The sacred geography of the Indic world — every site mapped, dated, storied, and cited.
Vadtal, Kheda district, Gujarat · 22.5914°, 72.8739°
Built in fifteen months on land given by the devotee Joban Pagi, at Swaminarayan's own direction and under the architect Brahmanand Swami, and finished on 3 November 1824. Its nine-domed lotus plan and carved wooden pillars house the Laxminarayan Dev Gadi, the southern seat of the Swaminarayan movement; Gandhi spoke here in January 1921.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Swaminarayan is remembered as having played Holi in the eastern garden and swung on a twelve-door swing here, and as having had the Gomati lake dug, preaching the Vachanamrit on its bank.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Swaminarayan Sampradaya
Answers only from cited records
Opening the line…