Shri Swaminarayan Temple
Shri Swaminarayan Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DeitySwaminarayan in pictorial form
FestivalsSwaminarayan Jayanti, Diwali
Location
LocationWheeling
StateIllinois
CountryUnited States
Architecture
CompletedMay 26, 1991
Website
http://www.shriswaminarayan.com/

Shri Swaminarayan Temple, Wheeling is a Swaminarayan Hindu temple located in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling. It comes under the International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal (Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi) of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.[1] The temple is also a member of the International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation.[2]

Opened on 26 May 1991 by Acharya Shree Ajendraprasadji Maharaj, it is built on two acres of land.[3]

Built at a cost of $1.7 million, it is a tri-spire temple with the spires adorning the front edge of the flat topped building. Surrounded by industrial structures, it is a square-shaped, cream coloured structure with a big prayer hall that caters to a 40,000 strong community and is run entirely by volunteers. The image of Swaminarayan is worshipped in pictorial form along with other avatars of Narayana.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Williams 2004, pp. 168
  2. ↑ Williams 2001, pp. 229
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Kathie (1991-07-18). "Believers build house of worship Hindu group opens 1st new U.S. temple in Wheeling". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  4. ↑ Padma Rangaswamy (2000), Namasté America: Indian immigrants in an American metropolis, Penn State Press, p. 258, ISBN 0-271-01981-6

References

  • Williams, Raymond (2001), Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-65422-7
  • Williams, Raymond (2004), Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration: Collected Works, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7546-3856-1

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