colours. A canopy has been constructed at this place. On the south side of this place, Swaminarayan had swung on a swing of twelve doors. A marble seat has been constructed at that place. The Gomati lake which was dug by Swaminarayan is in the north of the town. In the middle of the lake is a shelter and a canopy is built on the west of it. Swaminarayan used to sit there at the place of the present canopy when the lake was being excavated. Swaminarayan had preached
Notes
- ISBN 978-81-7024-798-2, retrieved 10 June 2009
- ^ Williams 2001, p. 29
- ISBN 978-81-261-2305-6, retrieved 10 June 2009 Page 145
- ^ ISBN 0-9789517-0-0.Page 202, 203
- ^ Gujarat State Gazetteers: Kheda. Gujarat, India: Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. 1977. p. 424.
- ISBN 81-7824-114-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-568367-6.
- ISBN 81-7223-211-X.Page 7
- ^ Williams 2001, p. 173
- ISBN 0-226-56009-0.
- ^ "VHP issues ultimatum on temple". Deccan Herald. 22 January 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "VHP's "Dharam Sansad" concludes". The Times of India. 22 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
References
- Williams, Raymond (2001), Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-65422-7
- Swaminarayan Mandirs - Vadtal Archived 17 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Swaminarayan Mandirs - Vadtal
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