Adjacent to the Shayona restaurant is the Akshar IT Centre, an adult learning centre providing government-accredited IT course to the public. Founded in by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, it follows the National Curriculum , while promoting aspects of Hinduism and Hindu culture , such as dance, music and language. The school's premises formerly housed Sladebrook High School, which closed in The GCSE results placed the school fourth among all independent schools in the country.
Before sunrise, the murtis which are adorned in their night attire are woken by the swamis and the shrine doors are opened for the Mangala Aarti , which is the first of five Aarti rituals offered during the day. Aarti is a ritual wherein a specific prayer is recited to a poetic format with music while the swamis wave a lighted lamp in front of the murtis.
The swamis recite some shlokas prayers , serve the deities, offer them food and bathe them, and close the shrine doors. The shrines are opened again for the second arti Shangar Arti. The shrines remain open from am to approximately am, when the shrines are closed and offered thal food for lunch. At The shrines are closed after this to allow the Deities to rest during the afternoon. The shrines re-open at pm pm on weekends until pm for darshan. The Sandhya Arti sunset arti follows at pm.
Thereafter, a selection of prayers are recited by the devotees including dhun where the names of God are chanted and verses of praise are sung. The shrines are closed again for approximately one hour so they can be offered their final meal by the swamis monks. The Deities are then prepared for the night and adorned in their evening attire by the swamis. The shrines are opened a final time for the Shayan Arti nighttime arti , with the lights dimmed and music lowered. The devotees recite a few hymns, gently sending the Deities to sleep, before the shrines are finally closed for the night.
In , Guinness World Records presented two certificates to recognise the world record of offering 1, vegetarian dishes during the Annakut Festival held at the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London on 27 October , and secondly to recognise the largest traditionally built Hindu temple outside India.
Reader's Digest featured the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir lauding its scale, intricate detail and the extraordinary story of how it was built and inspired by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
Copyright The image is from Wikipedia Commons. Wikipedia Page. Main article: The Swaminarayan School. Filmed by Jim Stephenson , the documentary is one of nine videos that will feature on Dezeen throughout Open House London to shine a light on rarely published places in the capital.
The temple was built with over tonnes of Bulgarian limestone and Italian Carrara marble, hand-carved in India by artisans. The 26, pieces of finished stone carvings were then sent to the UK to be assembled on-site by more than volunteers, without any reinforcing iron or steel. In the video, tour guide and head monk Yogvivekdas Swami explains the story of the temple's design, which was dictated by ancient texts called the Vastu Shastra.
The Vastu Shastra, which translates as "science of architecture", is a traditional Indian system of architecture that incorporates traditional Hindu beliefs and has informed the design of mandirs since BCE.
This means every detail of the temple's structure is intertwined with the traditions of the faith, beginning from the site selection right through to the final plans and materiality. Elements of the temple are also designed to represent parts of God's physical body, such as the kalash, a set of golden gilded urns, and overhead flags that symbolise the head and hair of God respectively. As media partner for Open House London , Dezeen is publishing a different video every day during the festival.
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