Sankari is a very small village with a population of no more than a hundred people and a single street of homes. Lush farms and trees surround the village. Pramukh Swami Maharaj consecrated the murtis of Akshar Purushottam Maharaj and Laxminarayan Dev in Sankari on 3 June, 1971. It was Swamishri's first murti-pratishtha of a shikharbaddh mandir.

Accompanied by Pujya Sant Swami and Pujya Mahant Swami, Swamishri graced the Nagar Yatra prior to the murti pratishtha ceremony. The murti pratishtha ceremony was performed with due vedic chants and rituals. At the conclusion of the pratishtha, Swamishri held up a miror to the Murti so that the first thing that the Lord saw through the murti's eyes was His own murti. It is not very common that the mirror, due to the force of the light emerging from the murti, cracks. But this miracle happened in Sankari, marking an auspicious and glorious beginning for Swamishri's consecration of more than 350 Mandirs. And true to this miracle, every Annakut festival, the Sankari Thakorji confirms His presence by accepting one of the food items offered to Him.
At this occassion of Murti-pratishtha a devotee called Natvarbhai created and sang the famous bhajan "Vhala Akshardhamana Vaasi Maare Haiye Karjo Vaas"

The number of Mandirs being consecrated by Swamishri is still growing, with his conviction that what the world today needs is centers of morality, ethics and spirituality - Mandirs help humanity orient itself towards better living and aim towards the divine.