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Akshardham Complex, New Delhi Megathread.
After 5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive and awesome Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace was inaugurated today. The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, India, constructed by the BAPS foundation—the builders of the various Swaminarayan Temples across the world—is truly a modern-day Wonder of the World.
It is one of the biggest and most intricate religious places of worship ever constructed, combining several completely different and contrasting architectural styles of Hindu temple architecture of northern India—Rajasthani, Odishan, Gujarati, Mughal, and Jain. The Akshardham Monument is entirely constructed of marble and the red sandstone that Delhi is famous for and that so many of her monuments are constructed of. It was completed in only 5 years, a world record of sorts.
So after years of waiting, the Temple was yesterday opened to the public—and to photographers. Below is the New Delhi Akshardham Complex as seen through the eyes of a BAPS photographer. The pictures are numerous and will take a long time to load, but are totally worth the wait!
At its inauguration, it is widely being heralded as one of the greatest monuments India has ever produced. I hope you enjoy viewing this architectural marvel as much as I enjoyed having the honor of presenting it.
Monument of Akshardham
The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble. It consists of 234 ornately 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 monument is a fusion of several architectural styles of pink stone and pure white marble. Pink stone symbolizes bhakti (devotion) in eternal bloom and white marble of absolute purity and eternal peace. The monument was built after over 300 million man-hours of services rendered by 11,000 volunteers, sadhus, and artisans.
It is one of the wonders of the modern world and the wonders of modern India.
It's seriously true that at night it looks very beautiful.
Enjoy watching these photographs...
Take care,
Rekha
From India, Delhi
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14Akshardham Complex, New Delhi Megathread.
After 5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive and awesome Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace was inaugurated today. The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, India, constructed by the BAPS foundation—the builders of the various Swaminarayan Temples across the world—is truly a modern-day Wonder of the World.
It is one of the biggest and most intricate religious places of worship ever constructed, combining several completely different and contrasting architectural styles of Hindu temple architecture of northern India—Rajasthani, Odishan, Gujarati, Mughal, and Jain. The Akshardham Monument is entirely constructed of marble and the red sandstone that Delhi is famous for and that so many of her monuments are constructed of. It was completed in only 5 years, a world record of sorts.
So after years of waiting, the Temple was yesterday opened to the public—and to photographers. Below is the New Delhi Akshardham Complex as seen through the eyes of a BAPS photographer. The pictures are numerous and will take a long time to load, but are totally worth the wait!
At its inauguration, it is widely being heralded as one of the greatest monuments India has ever produced. I hope you enjoy viewing this architectural marvel as much as I enjoyed having the honor of presenting it.
Monument of Akshardham
The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble. It consists of 234 ornately 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 monument is a fusion of several architectural styles of pink stone and pure white marble. Pink stone symbolizes bhakti (devotion) in eternal bloom and white marble of absolute purity and eternal peace. The monument was built after over 300 million man-hours of services rendered by 11,000 volunteers, sadhus, and artisans.
It is one of the wonders of the modern world and the wonders of modern India.
It's seriously true that at night it looks very beautiful.
Enjoy watching these photographs...
Take care,
Rekha
From India, Delhi
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Rekha, Beautiful. I had a view of this (from long distance) last month while going to Interkama exhibition in Greater Noida by the new road. Thanks for getting the inside view pictures. Bala
From India, Madras
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