Exploring the Hindu Temples in the heart of London (HD Video)

If you are in London and you would like to see something unusual, then I would suggest you visit the two extraordinary beautiful Hindu Temples at Neasden and Wembley.

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Neasden (also commonly known as the Neasden Temple), is a Hindu temple in the London Borough of Brent in northwest London, England. Built entirely using traditional methods and materials, Neasden’s Swaminarayan Mandir has been described as being Britain’s first authentic Hindu temple.  It was also Europe’s first traditional Hindu stone temple, as distinct from converted secular buildings. It is a part of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) organisation and was inaugurated on August 20, 1995 by Pramukh Swami Maharaj. (source Wikipedia)

The Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir (roughly translated as “All-inclusive Hindu temple”) is the name of another Hindu temples in London, situated in Wembley and the other in Whipps Cross near Leytonstone. They are run by charity Shri Vallabh Nidhi UK.  (The same charity runs another temple situated off the Ealing Road).

The temples follow Sanatan Dharma, and in common with other temples called Sanatan their intention is to be non-sectarian and ecumenical.

The Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir at Wembley was opened in the Summer of 2010, took 14 years to build, and is made entirely of imported Indian limestone. It was constructed according to the scriptures of the Hindu holy texts, and so contains no steel supports. Its site has an area of 2.4 acres (9,700 m²). (source Wikipedia)

I have visited both the Neasden and Wembley temples in the afternoon of Saturday 19 December 2015 by using London public transport as follows:

Bus 6 from Stop E Marble Arch/Edgware Rd – Ride 24 stops (29 min) to Stop HE The Oaks and take Bus 206 and ride 12 stops (17 min) to Stop K Swaminarayan temple and walk 3 min.

Bus 224 from Stop J Swaminarayan temple directionWembley Stadium – ride 23 stops (35 min) and stop at Alperton Station to visit Sanatan Hindu Mandir Temple Wembley – nearest tube Ө Alperton.

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