East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple

The East Africa Satsang Mandal was founded in 1920s, though the first Swaminarayan Temple was built in Nairobi in 1945. This institution was established to cater for the disciples in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika (now called Tanzania). This Swaminarayan Temple under the banner of The East Africa Satsang Mandal was the first ever Swaminarayan temple in the world outside India. It also has a branch in Tanzania (Tanzania Satsang Mandal) which after the independence of Kenya and Tanganyika was given its own autonomous status.