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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London

Neasden, London, United Kingdom

VerifiedDocumented history
Deities
Swaminarayan
Traditions
vaishnava
Worship status
active
Address
105-119 Brentfield Road, Neasden, London NW10 8LD
Coordinates
51.5475, -0.2617
Darshan hours
Varies by temple and season; consult the temple's own trust/management for the current daily schedule before visiting.
Best time to visit
Year-round; Diwali and Annakut (New Year) draw the largest crowds.
How to reach
In Neasden, northwest London, reachable via Neasden or Stonebridge Park underground stations.
Festivals
Diwali / Annakut (October/November)

Location

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Construction began in November 1992, and the Neasden Temple was completed and inaugurated on 20 August 1995 by Pramukh Swami Maharaj; at the time it was the largest Hindu temple outside India. It was built following traditional shilpa shastra methods using roughly 990 cubic meters of Bulgarian limestone and 700 cubic meters of Indian and Italian marble, carved in India by thousands of artisans before shipment to London for assembly without structural steel. It belongs to BAPS (Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha), part of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya (a Vaishnava tradition), and has become a landmark of British Hindu religious life.

Sources

  • historical record: Completion and inauguration on 20 August 1995 (by Pramukh Swami Maharaj), traditional shilpa-shastra construction method, and scale are extensively documented (including by BAPS' own published construction records and independent architecture press).
  • historical record: Cross-checked during verification pass against Wikipedia's account: construction began November 1992 (first stone laid June 1993); the mandir used roughly 990 cubic meters of Bulgarian limestone and 700 cubic meters of Indian/Italian marble, carved in India and shipped to London for assembly without steel; it is dedicated to Swaminarayan, Radha-Krishna, Rama-Sita, and Shiva-Parvati under the BAPS (Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) organization, part of the Vaishnava Swaminarayan Sampradaya.
  • historical record: Wave 2 coordinate re-verification: the previously recorded coordinates (51.5528, -0.2706) were roughly 0.85 km off. Corrected against Wikipedia's infobox for 'BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London' (51°32'51"N 0°15'42"W) and cross-checked via OpenStreetMap Nominatim for the temple's actual address, 105-119 Brentfield Road, Neasden, London NW10 8LD, which returned a matching point within ~20 m.