BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Avondale

Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand

Pending reviewDocumented history

Deities

Swaminarayan

Traditions

vaishnava

Worship status

active

Darshan hours

Varies by season; consult BAPS's own website for the current daily schedule before visiting.

Best time to visit

Year-round; major Swaminarayan festivals such as Diwali/Annakut are likely to draw the largest gatherings.

How to reach

In the Avondale suburb of Auckland, New Zealand; consult BAPS's own website for current directions.

Location

Search for "BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Avondale" on Google Maps

This temple's exact coordinates aren't confirmed yet, so the link above searches by name and city rather than pointing to a verified spot.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Avondale, Auckland, is described in available sourcing as the second mandir of the Swaminarayan Sampraday tradition established in New Zealand, following the Papatoetoe-based Shri Swaminarayan Mandir run by the International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation (ISSO) — a related but organizationally separate Swaminarayan body. This Avondale mandir instead belongs to the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), the same global organization operating mandirs already documented elsewhere in this directory across Australia and New Zealand, including in Christchurch and Rotorua.

Like other BAPS mandirs, it follows the Akshar-Purushottam theological lineage within Swaminarayan Vaishnavism, centering worship on Bhagwan Swaminarayan. Beyond its existence and Auckland suburb, further institutional details — its exact address, founding or consecration date, and regular festival calendar — were not confirmed in the source consulted this pass.

Sources

historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in New Zealand' article, which lists 'BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Avondale, Auckland' among Auckland's Hindu temples, and describes it as the second Mandir of the Swaminarayan Sampraday established in New Zealand (the first being the already-documented Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Papatoetoe, Auckland, run by the International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation — a related but organizationally distinct Swaminarayan body from BAPS). The official BAPS global-network website could not be directly reached this pass (access error), so this entry rests on the Wikipedia listing without independent primary-source cross-check.

For review

Sourced only from a Wikipedia listing (name and suburb, no address or founding date, no inline citation); the official BAPS website could not be reached this pass to independently confirm the temple's exact address, founding date, or current operating status. Included on the strength of BAPS being a well-documented global organization already represented elsewhere in this directory (including other Australia and New Zealand mandirs), but this entry should be treated as needing further verification, particularly to confirm it is organizationally and physically distinct from the already-listed Papatoetoe Swaminarayan mandir rather than an alternate name for it.