Tag: Hindu temple

I biked to a guided tour of the ginormous Hindu temple in Robbinsville, N.J.

Go on the free tour of this Hindu temple, or Mandir, in Central Jersey.

You need lots superlatives when describing this Hindu temple, or Mandir, in Central Jersey. Largest outside India is one.

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Discovering an elaborate marble-covered Hindu temple in central New Jersey

It was 60 degrees in January. We had to go for a bike ride.

When it tops 60 degrees in January, how do you not go for a bike ride? And so we did, riding a loop of nearly 20 miles with the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville as our midway destination.

A mandir is a Hindu temple, and this one is immense — I would call it the equivalent of a cathedral. It’s been open for about 5 1/2 years and is part of a five-building complex still under construction. Like a cathedral, you can come in for services, pray on your own or just gawk at marble carvings.

UPDATE: The temple is now finished.

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