Historic Shilanyas Ceremony to take place for the UAE’s first Traditional Hindu Temple

- February 11, 2019 , by Maagulf
Historic Shilanyas Ceremony to take place for the UAE’s first Traditional Hindu Temple

Abu Dhabi: The Shilanyas ceremony is a sacred Hindu ritual wherein the first foundation stones are sanctified and fixed in the ground as the base of the Mandir. Then the Mandir's foundations will be made on these sacred stones. The Prime Minister had launched the project last year by performing the first rites of Bhumipujan - sanctification of the land. Thereafter, plans were drawn and redrawn to design a complete master plan to meet the smallest cultural and spiritual need. This year, after these ceremonies, construction will begin in the Year of Tolerance.

His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj, the spiritual leader of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, will be making his first official visit to the UAE from 18 to 29 April. He will preside over the Shilanyas Vidhi on 20th April with members of the leadership of this nation. Aside from this, His Holiness will perform morning prayers every day of which all are welcome for darshan. The exact location and time of these daily prayers are not yet finalised.

On that historic day, yajmans will participate in a special ceremony. And those who wish to become yajmans can contact [email protected]. However, one and all are welcome from 2pm onwards to have darshan of the foundation stones and also have a chance to sprinkle flowers as prayers for the temple. All of this will happen at the BAPS Hindu Mandir site.

This complex is going to be a special place which has been designed to be an architectural ode to the value of human harmony as espoused by the UAE and India. The designs of the complex are now being finalised and will be going through approval processes. The Mandir work in India is also completing its design stages and pink stone from Rajasthan and marble from Macedonia will reach the sculpting sites in the coming months for the craftsmen to begin work.  

“The love and kindness shown by HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the UAE government cannot be expressed into words. Time and time again they have encouraged us and gone out of their way to aid us on this project. This time, to ensure the Temple premises can serve the Hindu and wider community effectively, they have graciously given an additional 13.5 Acres of land for parking purposes” said Pujya Brahmavihari Swami. 

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