From the conceptual design and vision of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the architect C. B. Sompura and his team created the mandir entirely from stone.
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It is a part of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) organization and was inaugurated on August 20, 1995 by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
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Light cream Vartza limestone from Bulgaria was chosen for the exterior, and for the interior, Italian Carrara marble supplemented by Indian Ambaji marble.
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A cultural centre, known as the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Haveli, designed in traditional Gujarati haveli architecture, housing an assembly hall, gymnasium, bookshop, and offices.
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, or simply the Neasden Temple, located off Brentfield Road, is a Hindu temple which opened in 1995.
The next traffic lights are notable for the IKEA store on the northwest side and the Neasden temple to the southeast (not visible), and the road twists fairly sharply left to cross the railway, originally in order to avoid housing and to run across more empty land past the Welsh Harp Reservoir.
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