New Hindu temple and community centre in Taylor

Volunteers at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir in Canberra are preparing a a grand opening in March.

Transcript

00:00 Good morning, we're at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir in Taylor in Canberra and I'm

00:15 here with Naresh Patel, a volunteer and we're going to be doing this interview in Hindi

00:22 with English subtitles.

00:23 Namaste Naresh ji, kaise ho aap?

00:24 Namaste, bahot hi achha ho, aap kaise ho?

00:25 Mai bhi thek ho.

00:26 Aur mai bas jaana chahati ho thi ki yeh mandir banane mein kitna waqt laga?

00:33 Yeh mandir banane mein takriban 18-20 maine lagge.

00:37 Aur isme kaafi volunteers ka hi main efforts hai aur obviously the builder ne bahoti achcha

00:46 kaam kiya hai jiski wajah se yeh mandir aaj apne pyaron pe ekdum sahi dharike se kada

00:50 ho gaye.

00:51 Aapke samuday, community ke liye is mandir ka kya mahatwa hai?

00:54 Mandir, baise toh jaana jata hai ki worship place hota hai, har koi apni worship ke liye

01:01 ek jagah pe jata hai, jaise Christian log church mein jata hai aur apne-apne religion

01:05 ke log according to their own places mein jata hai, toh humare liye mandir hai, woh Hindu

01:10 and jo Hindu ko follow karte hai, woh sab log mandir mein jata hai, that's one thing,

01:14 but because yeh sirf mandir nahi, balki community centre bhi hai, isme bahot saare activities

01:19 hoti hai, jise ki har sunday ko humare assembly hoti hai, uske baad hum log bhinav saukh barte

01:26 hai jo bhi assembly mein aata hai usko, then bahot saare clean up activities, community

01:30 work hum log karte rahete hai, aur yeh sab kuch mandir se juda hota hai, toh mandir se

01:35 building nahi hota hai, but it develops the community around.

01:37 hindi

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