Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj
Narnarayan Dev murti at this temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictKutch
Deity
FestivalsJanmashtami, Holi, Radhastami, Diwali
Location
LocationBhuj
StateGujarat
CountryIndia
Map
Interactive map of Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj
Architecture
CreatorShri Swaminarayan
Completed15 May 1823
Website
www.swaminarayan.faith

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj (Devnagari: श्री स्वामिनारायण मंदिर, भुज) is a Hindu temple in Bhuj. This temple was constructed by Swaminarayan, founder of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. The temple is dedicated to Nar Narayan.[1][2]

History

Bhuj Swaminarayan Temple Logo
The temple, part destroyed by the earthquake
Main gate of the temple

This mandir comes under the Narnarayan Dev Gadi. According to legend, senior devotees Gangarambhai jethi Sundarjibhai, Jigneshwarbhai and others from the Bhuj region of Kutch went to Gadhada where Swaminarayan was attending a Fuldol festival. In that festival, the devotees of Bhuj met Swaminarayan and requested him to construct a temple in Bhuj.[3]

Swaminarayan asked Vaishnavananand Swami to proceed with a team of the saints to Bhuj and construct a temple. Vaishnavanand Swami and the accompanying saints went to Bhuj in 1822, camped at the place neighbouring the land of temple drew plans of the temple, complex, executed the plans with minute details and within a short span of one year, they built a temple abode of Nar Narayan Dev.[3]

Gujarat earthquake

New Temple

The earthquake on 26 January 2001 destroyed much of the city of Bhuj, including this temple. There are plans to construct a new temple a short distance away from the site.[4][5]

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