BAPS Leicester

Guru Purnima You and your family are warmly invited to join us for our Guru Purnima Celebrations at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Leicester. 📅 Wednesday 29 July 2026 🍽️ Mahaprasad: 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm 🕖 Utsav Sabha: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm 📍 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Leicester Let us come together to honour and express our devotion to our Guru through bhakti and kirtans. We look forward to your presence. Jay Swaminarayan 🙏🏼

Wednesday 27 July 1977 Adhik Shravan sud 11 Leicester Wellingborough Morning departure from Leicester for Wellingborough. Afternoon sabha held at Technical College in Wellingborough.

Tuesday 26 July 1977 Adhik Shravan sud 10 Leicester Padhramanis in Leicester. Evening sabha in Leicester

Monday 25 July 1977 Adhik Shravan sud 9 Leicester Rugby Nuneaton Leicester Padhramanis in Rugby, Nuneaton and Leicester. Evening Satsang sabha in Leicester.

Smruti video of Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami performing murti pratishtha. (View time: 47 seconds)

24 July 1977 Adhik Shravan sud 8, VS 2033 Leicester, UK Murti Pratishtha Satsang had been established in Leicester following Yogiji Maharaj’s visit in 1970, and further consolidated by Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s vicharan in 1974. The local devotees were inspired by Swamishri to search for a place to worship. On the morning of Sunday 24 July 1977, Swamishri joined 70 devotees in the yagna ceremony, before consecrating the murtis of Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj at the new mandir in Leicester on 148 Doncaster Road, the third Akshar-Purushottam mandir in the UK. [The murtis were later moved to larger premises at 3 St. James Street in 1979, where they remained until the opening of the new mandir in Leicester on 9 October 2011.]

Sunday 24 July 1977 Adhik Shravan sud 8 Leicester Opening of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Leicester. Pramukh Swami Maharaj opens the third BAPS mandir in the UK, on 148 Doncaster Road in Leicester. Morning Yagna Ceremony held to mark the pratishtha with the participation of 70 yajmans. Leicester Mandir Murti Pratishtha Utsav in afternoon.

🎵 In readiness of HH Mahant Swami Maharaj’s arrival, a form has been prepared for all those who are interested in performing or presenting during Swamishri’s morning puja. 📋 Information Required: 1. Your details 2. A sample recording of your performance (vocal or instrumental) 3. Your availability 🔗 Register here for puja auditions. ⏳ Deadline: Friday 31 July 2026 ⚠ Please Note: • Only form submissions will be considered for puja darshan days (including special dins), subject to capability and availability.⁠ Submitting this form does not in any way guarantee a puja spot. • Consideration will be given to those who demonstrate a good standard of vocal or instrumental performance, are actively involved in sangit seva, and have not previously had the opportunity to perform during Swamishri’s puja. • Due to expected high demand, many applicants will not get a slot; please prepare for this and not let it affect your enjoyment of the labh of HH Mahant Swami Maharaj's puja or samagam.

Saturday 23 July 1977 Adhik Shravan sud 7 Leicester Derby Nottingham Mansfield Loughborough Leicester Padhramanis in Derby, Nottingham, Mansfield and Loughborough. Evening sabha at Granby Sports Hall, Leicester Arrival at Leicester utaro at 11.30pm. Preparations ongoing for murti-pratishtha in Leicester.