Satsang activities have been growing in the Manchester region for over 40 years, since the first weekly sabhas began in Ashton-Under-Lyne in 1971. Pramukh Swami Maharaj inaugurated a mandir there in 1977 and then in 1994 consecrated new marble murtis of Shri Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj, Shri Radha-Krishna, Shri Hanumanji and Shri Ganeshji.