Bahrain will turn out to be the second nation within the Center East the place the Hindu domination Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) could have a conventional temple of their very own, following the development within the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. In addition they have centres in different Gulf states.
Information of the announcement was made yesterday on Twitter by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who spoke to Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, the Supreme Commander and prime minister of the dominion.
“Had a heat dialog with HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain. Thanked him for the Kingdom’s consideration to the wants of the Indian group, together with current resolution on land allotment for the Swaminarayan temple,” Modi revealed.
We thank PM Shri Narendra Modi & HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa for his or her historic resolution to grant land for BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir. Allow us to collectively create a spot of concord, peace and repair in Bahrain. @narendramodi @BahrainCPNews pic.twitter.com/izjlrR9rOi
— BAPS (@BAPS) February 1, 2022
In response to Modi’s announcement, the official account of BAPS expressed gratitude to each the Bahraini and Indian management for the transfer.
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The sect’s non secular chief Brahmavihari Swami has additionally met with Bahrain’s King Hamad and Prince Salman on earlier events and is presently overseeing the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi, which is anticipated to be accomplished by late 2023 and would be the nation’s first conventional Hindu temple constructed of stone. Individually, a new Hindu temple is being constructed in Dubai’s Jebel Ali to be inaugurated in Could this 12 months and is adjoining to the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara of the Sikh religion.
Though its roots date again farther, the BAPS sect was formally established in 1907 in Gujarat, India and has over a million devotees around the globe. Late final 12 months, the organisation was accused of utilizing compelled labour at temples throughout the US, with a whole bunch of low-caste staff from India exploited, in keeping with the FBI who raided a New Jersey temple in Could.
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