Country United States Location Weehawken Phone +1 201-865-3987 | State New Jersey Date built May 24, 1987 Year built 24 May 1987 | |
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Primary deity Swaminarayan and Narnarayan Dev Address 4 Louisa Pl, Union City, NJ 07087, USA Similar Shri Swaminarayan Mandir - C, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir - B, Swaminarayan Museum, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir - O | ||
The Swaminarayan Mandir in Weehawken, New Jersey is the first Swaminarayan temple in the United States. It is the national headquarters of the ISSO and comes under the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. Today there are four Swaminarayan temples in New Jersey alone.
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History of ISSO in New Jersey
The first Dev Mandir in the United States was set up in the basement of a house of a devotee in New Jersey in 1981. The Dev Mandir existed here until 1986.
History of this temple
The Historical Landmark, First Church Of Christian Scientist, was purchased in Weehawken, New Jersey on the bank of Hudson River with a view of the high-rise buildings of New York City in 1986. On May 24, 1987, Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj conducted the Murti Pratishtha ceremony (invocation of gods) in the first Swaminarayan Temple in USA at Weehawken. Swaminarayan occupies the principal seat of this temple. The occasion was celebrated by satsangis from various parts of the USA, UK, Africa and India.
The procession with the idols began at Colonial Park, West New York and New Jersey on the Blvd East Road, overseeing the bank of Hudson River. With extraordinary floats and the Weehawken Mayor Mr. Richard F. Turner as Guest of Honor and assemblyman Mr. Octovio Alfonso in presence the procession began towards the temple.