The Government of Maharashtra has sanctioned land for a cultural complex at Vashi in New Mumbai. At 10.40 a.m., the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony was performed by Swamishri for the Garden of the cultural complex and saplings of coconut trees were planted. At 11.00 a.m., the deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Gopinath Munde, was welcomed and he unveiled the plaque for the cultural complex. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Narayan Rane, had also arrived for the occasion. He lauded the social and religious activities of the Sanstha and having already seen the Akshardham Complex in Gandhinagar and the Swaminarayan Mandir in London, was convinced that the new cultural complex at Vashi would be the pride of Maharashtra and the world.