An adjoining building was bought thinking that it would solve the problem, but even so this could not meet the needs of the satsangis. In 1986 a proposal was put forward to demolish the two existing buildings and in its place build a three temple storey complex, which would combine the traditional Hindu Temple architecture and British designs. It would include a car park in the basement, prayer halls on the ground floor and a social and community hall and rooms for Gujarati classes on the first floor. Also there would be cooking, washing and storage facilities, religious books, audio/video cassette library, picture framing services and other activities. The proposal was whole heartedly and unanimously accepted. With the blessing of learned sadhus from Bhuj Temple, donations started pouring in. satsangis took this as an opportunity to make financial contributions towards this holy cause and within a day a sum of half a million pounds was pledged. The flow of contributions has not stopped to this day.

The ceremonial stone was laid on Sunday 12th October 1986 in the presence of holy sadhus from Bhuj Temple, the Mayor of Brent and other dignitaries. The demolition of the two buildings was started in November 1986 and the construction of the new Temple building soon followed. The building of the Temple was greatly accelerated due the effort and time put in by our satsangi volunteers, who worked on weekends, late evening and public holidays. A year and a half later the project was completed. The official opening of the complex was on Friday 29th July 1988 in the presence of H. H. Archarya Maharajshree and his family, sadhus and Swaminarayan satsangis from all over the world.

Since 1988, Willesden temple has produced material aimed more towards the western orientation. Youngsters these days are more likely to read and understand text in English, therefore in 1992 we published a highly successful version of the Shikshapatri translated into English, so that the youth of today can follow the basic rules that Lord Shree Swaminarayan intended on us to follow.

As the public demand from Europe, America and India grew, 1993 saw the release of Kirtan Dhara Volume 2. They had also been taken from the Kirtnavali, again allowing all generations of satsangis to experience the soul, spirit and essence of our religion and culture.

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