This year, the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, Hindu organization, is celebrating its 50th year in North America. So, when the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir of ...

Diwali is a culmination of celebration, prayer and community, honoring the Hindu “Festival of Lights” that signifies the ...

Among them is BAPS, or the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a worldwide religious and civic organization that now celebrates a 50-year presence in North America.

Others, like Patel's parents, relocated for years. Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, known as BAPS, is a sect of Hinduism that follows the teachings of Bhagwan ...

Thousands of Indian Americans gathered this week at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston's suburb of Stafford for Diwali, the annual festival celebrating the triumph of light over darkness and ...

"It comes down to our community being comfortable coming to the mandir and being able to cast their vote, versus going to Kroger or to other neighborhood community centers," Patel, 38, told me ...

BAPS stands for the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). The organisation is named after Bhagwan Swaminarayan, a religious leader who lived in the late 1700s. It is a ...

It stands as a masterpiece of Indian architecture. Its building was inspired by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual head of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha. Prem Mandir, ...

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In various temples, especially within the BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) community, the festival takes on a monumental scale. For instance, the Annakut celebration at the ...

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha invite you to celebrate Diwali, often referred to as the “Festival of Lights,” at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving on Saturday ...

The Karnataka High Court dismissed a case against two individuals accused of chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' in a mosque, stating it does not harm religious sentiments. The Karnataka High Court has ...