Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera
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 Madan Mohan Dev at the principle seat of this temple |
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| Name: | Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera |
| Creator: | Bhagwan Swaminarayan |
| Date built: | 13th day of the bright half of Vaishakha in Vikram Samvat 1882 |
| Primary deity: | Narnarayan Dev, Radhakrishna Dev, Shri Dharmadev, BhaktiMata and Harikrishna Maharaj. |
| Location: | Dholera |
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera (Devnagari: श्री स्वमिनरयन मन्दिर, धोलेरा) is a Hindu temple in Dholera. This Mandir was built by Lord Swaminarayan himself. It is one of the only six Mandirs built by him.
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[edit] About the Mandir
Dholera itself is an ancient port-city, 30 k.m. away from Dhandhuka of Ahmedabad district.
The making this temple with three domes was supervised and planned by S.G. Shri Nishkulanand Swami, Brai Atmanand Swami, Akshardanand Swami and Dharmprasad Swami.
The land for this abode of Gods, was gifted by Darbar Punjabhai. Shriji Maharaj, camping in Kamiala, was requested by the devotees Shri Punjabhai and others, to grace Dholera to install the idols of God in the new temple in Dholera. Pleased at the prayer from his devotees, Shriji Maharaj asked Brahmin priests to find out an auspicious time for the installation ceremony.
Shriji Maharaj graced Dholera on the request from Punjabhai and other devotees, and on the auspicious 13th day of the bright half of Vaishakha in Vikram Samvat 1882, Shriji Maharaj installed the idols of Lord Madan Mohan dev and his own form Harikrishna Maharaj at the Principal seat of the temple and invoked Gods amidst Vedic hymns.
Besides the Gods in the inner temple and sanctum sanctorum, Hanuman and Ganapati grace Roop Chowki near the main stairway of the temple. On the west, near the steps, there are the idols of Sheshashayi, Suryanarayan, Dharm-Bhakti and Ghanshyam Maharaj. The idols of Shankar and Parvati are on the right hand side.
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