Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera
The temple at Dholera
Geography
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Location	Dholera
Culture
Primary deity	Madan Mohan Dev
History and governance
Date built	May 19, 1826
Creator	Swaminarayan

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera is a Hindu temple in Dholera, India, and is one of six Shri Swaminarayan Temples built by Swaminarayan.

Dholera itself is an ancient port-city, 30 km from Dhandhuka of Ahmedabad district.

The making this temple with three spires was supervised and planned by Nishkulanand Swami, Atmanand Swami, Akshardanand Swami and Dharmprasad Swami.

The land on which the building is sited was donated by Darbar Punjabhai. Swaminarayan, when camping in Kamiala, was requested by the devotees Shri Punjabhai and others, to go to Dholera to install idols in the new temple in Dholera. Swaminarayan asked Brahmin priests to find out an auspicious time for the installation ceremony.

Swaminarayan graced Dholera on the request from Punjabhai and other devotees, and on May 19, 1826 and installed the idols of Madan Mohan dev and his own form, Harikrishna Maharaj, at the principal seat of the temple amidst Vedic hymns. Swaminarayan then appointed Adbhutanand Swami as the temple's mahant.

Besides the deities in the inner temple and Garbhagriha, Hanuman and Ganapati grace Roop Chowki near the main stairway of the temple. On the west, near the steps, there are the idols of Sheshashayi, Suryanarayan, Dharm-Bhakti and Ghanshyam Maharaj. The idols of Shankar and Parvati are on the right hand side.