• Jan 25 2016
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ISKCON Temple RAJKOT

Twelve hundred devotees from all over India and the rest of the world, as well as thousands of locals, gathered to celebrate the opening of a gorgeous new ISKCON temple in Rajkot, Gujarat. The festival was centered around Rama Navami and ran from April 12thto 14th. 

The event was particularly joyous because it was the realization of a long-term dream by disciples of the late ISKCON guru Mahavishnu Swami.

Construction began twelve years ago, starting after Mahavishnu Swami performed the Bhumi Puja or groundbreaking ceremony in 2007, and going on under his guidance.

Soon after, however, devotees encountered struggles with raising money for the project, and construction stopped. Advising them not to use a loan and get into debt, Mahavishnu Swami asked them to build only as they got the money. In 2010, he passed away, and devotees continued on whenever they could as a labor of love.