What once served as one of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ many church meetinghouses in Utah recently opened as a new mandir, or temple, of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha — a socio-spiritual organization within the Hindu faith commonly referred to as BAPS .

For BAPS followers, mandirs are “sacred places of worship that serve as centers of peace, devotion and community service for all Hindus and people of faith,” reads a recent release on ChurchofJesusChrist.org .

In celebration of the new mandir located in southwest Salt Lake County, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ — among them General Authority Seventy Elder Michael Cziesla — attended the building’s grand opening ceremony held Saturday, Sept. 13.

“We are so pleased with this won

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