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About this Venue
The first Pushtimarg Haveli in Houston was started back in 1984 in the garage of a devoted Vaishnav's home (Sarlaben J. Patel). In this garage, Dahiben Desai (Dahiba) served as the very first Mukhyaji (priest) of the Haveli. She maintained her position as a priest until 1991, when the construction of our current Haveli was completed.
In 1991 the venue of worship and mode of service changed and we started serving Shri Nathjee’s Swaroop provided by P P Goswami 108 Shri Indira Betijee Mahodaya. We agreed to do the service in the tradition of Surat-Baroda Gaadi. Though that 5,000 sq ft office building converted to suit our needs served its purpose in the interim, many vaishnavas were hoping to build our own ground up facility to serve our religious, social, educational and spiritual needs as outlined in our constitution.
A real thrust came when we celebrated Chhapan Bhog in 1996. We purchased the land in 1996, raised funds for a few years, discussed the size and scope of new facility, drafted new by-laws which were approved by 86% of members, hired an architectural firm to design our facility, raised additional substantial funds to make the new project feasible, obtained loans from members, secured a mortgage loan from Chase Bank, hired a general contractor and built the modern facility which was occupied by Lord Shri Nathjee in June 2005 as HIS permanent home – NANDALAY! Twenty years march was indeed challenging, full of growing pains, marked by skepticism from few, supported by enthusiasm of many and volunteering spirit of many who labored to cook to help raise funds. Vision, daring, faith, persistent efforts, determination to stay the course and methodical planning, encouragement from Vallabh Kul and kripa of Shree Nathjee have brought us where we are today. Sacrifices have been made by many, young and old, rich and poor, sick and healthy. They all deserve the compliments from us, blessings from our Acharyas and Krupa from Lord Shree Nathjee.
