The Foundation Stone
Laying Festival
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Akshar Dhwani
Band, Dallas, welcomes Swamishri at the new site |
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Thakorji is
carried in a decorated palanquin |
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Swamishri in
a swan-chariot |
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![Swamishri blessing the assembly](126-12Ah.jpg) |
The packed evening
assembly |
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The youths
and kishores enact the steadfastness of Abhaysinh Darbar |
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Swamishri blessing
the assembly |
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"True happiness
is the happiness of God..." |
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Performing arti
of Thakorji |
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'Swaminarayan
Nagar' created at the new mandir site |
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Swamishri participating
in the maha-puja as part of the Shilanyas ceremony |
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Devotees in
the maha-puja ceremony |
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Performing Vedic
pujan of the stones to be laid in the foundation with kumkum, flowers
and panchamrut |
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![Swamishri, Shri Rajnikant Verma - Indian High Commissioner and Shri Chandra Mohan Bhandari - Consul General of India participate in the rituals](127-17h.jpg) |
Performing
Vedic pujan of the stones to be laid in the foundation with kumkum, flowers
and panchamrut |
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After laying
the stones Swamishri sprinkles water, flowers, kumkum and rice grains
as part of the rituals |
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Swamishri,
Shri Rajnikant Verma - Indian High Commissioner and Shri Chandra Mohan
Bhandari - Consul General of India participate in the rituals |
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![Mayor Mel Lastman of Toronto presents the Key to the City](127-36h.jpg) |
Welcoming Bob
Kaplan, ex-Solicitor General of Canada |
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In concluding
the Shilanyas ceremony Swamishri performs arti with the dignitaries |
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Mayor Mel Lastman
of Toronto presents the Key to the City |
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