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BAPS Temple
Narendra Modi inaugurated the BAPS Temple in the UAE last year. Photo Courtesy: PIB

More than 2.5 million people from different religions have visited BAPS Temple in Abu Dhabi past year, says Brahmavihari Swami

| @indiablooms | Apr 14, 2025, at 05:34 pm

Spiritual leader Brahmavihari Swami has said more than 2.5 million people from different religions, races and regions visited the BAPS Temple in Abu Dhabi in the past year.

He said the place has become a spiritual oasis for global harmony.

Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the Global Justice, Love, and Peace Summit in Dubai on Sunday, Brahmavihari Swami said that the temple was gifted by Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, guided by Mahant Swami Maharaj, and has been the integral effort of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, he said, believes in creating more harmony across India and the world.

About the response received by BAPS Temple in Abu Dhabi, he said, “In the last one year, more than 2.5 million people have come, and people have come not just from the Hindu community, from across world, religions and races and regions. The Mandir itself, the journey itself was one of harmony, where more than 70,000 people have come forward to place a brick to make the mandir and the mandir that has been made, it has become a spiritual oasis for global harmony where people come, pray, and go back with greater joy and love in their own life.”

“So, it shows that religions can coexist, that countries can help one another, where culture can no longer be a point of conflict, but it creates cohesion. So, the Mandir in Abu Dhabi, which has been gifted by the generous generosity of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the entire family and which has been actually guided by His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj Maharaj and inspired by him, but it has been the integral effort of our Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi, who genuinely believes in creating more harmony across our nation and across the world,” he added.

The temple was inaugurated by Indian PM Narendra Modi on February 14, 2024.

Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence for the UAE attended the inauguration ceremony.

Dubai hosted the  Global Justice, Love, and Peace Summit on April 12-13.

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