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Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India is a large Hindu temple complex inspired by Yogiji Maharaj (1892–1971) the fourth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan, and created by Pramukh Swami Maharaj (1921–2016), the fifth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan according to the BAPS denomination of Swaminarayan Hinduism.
The campus' centerpiece is a larger temple, called the Akshardham, which measures almost 90,000 square feet, reaches 191 feet into the sky and was made from 1.9 million cubic feet of marble and ...
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.
Gandhinagar lies on the west bank of the Sabarmati River, about 545 km (338 miles) north of Mumbai and 901 km (560 miles) southwest of Delhi. [5] The Akshardham temple is located in Gandhinagar. [6] There was a determination to make Gandhinagar a purely Indian enterprise, partly because the state of Gujarat was the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi.
The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple at 112 N. Main St. – open Wednesdays through Mondays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., free admission – rises 19 stories above the ground and sprawls over 180 acres ...
The temple is constructed as per scriptural norms with intricate carving in Burma teak and sculptural art depicting deities' episodes, auspicious symbols and religious icons representing axiomatic religion and Indian culture. The temple is believed to be a valuable cultural heritage in the socio-religious history of Gujarat and India.
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Rank Name Image Area acres Area hectare Location Notes 1 Haridra Nadhi: 23 9.3 [1]: Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, India: The Rajagopalaswamy temple is a Vaishnavite shrine located in the town of Mannargudi, India.The temple is classified first among the 108 Abhimana Kshethrams of the Vaishnavate tradition The Haridra Nadhi tank at the entrance of the shrine where rain water is collected.