BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Very peaceful place.

Temple capacity 200+ people in one time Open space to pray and gifts shop too.nI wish if they offer somemore verities in gift store.

They started out very welcoming several weeks ago. This is a place with the same founder as the hare Krishna guy, but for native Indians. They were a little pushy about my buying something; but it was cheap, and they let me have it for, essentially, a discount. They had me fill out this insane card with all this personal information. It made me a little uncomfortable.nnThey told me to come back at 4PM next week. And though the gift shop keeper sold me a charm for a very low price, and replaced it when ai broke it for free, which was cool, they had cancelled the service, I was told.nnSo two weeks later I come back at four and there's no service there again. So I go downstairs and finally find a prayer like some music and the speaker in their native language that I obviously couldn't follow. They weren't being too friendly I felt an edge to a young fella telling me what was going on I finally got the information the services at 7 I come a long distance now to X cannot find the service. So when I finally did come at 7 the service was nice but there's this guy who have been really rude and yeah yeah that's who I talk to you before that said to come at 4 almost if you didn't believe me perhaps. He now want me to fill out the information form again they lost it with tons of personal information instead of an apology they was rudely demanded a form and then wouldn't let me participate anymore if I didn't fill out the form the card again so I'm just like all right you know F this place. They're kind of cultists.

To many Westerners Hindu religion and Hindu temples are a bit to exotic and even somewhat foreboding, especially when we happen to be somewhat neophobic. But the Hindu people are friendly here and the glances of the deities merciful.

Nice devotional and spiritual place for meditation and prayers