Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Colonia)

[1] It was officially inaugurated by Acharya Maharajshree Koshalendraprasad Pande on the 4th of September 2005.

[2] The four walls of the main interior room and the concrete slab of the floor are the only things that remained unchanged; everything else was refurbished to make way for the new temple, which was completed through a combination of volunteers and paid workers.

The dome above the temple was constructed by the builder who created it from a photograph.

When the temple opened, there was a week of ceremonies, involving recital of scriptures.

This culminated with the inauguration on the 4th of September, 2005, which was witnessed by people from around the world.