Shri Swaminarayan Temple, Wheeling is a
Swaminarayan Hindu temple located in the
Chicago suburb of
Wheeling. It comes under the
International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal
The International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal (ISSM) is a religious organisation of the Hindu faith based in USA. It comes under the Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi of the Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday. The organisation has temples and centres in various pa ...
(
Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi) of the
Swaminarayan Sampraday
The Swaminarayan Sampradaya, also known as Swaminarayan Hinduism and Swaminarayan movement, is a Hindu Vaishnava sampradaya rooted in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita, characterized by the Bhakti, worship of its Charismatic authority, charismati ...
. The temple is also a member of the
International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation
Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj (who was then Acharya of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (Ahmedabad Gadi)) founded International Swaminarayan Satsang Organization (I.S.S.O.) (Devanagari: अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्वामी ...
.
Opened on 26 May 1991 by ''Acharya Shree Ajendraprasadji Maharaj'', it is built on two acres of land.
Built at a cost of $1.7 million, it is a tri-
spire temple with the spires adorning the front edge of the flat topped building. Surrounded by industrial structures, it is a square-shaped, cream coloured structure with a big prayer hall that caters to a 40,000 strong community and is run entirely by volunteers. The image of Swaminarayan is worshipped in pictorial form along with other avatars of Narayana.
See also
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Swaminarayan
Swaminarayan (IAST: ', 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and Asceticism, ascetic, who is believed by followers to be a manifestation of God Krishna, or as the highest Theophany, manifestation of ...
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External links
Official Swaminarayan Temple Wheeling websiteOfficial Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi website
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Hindu temples in Illinois
Religious buildings and structures in Cook County, Illinois
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1991
Swaminarayan temples
1991 establishments in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Cook County, Illinois
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