The new BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston was consecrated by Pramukh Swami Maharaj on 25 July 2004. This historic event attracted widespread coverage from the print and electronic media.
Among the teams covering the inauguration festival was one from the renowned 'Hinduism Today' magazine. Published quarterly by The Himalayan Academy based in Hawaii it covered the inauguration in great.. With their kind permission the article which was published in the Oct.- Dec. 2004 issue of 'Hinduism Today' is reproduced here in pdf format.