AKSHARDHAM
Akshardham or Swaminarayan Akshardham complex is a
Hindu mandir,
and a spiritual-cultural campus in New Delhi,
India.[1][2] Also
referred to as Akshardham Temple or Swaminarayan
Akshardham, the complex displays millennia of traditional Hindu and Indian culture,
spirituality, and architecture.The temple, which attracts approximately 70 percent
of all tourists who visit Delhi,[3][4] was
officially opened on 6 November 2005 by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.[5] It
sits near the banks of the Yamuna adjacent
to the 2010 Commonwealth Games village in eastern
New Delhi.[6] The
temple, at the centre of the complex, was built according to the Vastu shastra and Pancharatra shastra.The complex features an Abhisheka Mandap,
Sahaj Anand water show, a thematic garden and three
exhibitions namely Sahajanand Darshan (Hall of Values), Neelkanth Darshan (an
IMAX film on the early life of Swaminarayan as
the teenage yogi, Neelkanth), and Sanskruti Darshan (cultural boat ride).
According to Swaminarayan Hinduism, the word Akshardham means the abode of God and
believed by followers as a temporal home of God on earth
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