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    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 Swaminaryan Temples across the world, is truely 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, Orrisan, 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 a great many and will take a long time to load, but totally, totally worth the wait!

    At its inaguration, it is widely being heralded as one of the greatest monuments India has ever produced. I hope you enjoy viewing this architectual marvel as much as I enjoyed having the honor presenting it.

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    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.
    What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
    The ones in the casinos are serious.

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      What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
      The ones in the casinos are serious.

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        What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
        The ones in the casinos are serious.

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          What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
          The ones in the casinos are serious.

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            What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
            The ones in the casinos are serious.

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              What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
              The ones in the casinos are serious.

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                What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
                The ones in the casinos are serious.

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                  What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
                  The ones in the casinos are serious.

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                    What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
                    The ones in the casinos are serious.

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                      What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
                      The ones in the casinos are serious.

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                        ITS BEAUTIFUL...btw which god is worshipped in there?
                        i hope it'll stay calm and peaceful i mean i dont like too much crowds lol.

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                          I love pink Marbles.. Pink marbles of Jaipur the pink city wisb i cud have a home made of tht :P its costlier than italian marbles i have :P.

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                            Originally posted by joey View Post
                            ITS BEAUTIFUL...btw which god is worshipped in there?
                            i hope it'll stay calm and peaceful i mean i dont like too much crowds lol.
                            Akshardham is for the whole world to enjoy... and besides, if there is a god then isn't there only one god.... GOD..... lol...
                            Cow is the only animal that not only inhales oxygen, but also exhales it.
                            -Rekha Arya, Former Minister of Animal Husbandry

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                              Amazing.

                              Thanks for posting those images. I'll mention them to an Indian colleague at work - she'll love them.

                              Jonathan

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