On the request of devotees from Bhuj , Swaminarayan asked Vaishnavananand Swami to go there with a team of saints and build a temple . In 1822 , they camped on land adjacent to the temple site and drew plans of the temple complex . within a year they had built a temple abode of Nar Narayan . The Gujarat earthquake on 26 January 2001 destroyed much of the city of Bhuj , including this temple . Members of the Swaminarayan Sampraday , including saints and satsangis of Kutch residing in India and abroad , have resolved to construct a new marble temple a short distance from the site . The new temple , the largest in Gujarat , was opened in May 2010 by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat , Narendra Modi
Gujarat earthquake
2001 Gujarat earthquake
Swaminarayan Sampraday