Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi (EASS Temple)

The oldest Swaminarayan Organisation in Kenya, founded in Nairobi in 1932, as East Africa Satsang Mandal, to serve as a meeting point for all Swaminarayan Devotees in the Region.[1] The East Africa Swaminarayan Satsang Temple, Nairobi was built in 1945. It was the first Swaminarayan temple to be built outside the Indian subcontinent as well as the first on the continent of Africa.[2]

East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple
(EASSTemple)
East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictParklands
DeitySwaminarayan
Location
LocationNairobi
StateNairobi
CountryKenya
Geographic coordinates1°16′6″S 36°48′58″E
Architecture
Date establishedYear 1932
CompletedYear 1945
Monument(s)7
Website
www.easstemple.com

History of this temple

Pictorial images of Swaminarayan were consecrated in India and were then shipped to Nairobi in 1945.[2] In 1957, Acharya Maharajshree Tejendraprasad Pande (in his Pre-Acharya status) on behalf of his father (who was then Acharya), visited the temple for the first time and installed images of Swaminarayan in the ladies section.[2]

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References
  1. Cynthia Salvadori (1989). Through Open Doors: A View of Asian Cultures in Kenya. East African Publishers. ISBN 9966848053.p.206
  2. Raymond Brady Williams (2001). An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. p. 206. ISBN 0-521-65422-X. swaminarayan temple bhuj.p.206


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