Overview
- The couple removed their shoes on entry and received flower garlands and a sacred wrist thread in keeping with temple protocol.
- They watched schoolchildren recite the Shanti Path prayer for peace and observed an Abhishek ritual performed by a local family.
- Charles offered a belated Diwali greeting to worshippers and returned a namaskar to the head priest.
- During the visit they studied a scale model of a BAPS Mandir being built in Paris, which organizers say is planned for 2026.
- Neasden Temple, opened in 1995, is Europe’s first traditional Hindu stone mandir, built to Vedic principles with hand‑carved Indian marble and limestone assembled without structural steel.