Grand procession for Lilburn Hindu temple

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Photos from the Hindu temple in Lilburn, Ga.

The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha sect of Hindusim will consecrate the Lilburn temple this weekend. The sect is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1907 by guru Shastriji Maharaj.

Dancers move to the beat of traditional Indian drums during the grand procession along Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn.

Anmol Patel, 8, of Lawrenceville takes her place before performing Saturday at the new Hindu temple in Lilburn during the Nagar Yatra, a grand procession.

During the Nagar Yatra, a grand procession, women dressed in ornate saris walked from Lilburn Middle School to the Hindu temple.

From left, Arti Patel of Washington, D.C., and Shanna Patel, Malini Patel and Chandni Dalia, all of London, pay their respects to a deity on one of the floats making its way to the temple.

Terry Frisco, front, and Linda Roselle lead Dumbo, front, and Gina during the Hindu temple's grand procession Saturday along Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn. Dumbo and Gina are both more than 20 years old.

Volunteers prepare to put flags on each dome at the new Hindu temple before the grand procession Saturday. Tens of thousands of Hindus are expected Sunday to hear the sect's guru, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, bless the $19 million structure.

Women dressed in ornate saris enter the new Hindu temple in Lilburn on Saturday during the Nagar Yatra, a grand procession.

Visitors to the new Hindu temple in Lilburn celebrate during the grand procession along Lawrenceville Highway on Saturday. In the last three weeks, more than 900 volunteers have worked virtually around the clock tending to last minute details before the temple's consecration.

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The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha sect of Hindusim will consecrate the Lilburn temple this weekend. The sect is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1907 by guru Shastriji Maharaj.

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