And if one wants to observe Texas Indians at worship, it is hard to find a better place than the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir ... far off South Main (U.S. 90A), near the Houston suburb of Stafford.

There in a private ceremony, alongside other Hindu teachers/monks, Maharaj untied the sacred thread and placed flowers at the temple’s sacred image (statue) of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, said ...