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{{Infobox Mandir
| name = Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal
| image = Vadtaltemple.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The headquarters of the Shri Laxminarayan Dev Gaadi
| map_type = 
| map_caption = Location in Gujarat
| coordinates =
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| district = [[Kheda]]
| location = [[Vadtal]]
| elevation_m =
| deity = [[Laxmi Narayan]] Dev, Shri Ranchodraiji, Harikrishna Maharaj, [[Radha Krishna]] Dev, Shri Dharmadev, Bhaktimata and Vasudevji
| festivals= samaiyaa(twice in a year)
| architecture =
| temple_quantity =
| monument_quantity=
| inscriptions =
| year_completed = 3 November 1824
| creator = [[Sahajanand Swami]]
| website =[http://vadtalmandir.org vadtalmandir.org]
}}
'''Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal''' ([[Devnagari]]: श्री स्वामिनारायण मन्दिर, वडताल) headquarters of the [[LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi]] are located in this [[Hindu temple|temple]] in [[Vadtal]].<ref name="isbn8170247985">{{Citation | author=M. G. Chitkara | title=Hindutva | publisher=APH| year=1997 | isbn=978-81-7024-798-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqkBNr4U7cwC&pg=PA228&dq=swaminarayan+ahmedabad | pages=227–228 | access-date=10 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Williams|2001|p=29}}</ref> There are three main shrines in the temple the central shirne of this temple is that of [[Lakshmi Narayan]] and RanchodRai. On the right there is idol of [[Radha Krishna]] with [[Swaminarayan]] in the form of ''Hari Krishna'' and the left has [[Vasudeva|Vasudev]], Dharma and Bhakti.<ref name="isbn8126123052">{{Citation | author=M M Rahman | title=Encyclopaedia of Histography | publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD | year=2006 | isbn=978-81-261-2305-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZCv3d2XUeUC&dq= |access-date=10 June 2009}} Page 145</ref> The wooden pillars of the temple bear colourful wood carvings. There is a dharamsala within the temple premises. ''Gnyanbaug'' is a garden to the northwest of the temple gate that has four memorials dedicated to Swaminarayan.<ref name=ad06>{{cite book|last=Desai|first=Anjali|title=India Guide Gujarat|year=2006|publisher=India Guide Publications|isbn=0-9789517-0-0|pages=400|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC&dq=}}Page 202, 203</ref>

==History==
[[File:Laxminarayan Dev Vadtal Mandir.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Shree [[LaxmiNarayan Dev]] with Ranchhodrai, Embraced & Installed by Swaminarayan himself at this temple]]
[[File:Vadtal Temple.jpg|right|thumb|280px|The temple lit up for a festival]]
The town of Vadtal is also known as Vadtal Swaminarayan. The [[temple]] here is in the shape of a lotus, with nine domes in the inner temple. The land for this shrine was donated by [[Joban Pagi]], a devotee of Swaminarayan. The temple was ordered by [[swaminarayan]] and constructed under the supervision of S.G. [[Brahmanand Swami]].

Devotees from Vadtal had gone to Shreeji Maharaj on the day of Nirjala [[Ekadashi]] to meet him in [[Gadhada]]. On the next day - the twelfth day of the bright half of Jyestha - they requested to Swaminarayan to construct a [[Krishna]] Mandir in Vadtal. Shreeji Maharaj commanded his disciple S.G Brahmanand Swami to temporarily leave the construction of the [[Muli, Gujarat|Muli]] temple and proceed with a team of saints to plan and supervise the construction of [[Vadtal]] temple. The construction of this temple was completed within 15 months and the idols of [[Lakshmi Narayan|Laxminarayan Dev]] were installed by Swaminarayan himself on 3 November 1824, amidst chants of [[vedic]] hymns and devotional fervor of the installation ceremony. In the middle of the temple, he installed the idols of Laxminarayan dev and Ranchhod. To the right, there are the idols of Dharmdev and Bhaktimata and Vasudev. and to the left, Swaminarayan installed the idols of [[Radha Krishna|RadhaKrishna]] and Harikrishna Maharaj.

Besides the Gods sitting in the central temple, in the left wall of the worship-place, were installed the form of Dakshinavart Shankh (Southern-sea conch) and Shaligrama (icon of Vishnu) and in the inner dome, there are the stone-idols of the ten incarnations of god, besides the idols of Vishnu resting on the seat of Sheshnaag (heavenly snake).

==Influence==
Farmers in and around Vadtal made a fortune by cultivating tobacco. The temple played an important role in influencing these farmers to move to other agricultural options.<ref name=ad06/> To benefit pilgrims visiting the temple, a [[railway terminus]] was opened in Vadtal in 1929. A 14 mile long [[broad gauge]] line was built, connecting it with Kanajari and Boriavi.<ref name=gujgazpg424>{{cite book|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Kheda|year=1977|publisher=Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|location=Gujarat, India|pages=424|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCYbAAAAIAAJ&q=}}</ref>

During the [[Indian Independence Movement|independence movement]], national leaders gave speeches at the temple. In January 1921 [[Mahatma Gandhi]] gave a speech at the temple, speaking of the relevance of non-cooperation to [[Hindu Dharma]], "At this holy place, I declare, if you want to protect your 'Hindu Dharma', non-cooperation is first as well as the last lesson you must learn up.".<ref name=dh03>{{cite book|last=Hardiman|first=David|title=Gandhi in his time and ours|year=2003|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=81-7824-114-5|pages=163}}</ref>

[[Vallabhbhai Patel]] (freedom fighter and first [[Home Minister of India]]) was influenced by the Swaminarayan philosophy, since he was brought up in a family of Swaminarayan followers.<ref name=dalrkr>{{cite book|last=Rajat Kanta Ray|first=D. A. Low|title=Congress and the Raj: Facets of the Indian Struggle 1917 - 47|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-568367-6|pages=60–64}}</ref> His father used to visit Vadtal in pilgrimage every full moon day and often used to take young Patel with him.<ref name=bkrishna>{{cite book|last=Krishna|first=B.|title=Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India's iron man|year=1996|publisher=Indus|isbn=81-7223-211-X|pages=567|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=43WhTb-_JcfxrQeWgpnrAg&ct=result&id=-iZuAAAAMAAJ&dq=}}Page 7</ref> It is claimed that since Gandhi's doctrine was similar to that of the reforms teaching of Swaminarayan,<ref>{{Harvnb|Williams|2001|p=173}}</ref> Patel was attracted to him.<ref name=dalrkr/>

The Swaminarayan temple in Vadtal is a member of the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) and is considered to be part of the inner management circle of the organisation.<ref name=lm96>{{cite book|last=McKean|first=Lise|title=Divine enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement|year=1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=0-226-56009-0|pages=227}}</ref> The VHP held its 11th ''Dharma Sansad'' (Religious parliament) in Vadtal at the Swaminarayan Temple in 2006.<ref name=dh06>{{cite news|title=VHP issues ultimatum on temple|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan222006/national1852572006121.asp|access-date=26 February 2012|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=22 January 2006}}</ref><ref name=toi06>{{cite news|title=VHP's "Dharam Sansad" concludes|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-22/india/27805390_1_ram-temple-hindu-vote-bank-vhp-s-dharam-sansad|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103130856/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-22/india/27805390_1_ram-temple-hindu-vote-bank-vhp-s-dharam-sansad|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=26 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 January 2012}}</ref>

==Headquarters==
The temple is the main temple of swaminarayan sampraday and the [[Acharya]] and preceptor of the dakshin desh (Laxminarayan Dev Gadi). On the south end of the main temple, there is a place called the ''Akshar Bhuvan''. Its first floor has standing idols of Ghanshyam Maharaj. On the second floor, there is the idol of Ghanshyam Maharaj in sitting posture. Personal objects of Swaminarayan are kept here. On the west there is a place called the ''Hari Mandap'' where Swaminarayan wrote the [[Shikshapatri]].

==Town of Vadtal==
In the east of the town, there is a mango garden where Swaminarayan ignited Holi and played with colours. A canopy has been constructed at this place. On the south side of this place, Swaminarayan had swung on a swing of twelve doors. A marble seat has been constructed at that place. The Gomati lake which was dug by Swaminarayan is in the north of the town. In the middle of the lake is a shelter and a canopy is built on the west of it. Swaminarayan used to sit there at the place of the present canopy when the lake was being excavated. Swaminarayan had preached [[Vachanamrit]] under a mango tree next to the lake.

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{citation
|last=Williams
|first=Raymond
|year=2001
|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=978-0-521-65422-7
}}
* [http://www.swaminarayansatsang.com/temples/templesdetails.asp?Mandirid=127 Swaminarayan Mandirs - Vadtal]
* [http://vadtalmandir.org/ Swaminarayan Mandirs - Vadtal]

==External links==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxdiQ2q2FOc Life narration of Joban Pagi in Gujarati. Then notorious bandit of Gujarat for whose head Sayajirao 2 had declared award of 50,000 ]

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