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  <title>In Pictures: Swaminarayan Mandir</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Construction crews work on the Swaminarayan Mandir, a Hindu temple.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[The temple is located at Highway 427 and Finch Ave., northwest of Toronto. ]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[More than 24,000 pieces of the temple were sculpted in India.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[The project started in 2005 and opens officially on July 22, 2007.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller will attend the opening ceremonies on Sunday.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[A view of the detailed pieces of construction.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Workers lay grass on the temple grounds.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[The welcome ceiling is shown in this photo.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[Each of the 24,000 parts was marked with a bar code to facilitate construction.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Canada, there are 191,305 Hindus in Toronto.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[The $40 million facility was paid for without any public funding.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[No steel was used in the construction.  It is all stone piled on stone.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Workers put the finishing touches on the temple.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Crews work on the staircase railing of the temple.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Four hundred volunteer workers helped out with the construction.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Devotees attend the temple on opening day.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[Toronto Mayor David Miller, Premier Dalton McGuinty and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, take part in the grand inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Toronto on July 22, 2007.]]></description>
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    <photo:creator>CP / Nathan Denette</photo:creator>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty speaks to the crowd on opening day.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, takes part in the grand inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir with the Param Pujay Pramukh Swami Maharaj, middle, on Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Toronto.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, receives a gift, while taking part in the grand inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Toronto on July 22, 2007. ]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Jack Layton listens from the crowd on opening day.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Spiritual leader Sadhu Shukmunidas speaks to the crowd on opening day.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, takes part in the grand inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir with the Param Pujay Pramukh Swami Maharaj on Sunday, JUly 22, 2007 in Toronto. ]]></description>
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