
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Hindu Temple) and Cultural Center will become a new center for the ongoing spiritual, social and charitable work of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. The new complex will be built on a 20- acre site, just northeast of the 71 Freeway, set between Monte Vista and Central Avenues in the City of Chino Hills, California.
The cultural complex will become a unique resource for Chino Hills, and also will generate ancillary economic benefits. The project will beautify the freeway corridor, creating new, open, public spaces with beautiful gardens, walkways, fountains and other landscaping. Both the temple and its grounds, and the cultural complex itself, will be open to the general public for visitation. The cultural complex will provide unique educational opportunities for the surrounding community and schools.
The Cultural Complex will aim to:
- Meet the needs of our changing world to improve the quality of life as a whole.
- Promote inter-religious and inter-cultural harmony.
- Channel the creative energy of the younger generation.
- Create a society free of addiction, violence, crime and drugs.
- Nurture a society that is morally, spiritually and socially strong.
- Provide a means for knowledge seekers to complete their spiritual quest.
Main Elements of the Cultural Complex:
- Traditional Hindu Mandir (Temple)
- Haveli (Cultural Complex)
- Grand Foyer - Intricate Wooden Carvings
- Information Desk
- Reception Office
- Medical Clinic
- Gift & Souvenir Shop
- Waiting Area - Meeting Point
- Administrative Offices
- Library
- Auditorium (Cultural Center)
- Meditation Rooms
- Pure Vegetarian Indian Snacks & Sweets Shop
- Pure Vegetarian Indian Restaurant
- Beautiful Gardens, Ponds and Fountains
- Parikrama - Meditative Pathways
- Permanent Museum on Indian Culture & Values
- Two Gymnasiums / Dining Halls
- Two Locker Rooms / Showers
- 18 Classrooms
- Computer Labs
- Grand Courtyard
- Courtyards with Gardens
- Courtyards with Playgrounds for Children
- Youth Activity Offices
- Kitchen
- Utility Yard
- Sant Nivas (Living Quarters for Swamis)
