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Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony for BAPS Hindu Mandir, Lilongwe, Malawi

25 May 2025

Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony

Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony for BAPS Hindu Mandir, Lilongwe

Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony for BAPS Hindu Mandir, Lilongwe

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas rituals

Priyavrat Swami places a kalash into the gart

Priyavrat Swami places a kalash into the gart

Swamis and devotees place a brick into the gart

Swamis and devotees place a brick into the gart

Priyavrat Swami and a devotee place a brick into the gart

Priyavrat Swami and a devotee place a brick into the gart

Priyavrat Swami pours cement in the gart

Priyavrat Swami pours cement in the gart

Swamis pour cement in the gart

Swamis pour cement in the gart

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

A devotee places a brick into the gart

A devotee places a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Youths sing kirtans at the beginning of the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony

Youths sing kirtans at the beginning of the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony

Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, and dignitaries on the stage during the assembly

Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, and dignitaries on the stage during the assembly

Children present in the assembly

Children present in the assembly

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, with a bouquet

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, with a bouquet

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria with a dignitary

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria with a dignitary

A dignitary addresses the assembly

A dignitary addresses the assembly

Priyavrat Swami addresses the assembly

Priyavrat Swami addresses the assembly

Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony for BAPS Hindu Mandir, Lilongwe

Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony for BAPS Hindu Mandir, Lilongwe

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Devotees participate in the mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the mahapuja rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas rituals

Priyavrat Swami performs the shilanyas rituals

Priyavrat Swami places a kalash into the gart

Priyavrat Swami places a kalash into the gart

Swamis and devotees place a brick into the gart

Swamis and devotees place a brick into the gart

Priyavrat Swami and a devotee place a brick into the gart

Priyavrat Swami and a devotee place a brick into the gart

Priyavrat Swami pours cement in the gart

Priyavrat Swami pours cement in the gart

Swamis pour cement in the gart

Swamis pour cement in the gart

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

Devotees perform the arti

A devotee places a brick into the gart

A devotee places a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Devotees place a brick into the gart

Youths sing kirtans at the beginning of the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony

Youths sing kirtans at the beginning of the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony

Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, and dignitaries on the stage during the assembly

Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, and dignitaries on the stage during the assembly

Children present in the assembly

Children present in the assembly

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, with a bouquet

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, High Commissioner of India to Malawi, with a bouquet

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria with a dignitary

Priyavrat Swami honors Shri Pramodbhai Kalaria with a dignitary

A dignitary addresses the assembly

A dignitary addresses the assembly

Priyavrat Swami addresses the assembly

Priyavrat Swami addresses the assembly

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