celina12 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 Pramukh Swami Maharaj's North America Visit 2007 BAPS Houston pic BAPS Chicago Visit Portal Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Chicago Visit 2007 1/2 Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Chicago Visit 2007 2/2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celina12 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 BAPS Houston Visit Portal Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Houston Visit 2007 1/1 BAPS Jacksonville Visit Portal Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Jacksonville Visit 2007 1/3 Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Jacksonville Visit 2007 3/3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celina12 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 BAPS Toronto Portal Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Toronto Visit 2007 1/2 Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Toronto Visit 2007 2/2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celina12 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 Edison, NJ Sunday, July 29, 2007 2007 BAPS Women's Conference - Women: Invigorating Self and Society http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/usa/2007/07/edison/july29-womenconference.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celina12 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2007 Regional BAPS Shatabdi Utsav Video Edison Portal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 20, 2007 Jay Swaminarayan Murtis of Shri Swaminarayan placed by Bhagwan Shri Swaminarayan Himself. He resides in Nar Narayan Dev Laksminarayan Dev and all Murtis placed by Himself of Himself. This Vasudev Narayan in the middle was worshipped by Jivuba and Laduba and used to drink milk Pratyaksh!!! Even today it is Maha Chamatkaari. Why wouldn it be? Its Bhagwan Swaminarayan Himself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celina12 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2007 Toronto Vicharan Toronto Portal $40 million Toronto Hindu temple, remarkable structure opens on July 22, 2007 Location: Just across the 18-acre site sits the Haveli- a community centre at Highway 427 and Finch, Toronto, Torornto, July 20, 2007 Randeep Gill The Swaminarayan Mandir, one of the most extraordinary and remarkable structure/buildings for Canadians, at the cost $40 million, will be inaugurated in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2007. The Mandir project was started in 2005 and finished in 18 months. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller are expected to attend the opening ceremonies on July 22, 2007 Most of the people shocked to read that how somebody can build whole temple with a hammer and chisel. There are about 200, 000 Hindus in Toronto, according to Statistics Canada which paid for the $40 million building without any public or foundation funding. They also provided 400 volunteer workers. The chief engineer, Akshay Muni Swami; a Hindu monk told reporters: No steel is used and stones piled on stones. There are 340 pillars- solid rock used as columns and 84 ceilings decorated with all with carved pieces The temple was designed according to ancient Vedic principles. The mandir was built using 24,000 pieces of marble (Italian marble and Turkish limestone) and limestone carved by hand in India, labelled, then shipped to Canada and assembled here. This include 5 metric tons, heaviest stone 50 grams, lightest stone 2,393 metric tons Turkish limestone 2,050 metric tons Italian Carrara marble 1,349 tonnes Indian sandstone Every inch of the place is embellished with carved deities - cavorting horses, peacocks, elephants and lotus flowers using hammer and chisel by close to 2,000 craftsmen involved at 26 different sites in India , 100 of them flown from India The Indo-Canadian Museum of Cultural Heritage was set up at ground level Suresh Thakrar, a community leader says, "This is a place open to all and a place to educated about Indo-Canadians." Nitya Vivek Swami, a Hindu monk, who has also worked on similar buildings in Houston, Chicago and London said, "We believe this is a living building, so it has to be built in a certain way." Vinay Gidwaney, a volunteer said, " You don't have to be of any faith or religious background just take your shoes off and you're all set." Naren Sachdev, a project manager said, each piece was marked with a bar code to facilitate construction. He estimated the the building will last a thousand years. Because of Canadian winters, there was a hurdle for convincing city officials that the mandir is a completely steel-free structure The auspicious murti-pratishtha ceremony will be held in the presence of Pramukh Swami Maharaj on Sunday 22 July 2007. This historic occasion will be broadcast live throughout the world on AASTHA TV and TV Asia-Sahara ONE channels, as per the times given above and technical details below. Indian Standard Time: 7.00 to 10.30 pm Canadian / US Eastern Time: 9.30 am to 1.00 pm UK Time: 2.30 to 6.00 pm DTH broadcast service in USA (DIRECTV - World Direct Package - Channel No. 2005) DTH broadcast service in UK(BSKYB - Channel No. 808) DTH broadcast service in Canada(Rogers's Digital Cable via ATN) India, Asia, Africa, Australia & Europe (‘C-Band’) – Aastha TV & Aastha International – Free-to-Air Satellite Television Channels: In addition, the broadcast can be seen in USA on TV Asia and Sahara ONE (Dish Network). For USA : TV ASIA is available on Dish Network and cable SAHARA ONE is available on Dish Network, AASTHA TV is available on DIRECTV For Canada : ATN (AASTHA TV) http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIhindu/NRI_Temples/Canada/Ontario/Swaminarayan_Mandir/index.htm Haveli Commencement Ceremony Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 24, 2007 In case you hadnt noticed its end of August now. Lets look at the Ekadashi Darshan on Nar Narayan Dev and Ghanshyam Maharaj? Celina.. Wouldnt you say they really are beautiful? No? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
