Swaminarayan bhagwan asked Brahmin priests to find out an auspicious time for the installation ceremony.

Swaminarayan bhagwan graced Dholera on the request from Punjabhai and other devotees, and on May 19, 1826, and installed the idols of Madan Mohan dev and his own form, Harikrishna Maharaj, at the principal seat of the temple amidst Vedic hymns.

[2] Swaminarayan bhagwan then appointed Adbhutanand Swami as the temple's mahant.

[3] The central altar is graced with the idols of deities Madan Mohan Dev (Krishna), Radha ji and HariKrishna Maharaj.

On the west, near the steps, there are the idols of Sheshashayi, Suryanarayan, Dharm-Bhakti and Ghanshyam Maharaj.