It Took 12 Years and $96 Million to Build a Temple in New Jersey
The author at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey, with her grandparents. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The Free Press)
But we Hindus don’t even need a place to practice our religion. The Free Press’s Kiran Sampath reports.
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Recently, on the day of Diwali, I walked barefoot with my grandparents into the largest Hindu temple outside of Asia.
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir—set on a 180-acre lot in Robbinsville, New Jersey—opened about a month ago. It’s made of more than 1.9 million cubic feet of off-white stone, and its spire rises 191 feet. It’s stunning.
There are a litt…
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