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Swaminarayan Akshardham is a Hindu

temple, and spiritual-cultural campus in
Delhi, India. The temple is close to the
border with Noida. Also referred to as
Akshardham Temple or Akshardham
Delhi, the complex displays millennia of
traditional and modern Hindu culture,
spirituality, and architecture. Inspired by
Yogiji Maharaj and created by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj, it was constructed by
BAPS.[1]

Swaminarayan Akshardham

स्वामीनारायण अक्षरधाम

Swaminarayan Akshardham in Delhi, India

Religion

Affiliation Hinduism

District East Delhi

Deity Swaminarayan, Sita-

Rama, Radha-
Krishna, Shiva-
Parvati and
Lakshmi-Narayana

Governing body Bochasanwasi

Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan
Sanstha

Status Active

Location

Location Pandav Nagar

State Delhi

Country India

Location in Delhi

Geographic 28°36′45″N
coordinates 77°16′38″E

Architecture

Architect(s) Bochasanwasi
Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan
Sanstha

Creator Virendra Trivedi

Pramukh Swami
Maharaj

Completed 6 November 2005

(consecration)

Specifications

Length 109 m (356 ft)

Width 96 m (316 ft)

Height (max) 43 m (141 ft)

Site area 8,021.4 sq. m

(86,342 sq. ft)

Monument(s) Over 20,000

Website

akshardham.com

The temple[2] was officially opened on 6

November 2005 by Pramukh Swami
Maharaj in the presence of Dr. A. P. J.
Abdul Kalam, Manmohan Singh, L.K Advani
and B.L Joshi.[3][4] The temple, at the
centre of the complex, was built according
to the Vastu shastra and Pancharatra
shastra.

In Swaminarayan Akshardham, similar to

its predecessor Swaminarayan
Akshardham in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, the
main shrine is the focal point and
maintains the central position of the entire
complex. There are various exhibition halls
which provide information about the life
and work of Swaminarayan. The designers
of the complex have adopted
contemporary modes of communication
and technology to create the various
exhibition halls.[5]

The complex features an abhishek

mandap, Sahaj Anand water show, a
thematic garden, and three exhibitions
namely Sahajanand Darshan (Hall of
Values), Neelkanth Darshan (an IMAX film
on the early life of Swaminarayan as the
teenage yogi, Neelkanth), and Sanskruti
Darshan (cultural boat ride). According to
Swaminarayan Hinduism, the word
Akshardham means the abode of
Swaminarayan and believed by followers
as a temporal home of God on earth.[6][7]

Features

Planning and
development

Guinness world record

See also

References

External links

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