About 2,000 people, largely of Indian descent, gathered in Franklin Township in New Jersey July 4 to witness the Khat Muhurat, or ground breaking ceremony of Trimandir – a temple representing the essence of the three major religions of India.
The ceremony was performed by Pujya Deepakbhai Desai, the current torch-bearer of Akram Vignan, a new spiritual science which shows a short-cut path to self-realization. This path was revealed to Shri Dada Bhagwan in 1958.
Trimandir, which essentially means ‘Three Temples in One’, was conceived by Dada Bhagwan to propagate reverence among people to bring purity in religion by rising above sectarian mindsets. The temple provides a unifying platform where gods of Jainism, Shivaism and Vaishnavism, along with gods and goddesses of other religions share equal reverence.
This will be the first Trimandir to be built outside of India and is sponsored by the Dada Bhagwan Vignan Institute (DBVI) – a non-profit run by volunteers with chapters in major cities of United States and Canada.
The concept of Soul has been central to major religions of India. The religion of Soul emerges and flourishes in the presence of Gnanis, or self enlightened human beings, and Tirthankars – omniscient embodiment of the Absolute Self – who exist for exclusive service to the spiritual liberation of others.
Dada Bhagwan (1908-1988) was a Gnani who devoted his life to perpetuating the religion of the Soul, the Self. Dadashri has said that man cannot learn the essence of religion unless his prejudice towards other religions is broken. This is why he initiated the concept of Trimandir.
Dignitaries, who were at hand during the brick-laying ceremony, included Chris Kelly, Mayor of Franklin Township, deputy mayor Kimberly Francois, councilmen Rajiv Prasad and Theodore Chase as well as community leader Dr. Sudhir Parikh, recipient of 2010 Padma Shri Award and Publisher of Desi Talk.
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