General · 29 October 2025
King Charles and Queen Camilla Mark 30th Anniversary of London's Neasden Hindu Temple
King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in West London on October 29, 2025, celebrating the temple's 30th anniversary. The royal couple received traditional ceremonial welcomes including sacred thread ceremonies and flower garlands, wished devotees belated Happy Diwali greetings, and toured Europe's first traditional Hindu stone temple. This marked Charles's fourth visit to the temple, having previously toured the building in 2009 with Camilla when he was Prince of Wales, and made solo trips in 2001 and 1996.
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