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Jamaican Track Team visits BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Los Angeles, CA, USA

21 Jul 2021

Jamaican Track Team Visit

Yohan Blake, Rasheed Dwyer, Jevaughn Minzie, Ronda Whyte, Anastasia Le-roy and other members of the Jamaican Olympic Track team being welcomed to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Los Angeles, CA

A BAPS volunteer ties a sacred nadachadi to welcome members of the Jamaican Olympic Track team to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Los Angeles, CA

Group photo of the Jamaican sprinter and Olympian Yohan Blake and members Jamaican Olympic Track team in front of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Los Angeles, CA

Members of the Jamaican Olympic Track Team marvel at the Mandir’s architecture

Jamaican sprinter and Olympian Yohan Blake carefully admires the intricate carvings on a pillar inside the Mandir

Jamaican sprinter and Olympian Yohan Blake joins Sadhu Shantmunidas in performing abhishek to the murti of Shri Neelkanth Varni

A BAPS volunteer guides Jamaican sprinter and Olympian Yohan Blake through the Mandir Exhibition, explaining the construction and history of the Mandir.

Children of BAPS welcome members of the Jamaican Olympic Track Team to an inspirational roundtable discussion

Olympian Ronda Whyte delivers an inspirational message to BAPS children and youth during the inspirational roundtable discussion

BAPS children and youth attentively listen to the words of inspiration given by Ronda Whyte

Youths of BAPS present Yohan Blake, Ronda Whyte and the rest of the team two cards signed by children of BAPS wishing them luck at the Olympic Games in Tokyo

Yohan Blake poses for a photo with a youth of BAPS