mandapam_sahajanand_mandap

Resting on eight-sided pillars is a 32-ft high saucer-shaped dome, at whose center lies a beautiful stone murti of Bhagwan Swaminarayan seated beneath a sprawling neem tree. The mandapam gets its name from the name, Sahajanand Swami, given to Bhagwan Swaminarayan when he was initiated as an ascetic. Soon after, at age 21, Sahajanand Swami gave his followers the ‘Swaminarayan’ mantra and founded the Swaminarayan fellowship, beginning his divine mission of spreading ekantik dharma. Soon he came to be popularly known as Bhagwan Swaminarayan.