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                Foundation 
                  Laid for the Majestic Temple in Durgapur:
 Swamishri 
                was now disposing of all the remaining assignments expeditiously. 
                Shriji Maharaj had desired to build a temple on a hillock In Gadhada. 
                This land jointly belonged to Dada Khacher and Jeeva Khacher. 
                Dada Khachar was willing to part with his interest in the land, 
                but Jeeva Khachar refused to do so. This work could not, therefore, 
                be taken up. Shriji Maharaj then said: "A big temple shall 
                be built here in the future and my idol along with that of My 
                choicest devotee shall be installed therein."In order to fulfil this desire of Shriji Maharaj, Swamishri made 
                serious attempts to get this particular land on the hillock. But 
                the opponents exerted their influence through the Bhavnagar State 
                authorities with a view that Swamishri should not be able to acquire 
                that land. And the State, too, decided that the sale of that land 
                to Shastri Yagnapurushdasji should be prohibited.
 When Swamishri learnt about this he declared, "Since this 
                is the wish of Shriji Maharaj, He will certainly get the land 
                for us even by using His anythakartum (to perform the impossible; 
                supernatural) powers and for this purpose, He will bring about 
                a change of power in the State." And indeed India became 
                independent. The Princely States merged with the Indian union. 
                Bhavnagar State lost its identity, and Govindsinh Chudasana, a 
                favourite of Swamishri, was appointed as the District Collector 
                of Bhavnagar. Through his efforts this land in Gadhada was acquired 
                without any difficulty.
 The eleventh day of the dark half of Kartik of Samvat year 2006 
                was fixed for laying the foundation stone of the temple. This 
                ceremony was performed at the hands of His Highness Krishna Kumar 
                Sinhji, the former Maharaja of Bhavnagar, who was then the Governor 
                of Madras. On this occasion, he said: "Swamishri is the most 
                eminent saint in the whole of India. The temple at Gadhada will 
                become the best and the greatest of all temples in the country."
 It was only Swamishri and none else, who in fulfilment of the 
                wishes of Shriji Maharaj, had the power to build a beautiful temple 
                entirely made of marble, at an expenditure of thousands of rupees 
                on the hillock on the banks of the river Ghela.
 
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