Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada
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 Gopinathji Maharaj Murti at the temple |
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| Name: | Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada |
| Creator: | Bhagwan Swaminarayan |
| Date built: | 12th day of the bright half of Ashwin, Vikram Samvat 1885 |
| Primary deity: | Gopinathji Maharaj, HariKrishna Maharaj |
| Location: | Gadhada |
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada (Devnagari: श्री स्वमिनरयन मन्दिर, घडडा) is a Hindu temple in Gadhada. This Mandir was built by Lord Swaminarayan himself.
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[edit] About this Mandir
The land for constructing this temple in Gadhada, was donated by the court of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. Darbar Shri Dada Khachar and his family were devotees of Shriji Maharaj. The temple was made in the courtyard of his own residence. The temple work was planned and executed directly under the consultation and guidance of Shri Hari. Shriji Maharaj had graced the place constantly and shared in the manual service in the construction of the temple, by lifting stones and mortar. This shrine has two stories and three domes. It is adorned with carvings.
Shriji Maharaj had installed the idols in this temple on the 12th day of the bright half of Ashwin, Vikram Samvat 1885. Gopinathji Maharaj and Harikrishna Maharaj in the middle, Dharmdev and Bhaktimata and Vasudevanarayan on the western side and Revti-Baldevji, Shri Krishna and Suryanarayan in the eastern temple.
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Besides the idols installed by Shriji Maharaj himself, the temple has many memories of Shriji Maharaj. On the path of the worship circuit of the inner temple, there is the idol of Ghanshyam Maharaj facing northward. This prasadi temple has prasadi items of Shriji Maharaj displayed in a museum at the temple.
On the southern side of the temple, there is a big margosa tree (neem tree) and the chamber of Lord Vasudevanarayan. Shriji Maharaj gave several discourses at that place. The court of Dada Khachar has been preserved in its original form.
On the backside, there is the Akshar Oradi temple and Gangajalio well. Lakshmiwadi is situated a little away from the town. There at Lakshmiwadi, a single dome temple has been constructed at the place of the funeral rituals of Shri Hari's mortal remains. Slightly away, there is one canopy where Shri Hari used to sit and deliver the discourses, and just a little ahead, there is the room of Nishkulanand Swami, where he placed the palanquin prepared by him for Shri Hari's last journey. A neem tree faces this place, and on its western side, there is one more canopy where Shri Hari celebrated ‘Sharadotsava.’
Shri Hari and his saints used to take a bath in the River Ghelo. This graced river flows in the south side of the temple. There are prasadi river-beds - Narayan Dharo and Sahasra Dharo which Shri Hari visited frequently. There are small temples of Neelkanth Mahadev and Lord Hanuman on the bank of the river. Both these places are prasadi places of Shriji Maharaj. The main land of Gadhada is still blessed with the holy spirit of Shri Hari.
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