Akshardham temple in Delhi is perhaps the biggest and most elaborate place of worship ever built. Akshardham Temple was built by the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) foundation. It took 5 years involving many millions manhours and it was inaugurated on 6th Nov 2005. It tells the saga of 10000-year-old Indian culture and modern architecture blended with different traditional architectural styles.
Akshardham temple is located near Noida Mor on the banks of Yamuna River in East Delhi.
Akshardham means the eternal, divine abode of the supreme God, the abode of eternal values and virtues of Akshar as defined in the Vedas and Upanishads where divine bhakti, purity and peace forever pervade.
Main features of Akshardham Temple
Ahrdham Temple is built purely without steel. It consists of 234 intrinsically carved pillars, 9 ornate domes, 20 quadrangled shikhars, a spectacular Gajendra Pith (plinth of stone elephants) and 20,000 murtis and statues of India's great sadhus, devotees, acharyas and divine personalities. The temple is a blend of pink stone to mark bhakti in eternal bloom and white marble to mark absolute purity.
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