It is vital to preserve the natural surroundings and traditions of the traditional punya kshetras, while also celebrating the building of large and joyous new temples by modern sampradayas such as the BAPS Swaminarayan community
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Talking about the Ram Temple, he said: “A centuries-old dream was fulfilled. All of India and every Indian is still cherishing that feeling. It was said that 'Modiji is the biggest priest'. I don't know if I have the qualifications of a temple priest, but I am proud to be a priest of Maa Bharti (Mother India).”
Scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (February 14), the UAE temple is among 1,200 such temples built and managed by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.