Devotees
gather outside the main gate of Akshardham for the re-opening
ceremony
Brick for the ritual auspicious
splitting of coconut
Devotees gather outside the main
gate of Akshardham for the reopening ceremony
At 9.34 a.m. Vedic
mantras of Shanti Path and worship being performed as part of
reopening ceremony
Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami splits
the coconut
... then unties the nada chhadi
Sadhus and devotees walk towards
the main monument chanting the Swaminarayan mahamantra
Sadhus and devotees walk
towards the main monument chanting the Swaminarayan mahamantra
The
chanting of the holy names of Bhagwan Swaminarayan - Janmangal
namavali - is recited in the monument sanctum before the
murti of Bhagwan Swaminarayan
The chanting of the
holy names of Bhagwan Swaminarayan - Janmangal namavali - is
recited in the monument sanctum before the murti of Bhagwan
Swaminarayan
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is performed and finally the reopening ceremony concludes
with mantra pushpanjali (offering of flowers)