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#FFC569">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note">2 August 1998</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Chicago, IL</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Swaminarayan_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Swaminarayan temple">Swaminarayan Hindu temple</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/Itasca,_Illinois" title="Itasca, Illinois">Itasca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CTri_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTri-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opened in 1998, it comes under <a href="/wiki/ISSO_(Swaminarayan)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSO (Swaminarayan)">ISSO</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nar_Narayan_Dev_Gadi" title="Nar Narayan Dev Gadi">Nar Narayan Dev Gadi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swaminarayan_Sampraday" class="mw-redirect" title="Swaminarayan Sampraday">Swaminarayan Sampraday</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was built at the cost of $10 million, reportedly the most expensive <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> temple in the <a href="/wiki/Midwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Midwest">Midwest</a> at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Rediff_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rediff-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir,_Chicago_(Itasca)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Maharajshree_Tejendraprasad_Pande" class="mw-redirect" title="Acharya Maharajshree Tejendraprasad Pande">Acharya Maharajshree Tejendraprasad Pande</a> inaugurated the temple on 2 August 1998. It is the first <a href="/wiki/Shikharband_Mandir" class="mw-redirect" title="Shikharband Mandir">Shikharband Swaminarayan temple</a> in the USA. The temple boasts of marriage and banquet facilities and is 34,000 square feet (3,200 m<sup>2</sup>) in size. The temple claims to have devotees from <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> apart from Hindus.<sup id="cite_ref-CTri_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTri-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="10th_Anniversary">10th Anniversary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir,_Chicago_(Itasca)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 10th Anniversary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The temple celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2008 with carnival games and raffles, Indian craft exhibits, <a href="/wiki/Henna" title="Henna">henna</a> temporary tattoos, historical exhibits, guided tours of the temple, live dance performances and native foods. <a href="/wiki/Indian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian culture">Indian culture</a> was the focal point of the nine-day celebrations. The celebration culminated with a mile long procession with 3 floats attended by people from different parts of the United States, India and England. Of the three floats, the first had children in a cultural representation, the second had pictorial representation of Swaminarayan, with a bejeweled umbrella on the top of the float and the last one had <a href="/wiki/Acharya_Maharajshree_Koshalendraprasad_Pande" class="mw-redirect" title="Acharya Maharajshree Koshalendraprasad Pande">Acharya Maharajshree Koshalendraprasad Pande</a>, the current acharya of the Nar Narayan Dev Gadi who attended the festivities and ascetics. During the two-hour procession, women in swirling jewel-toned saris danced to a rhythmic beat on traditional drums. Eleven different cultural performances were organized by temple youth as part of the procession. Officials expected 5000 people to take part in this celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-DH1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DH1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DH2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DH2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir,_Chicago_(Itasca)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Radha Krishna">Radha Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha_Ramana" title="Radha Ramana">Radha Ramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revati" title="Revati">Revati</a>-<a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Baldevji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_(god)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gopinath (god)">Gopinathji Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Dev" class="mw-redirect" title="Madan Mohan Dev">Madan Mohan Dev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Suryanarayan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; background:#F5BC85; line-height:1.1em;">Noted Saints</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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Center of Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_and_Cultural_Center_of_Kansas_City" title="Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City">Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_and_Cultural_Center_of_the_Rockies" title="Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies">Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_of_Atlanta" title="Hindu Temple of Atlanta">Hindu Temple of Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_of_Bloomington-Normal" title="Hindu Temple of Bloomington-Normal">Hindu Temple of Bloomington-Normal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_of_Central_Indiana" title="Hindu Temple of Central Indiana">Hindu Temple of Central Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_of_Dayton" title="Hindu Temple of Dayton">Hindu Temple of Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Temple_of_Delaware" title="Hindu Temple of Delaware">Hindu Temple of Delaware</a></li> <li><a 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