On 3 July 1980, Pramukh Swami Maharaj consecrated the concrete pillar of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Wellingborough (with five chandlas of kumkum) that housed the murtis of Bhagatji Maharaj, Shastriji Maharaj and Yogiji Maharaj, and declared it as symbolic of the Akshar Deri in Gondal, India, thus establishing it as sacred and a place of pilgrimage.