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ROSEHILL, AUSTRALIA, FEBRUARY 3, 2002: The head of the Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), Pragat Brahmaswarup Pramukh Swami Maharaj (Swamiji, for short) attended the consecration ceremonies of the newly-installed marble deities at the Rosehill, Australia Temple. Devotees from Britain, the United States and India, joined the estimated 2,000 Sydney-based BAPS followers in worship. The 81-year-old Swamiji holds the world record for the most temples consecrated, with Rosehill Temple marking number 411. BAPS also made it into the Guinness book of Records with the organization’s London headquarters, the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, recognized as the largest Hindu temple in the world outside India.