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| Swaminarayan Akshardham Complex is the newly
built latest tourist attraction in delhi, India. The complex
is considered as one of the wonders of modern India. The complex
is spread over swooping 30 acres on the banks of the river Yamuna
near Noida in East Delhi on highway. The Akshardham monument
or temple is one of the biggest worship places in India. Built
with sandstone and mable the monument is a remakable architectural
feat achieved, with several architectural temple styles.The
temple palace-like monument is built of at least 12,000 tons
of pink sandstone and white marble brought in from Rajasthan.
The temple consists of 234 intricately carved and ornated pillars.
Roofed by 9 ornated domes in all the temple stands well above
129 feet high, 275 feet wide and 315 feet long. |
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| The temple consists of 20 Shikhars and a spectacular
Gajendra Pith (plinth of stone elephants).The temple houses
20,000 statues of Hindu dieties and motifs. The construction
of temple took five years and The estimated Rs.400-crore cultural
complex, inspired by Pramukh Swami Maharaj of the Bochasanwasi
Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), will be
popular for the cultural education and entertainment".
The temple complex has drawn inspiration for its architecture
from the historic temples of Badrinath (Uttaranchal), Somnath
(Gujarat) and Konark (Orissa). It is the second Akshardham complex
in the country after the one at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.Besides
the grand monument the complex has two huge exhibition halls
meant for visual journey of tourists through India's cultural
heritage and Indian moral values. The complex also houses an
Imax cinema, a canteen which can accommodate a maximum of 5,000
people at one sitting, a research centre for "social harmony"
and meditation gardens with fountains and bronze sculptures.
Ghaziabad, Noida,Faridabad and Gurgaon are some of the nearest
cities of Swaminarayan Akshardham Complex. |
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