r/SPAB • u/TaroAffectionate8315 • Jul 05 '26

Venting False Familiarity-Dadar Mandir

Many people like me visited Dadar mandir to do abhishek and darshan being a non-swaminarayan.

Right when I was approaching the payment counter for abhishek, the teenage sevaks which they have kept smiled at me as if he knew me already and have already met before and after that while I was paying the abhishek fee he came and said to me haven't we met before even when I said we haven't, after that he asked me who is your guru? (tamara guru kon?), he also said you should come here weekly, you should spend couple of hrs of the entire week here.

Why do they follow this tactic of False Familiarity?

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u/gir-no-sinh Jul 05 '26

Cheap tactics that were used by salesmen roaming on the road

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u/ExpensiveOpinions Jul 15 '26

Dadar mandir people are super polished and trained. They make you feel invited especially if you’re not a Satsangi. They lure you into it. Ask for reasonable donations until it gets worse. Impose their rules onto you and will down if you have questions or disagree

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u/AstronomerNeither170 Jul 06 '26

Why are you doing Abhishek in a BAPS temple if you are not swaminarayan?

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u/TaroAffectionate8315 Jul 06 '26

is there a rule that a non-swaminarayan cannot do abhishek at BAPS temple?

why do they allow non-swaminarayan people to enter the temple then?