Akshardham
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spiritual and cultural Mandir dedicated to devotion, learning and harmony
Key facts
- 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
- Pandav Nagar
- State
- Delhi
- Country
- India
- Architect
- Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
- Creator
- Virendra Trivedi , Pramukh Swami Maharaj
- Completed
- 6 November 2005 (consecration)
- 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
- Over 20,000
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.akshardham.com
- Image
- Akshardham fountain.jpg
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- Akshardham
- inception
- 2005-00-00
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Swaminarayan Akshardham is a Hindu temple and campus in Delhi, India. The temple is close to the border with Noida. Also known as Akshardham Temple or Akshardham Delhi, the complex displays traditional and modern Hindu culture and architecture. Inspired by Yogiji Maharaj and created by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, it was constructed by BAPS. It is the world's second-largest BAPS Hindu temple, following Akshardham, New Jersey, in the United States.
The temple was opened on 6 November 2005 by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in the presence of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Manmohan Singh, L.K Advani and B.L Joshi. The temple, at the centre of the complex, was built according to the Vastu shastra and Pancharatra shastra.