PM Modi UAE-Qatar Visit Live Updates: PM Modi returns to India after his two-day visit to UAE

Hindu mandir inauguration UAE Live updates: PM Modi concluded his Qatar visit which he undertook after inaugurating BAPS mandir in UAE and landed in New Dehli late Thursday. PM Modi's visit came on heels of a major diplomatic triumph for India, in which eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar on espionage charges, were released by Doha on Monday.The BAPS Hindu Mandir, built on the gifted land in Abu Mureihah, Al Rahba area,close to the Abu Dhabi-Sweihan-Al road, near the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway. The temple features seven towers representing the seven emirates of the UAE. The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple will open for the public from March 1. The complex includes a visitors’ centre, prayer halls, exhibitions, learning areas, sports area for children and youth, thematic gardens, water features, a food court, book and gift shop and other facilities. As a place of harmony, it will welcome people of all faiths to experience and understand Hindu culture and spirituality, said BAPS. Stay with TOI for more updates:

02:39 (IST) Feb 14

BAPS Hindu Mandir Inauguration Live: Crafted entirely from stone, no Iron or Steel used

Spokesperson for the mandir explained adhering to the practice of ancient shrines, no iron or steel reinforcements have been used in the construction of this mandir and the sprawling temple has been entirely sculpted from stone. Elaborating on the process, he described, more than 20,000 tonnes of stone and marble have been shipped in more than 700 containers to Abu Dhabi over the past three years.

01:08 (IST) Feb 14

BAPS Hindu Mandir Inauguration Live: Dubai welcomes PM Modi with in unique way

Dubai's Burj Khalifa lit up with the words 'Guest of Honor-Republic of India' ahead of PM Modi's address to the World Government Summit

00:50 (IST) Feb 14

BAPS Hindu Mandir Inauguration Live: Symbolic unity on gifted ground

After years of dedicated efforts, BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi, with seven towers representing the seven emirates in the UAE has come up on that gifted land in Abu Mureikhah, Al Rahba area on the Abu Dhabi-Sweihan-Al Ain Road, close to the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway.

00:48 (IST) Feb 14

I am very thankful to the UAE Govt for their decision to allot land in order to build a mandir in Abu Dhabi. This is a great step.

PM Modi

00:46 (IST) Feb 14

BAPS Hindu Mandir Inauguration Live: In 2015, the UAE government allotted land for a Hindu mandir

Over the next two decades BAPS sadhus and devotees met community and government leaders to seek permission for land to build a mandir as envisioned by Swamishri.

00:45 (IST) Feb 14

PM Modi UAE Visit Live: BAPS temple a symbol of harmony and peace

Swamishri prayed for peace to prevail everywhere, all religions of all countries to have love for one another, countries to be free of internal enmity and prejudice and wished all nations progress. Of his own accord, he also sent out a prayer for a mandir be built in Abu Dhabi.

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00:44 (IST) Feb 14

PM Modi UAE Visit Live: BAPS Devotees Accompany Pramukh Swami Maharaj to Sharjah's Desert in 1997

On April 5, 1997, devotees took the then president of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a Hindu sect within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj to a desert area in Sharjah, UAE.