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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Houston
Locality/village : Stafford
State : Houston
Country : USA
Best Season To Visit : All
Languages : Hindi & English
Temple Timings : 9.00 AM and 9.00 PM.
Photography : Not Allowed
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Houston
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston is the first traditional Hindu Mandir of its kind in North America. It’s a haven for spirituality and a place of paramount peace. It is also a center vibrant with social, cultural, and spiritual activities. The Mandir was inaugurated in July of 2004 after only 16 months of construction time utilizing 1.3 million volunteer hours. The Mandir is comprised of 2 types of stone (exterior Turkish Limestone and interior Italian marble). More than 33,000 individual pieces were carved by hand in India, shipped to the USA and assembled in Stafford, TX like a giant 3-D puzzle. People come to experience living Hinduism and the peace and tranquility that the sacred Mandir and Murtis provide.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Houston
In the early 1970’s and 80’s a handful of Swaminarayan devotees in the Houston area began meeting at each other’s homes on a weekly basis to hold religious gatherings. As the number of devotees and the Asian Indian community in the surrounding area steadily increased, a special place of worship was needed, and with the help of devotees from around the southwestern states, a Hindu Mandir in 1988 was inaugurated on a five acre land adjancent to where the current traditional Mandir stands.
The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which is headed by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, is a denomination of the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. The mandir, located in the Houston suburb of Stafford was built in 28 months and consists of 33,000 pieces of hand-carved Italian marble and Turkish limestone. The mandir is the largest of its kind in Texas and was constructed according to guidelines outlined in ancient Hindu scriptures. The grounds spread over 22 acres and in addition to the mandir, include a haveli and the Understanding Hinduism exhibition. The haveli is a cultural center in which weekly congregations are held. The Understanding Hinduism exhibition provide visitors with a foundation of the key tenets of Hinduism. The mandir is open daily for worship and to visitors.
Mandir campus
• 9:00 am – 9:00 pm daily
Sacred shrines darshan
• 7:30 am – 10:30 am
• 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
• 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• 8:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Arti
• Shangar: 7:30 am
• Rajbhog: 11:30 am
• Sandhya: 7:00 pm
• Shayan: 8:30 pm
Nilkanth Varni Abhishek
• Mon/ Fri
• 7:30 am – 8:00 am
• 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
• 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Sat/Sun
• 7:30 am – 10:30 am
• 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
• 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• 8:30 pm – 8:45 pm
The Mandir’s journey consists of many continents from the origination of each stone to the craftmanship of ancient traditions to volunteerism. The true spirit of seva, or selfless volunteering, continues to live on in this mandir just as it does in every BAPS project. Some two million man hours of labor have gone into building this special house of worship, with high school and college students foregoing their summer vacations to sweat in the Texas summer heat to make this project a success. Along with the young, many professionals and business people, including both men and women, had temporarily put their lives on hold to ensure that the traditional mandir would be completed by the end of July.
