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Early modern · Hindu · India
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada
Gadhada, Gujarat · 21.9666°, 71.5748°
Radha Krishna (as Gopinath), with HarikrishnaSwaminarayan Sampradaya—
Sacred since
1828 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1828 (Swaminarayan)
Swaminarayan Sampradaya
History & significance
One of the six temples raised by Swaminarayan himself, opened on 9 October 1828 in the courtyard of Dada Khachar's residence at Gadhada on land the family donated. The two-storey, three-domed shrine stands on a raised plinth with an assembly hall, pilgrim lodgings and kitchens, and in 2012 became the first temple in Gujarat to receive golden spires.