On a recent trip to the world-famous marble Swaminarayan temple here in the UK, I had the presence of mind to take along my Sony T3 digicam. I was also lucky enough to arrive there in the mid.late evening around the time of sunset. This contributed to a cool-blue sky for a background that produced some beautiful shadows.
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If anyone would like to see more of my pics of this temple, please go
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Radhe!
As far as I am aware, they follow a theology and moral code set out by a spiritual leader named Sahajanand Swami, whom they revere as an incarnation of God (Bhagavan Swaminarayan). The two most referred scriptures in their tradition are the 'Shiksapatri' and the 'Vachanamritam,' and they claim to follow the Sri Vaishnava school of Vedanta via Ramanand Swami. You can find out more info
here and
here. The website of the famous Neasden temple photographed above is
here.