Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan is the worldwide centre for spiritual, cultural and social welfare. The almighty Lord Shree Swaminarayan manifested upon the Earth in the 18th century CE and brought with Him, a magnificent array of sublime teachings, which were based on morality, respect, living a life of decency and honour, and the performing of charitable and benevolent acts.
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The Mandir (temple) in Kingsbury is the principal Mandir in the south of England of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan – the worldwide centre for spiritual, cultural and social welfare, based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The Organisation was founded by Jeevanpran Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa, the founding Acharya of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi – the divine office of Lord Shree Swaminarayan.
While principally a place of worship, the Mandir and surrounding facilities that make up Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Complex play host to a range of cultural, artistic, sporting, educational and charitable activities, all inspired by His Divine Holiness Acharya Swamishree Purushottampriyadasji Maharaj, the current sovereign of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi.
As well as being the reverential leader of many thousands of people around the world, Acharya Swamishree Maharaj is acclaimed as being the "Ultimate Humanitarian" due to the charitable projects that He has instigated. He has inspired the establishment of numerous centres around the world, akin to the Mandir in Kingsbury.
The Mandir was inaugurated during a magnificent festival in August 2014 in the divine presence of Acharya Swamishree Maharaj.
Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Kingsbury operates under the auspices of a registered UK charity, Shree Swaminarayan Sidhant Sajivan Mandal London, number 252726.
Devotees emigrate to the United Kingdom in the early 1960's
In order to further spread the teachings and principles of Lord Swaminarayan and Jeevanpran Abji Bapashree and to establish a community of disciples, His Divine Holiness Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa gave His blessing for His devotees to emigrate to the United Kingdom in the early 1960's. A small number of families arrived from East Africa and India to settle in North London. Using their own houses as short-term mandir (temples), weekly sabha (recitals from the religious scriptures) were held to maintain and further encourage the traditions and devotional practices learnt from HDH Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa. All the significant religious dates of the Santha (Diwali, Hari Jayanti, Gurupurima) were celebrated in full splendour. As the number of devotees increased the mandir moved from addresses in Chalk Farm and Kentish Town to Hendon.
The community further expanded, and many had not had HDH Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa's divine darshan (divine visualisation of the Lord) for a long time. The elders in London prayed to their dearly missed Guruji HDH Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa to visit and let them have the opportunity to demonstrate their devotion unto Lord Swaminarayan, Jeevanpran Abji Bapashree and their beloved Guruji.
The most favoured philosophy of Lord Swaminarayan was of tyaag (to abstain from worldly associations). When only eleven years of age, Nilkanthvarni (Lord Swaminarayan's teenage name) renounced the material world, His family relations and home and embarked on a forest expedition to show the importance of tyaag. Despite His love of a life of tyaag, Lord Swaminarayan relinquished this for the benefit of His disciples.
Lord Swaminarayan explained to the needy mortals that for any worthwhile deed to succeed, whether it be worldly or spiritual, bhakti (devotion) is essential. He also dispelled numerous false beliefs and superstitions (e.g. the killing of newborn female babies by drowning in milk, the burning of a widow on her deceased husband's funeral pyre) from society, which otherwise hindered the path to aatyantik moksha (ultimate salvation). Using education as a basis for improving one's life, Lord Swaminarayan encouraged His devotees (both male and female) to be hardworking, compassionate and free of all vices.
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Beautiful Temple!