SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, November 13, 2024 (Indian Link): Like many in Sydney’s Indian community this festive season, the NSW Premier visited a Hindu temple to wish revelers a Happy Diwali. The difference though was that his visit was to see the progress at a construction site – that of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) coming up in Kemps Creek in the west of Sydney. The new temple is situated in a sprawling 25-acre site, and is set to become the largest traditional stone temple in the Australia-New Zealand region. “I haven’t seen a building on this scale before – it’s really impressive,” Mr Minns said during the visit. “As we’ve got a growing population, there needs to be places of worship like these for those emerging communities.”

Stage one of the build, expected to be completed in 2024, will encompass the development of essential infrastructure, including a car park, a children’s playground, and a cultural precinct for weekly congregations. The second phase will see the construction of the traditional stone temple. The Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper who accompanied Mr Minns lauded the mandir as a symbol of Western Sydney’s rich and diverse cultural heritage. “It is going to be a showcase of our wonderful multicultural community,” Mr Kamper said. “I am absolutely blown away by the craftsmanship here. You can see there’s much more to come, but it’s truly starting to take shape.” The groundbreaking ceremony for the temple took place in 2021

https://www.indianlink.com.au/baps-temple-kemps-creek-nsw-premier-visits/

See also video explanation of project:
https://youtu.be/p2NgiE5ZEbg?feature=shared

Or a timelapse here:
https://youtu.be/p2NgiE5ZEbg?feature=shared&t=413

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