Swaminarayan Temple, Akshardham is known to be the largest as well as one of the most beautiful temples of the whole world which is visited in large numbers by people from all over India and abroad. This Temple is located in Delhi and if you are visiting Delhi in near future, then make sure to visit it and we promise that you are going to love it. There are few things which we believe that you must know about this temple:
• The temple was constructed with use of marble stone, sand stone and wood
• The temple covers an area of 83,342 sq feet
• The dimension of the temple is 356 feet long, 316 feet wide and 141 feet high
• The construction of the temple is done in such a manner so that it can exist for a period of at least 1000 years from year of completion
• The construction of the temple was completed in 2005
• This temple acts as a house to 200 stone sculptured figures of Indian rishis, sadhus, devotees, acharyas and also divine incarnations
• In this temple there are 20,000 statues with 234 carved pillars. It also has 9 ornate domes as well as Gajendra Pith
• The Gajendra Pith weight is close to 3,000 tons and consists of 148 elephants, 42 birds as well as animals, another 125 sculptures of humans as well as other decorations representing nature.
• Parikrama part of the temple is made out of red stones and there are 1,152 pillars and 145 windows
• 108 gaumukh are there in this temple which will give you soothing sound of water while you do the parikrama
• The Garden of the temple is designed in the pattern of a lotus
• Yagnapurush Kund of this temple measuring 300’ x 300’ having 2,870 steps along with 108 shrines of small sizes
• When you visit this temple at night you will find it decorated with colourful lights and can hear the echoes of Vedic Indian sentiments
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