009 - He Took a Gap Year to Build a Temple. Then He Brought His Faith to Campus.

Update: 2025-06-02

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This week, we chat with Vasant Patel '26 about his BAPS faith, proudly wearing tilak-chandlo at Princeton, and his incredible gap year volunteering to build the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Jersey.

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009 - He Took a Gap Year to Build a Temple. Then He Brought His Faith to Campus.

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009 - He Took a Gap Year to Build a Temple. Then He Brought His Faith to Campus.

The Princeton University Hindu Life Program

009 - He Took a Gap Year to Build a Temple. Then He Brought His Faith to Campus.