• ●BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir, Paris — inaugurated 6 September 2026 by Mahant Swami Maharaj at Bussy-Saint-Georges, eastern Paris suburbs; France's first purpose-built traditional Hindu mandir.
• ●BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) — founded 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj at Bochasan; headquarters Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• ●BAPS Hindu Mandir, Abu Dhabi — inaugurated 14 February 2024 at Abu Mureikhah; first traditional Hindu mandir in Abu Dhabi and the largest in West Asia, with seven shikhars for the seven emirates.
• ●India-France Strategic Partnership — launched 26 January 1998; France was the first Western country India entered a strategic partnership with. Diplomatic ties date to 1947.
• ●Horizon 2047 — 25-year India-France roadmap adopted during PM Modi's July 2023 Bastille Day visit to Paris; three pillars: security and sovereignty, the planet, and the people.
• ●2047 marks both India's independence centenary and 100 years of India-France diplomatic relations — the roadmap's target year.
• ●Indian diaspora in France — about 1.19 lakh persons of Indian origin (29,000 NRIs + 90,000 PIOs) in metropolitan France, per MEA; plus about 3.67 lakh in French overseas territories (Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana).
• ●Cultural links cited by the PM: Romain Rolland's writings on Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda; 'The Mother' and the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry; ISKCON's arrival in France under Srila Prabhupada; French scholarship on Sanskrit.

The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which built the newly inaugurated Hindu mandir near Paris, was formally established in 1907 by which spiritual leader?