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One of the famous tourist and holy place in new delhi. photos and videos of akshardham. How to reach akshardham
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About Akshardham Delhi
When it is Closed?
Closed
on MONDAYs
Open from 9AM to 6.30PM
You have to deposit your cellphones and other
metallic items at the entrance for security reasons (Because
of a bomb attack in 2002 in the Gujarat Akshardham)
How to Reach?
For the MAPs showing the exact
location of Akshardham and for the videos taken inside the Temple please
CLICK
HERE here.
From Nizamuddin Raliway Station
: It is about 4 KM . you can go by auto rickshaw
or prepaid taxi. They will charge you around Rs.100
Nearest Metro Railway Station
(as on Dec 2008) is Indraprastha Metro Railway Station. From here catch
an Auto Rickshaw or Taxi.or Bus
From NewDelhi Railway Station
: Akshardham is about 10
km from here.You should come out of the Railway station from Platform
No.12 Side ( Not by Platform NO.1) ; About Rs.100 by Auto Rickshaw.
It is a Hindu Temple.
Entry to the temple is FREE (except for the special exhibitions)
This temple was inaugurated during 2005 by the the President of India.
This temple is on the banks of Yamuna River. 7000 people engaged and 2
billion rupees spent for construction of this temple.
General Info:
It is the temple for Lord Swaminarayanan.It is almost the carbon copy
of Adhsardham Temple located in Gujarat.
For construction of this temple, no steel is used. Only sandstone and
marble were used.
As per Guinness records, this is the world’s largest Hindu temple
(construction area is 100 acres).
Note: It will be helpful if you purchase Delhi Tourist guide . It will
cost Rs.10/-
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Akshardham is a Hindu
temple complex in Delhi, India. Also referred to as Delhi Akshardham or Swaminarayan
Akshardham, the complex displays centuries of traditional Indian and Hindu culture,
spirituality, and architecture. The building was inspired and moderated by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj, the spiritual head of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan Sanstha, whose 3,000 volunteers helped 7,000 artisans construct Akshardham.
The temple, which
attracts approximately 70 percent of all tourists who visit Delhi,was officially
opened on 6 November 2005. It sits on the banks of the Yamuna adjacent to the
proposed 2010 Commonwealth Games village. The monument at the center of the
complex of built off of the Vastu Shastra and Pancharatra Shastra. The complex
features a large central monument crafted entirely of stone, exhibitions on
incidents from the life of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the history of India, an
IMAX feature, a musical fountain, and large landscaped gardens.
Guinness
World Record
The Akshardham monument in DelhiOn 17 December 2007, Michael Whitty, an official
world record adjudicator for Guinness World Records, traveled to Ahmedabad,
India to present a new world record to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual
leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, for the Akshardham complex.
The record was
presented for Akshardham as the World’s Largest Comprehensive Hindu Temple
(see certificate here).
The certificate
states,
"BAPS Swaminarayan
Akshardham in New Delhi, India, is the world's largest comprehensive Hindu temple.
It measures 356 ft (109 m). long, 316 ft (96 m). wide and 141 ft (43 m). high,
covering an area of 86,342 sq ft (8,021.4 m2). The grand, ancient-style, ornately
hand-carved stone temple has been built without structural steel within five
years by 11,000 artisans and volunteers. His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj,
revered spiritual leader of BAPS, consecrated the temple on 6 November 2005.
Akshardham showcases the essence of India's ageless art, borderless culture
and timeless values.
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