AKSHARDHAMTEMPLE

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AKSHARDHAM

The temple is run by the Swami Narayan trust or more precisely, the Bochasanvasi Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). The current leader of the group, Pramukh Swami Maharaj (which roughly translates to ‘leader’ ’saint’ ‘king’ respectively), is credited with inspiration for the temple. Apparently the guru had a vision in which he saw a temple near the banks of Yamuna, an erstwhile preserve of Mughal monuments, and voila in a few years, the dream was realized.

Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in Delhi is a large red sandstone-and-white marble structure built on a 100 acre plot on the Yamuna riverbed, opposite the disintegrating dingy hovels and narrow lanes of Pandav Nagar. The prodigiously carved temple, which took about five years to build and reportedly employed over 7,000 artisans during its construction, cost around Rs 2 billion (or about $50 million).

El monumento es una fusión de la piedra rosada y del mármol blanco puro, donde la piedra rosada simboliza bhakti en la floración eterna y el mármol

blanco el de la pureza absoluta y de la paz eterna.

Akshardham fue creado por el swami Maharaj en el cumplimiento al deseo de su gurú: Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj

El cuarto sucesor de HDH Pramukh en la jerarquía espiritual de Bhagwan Swaminarayan.

En solamente un cortocircuito timespan de cinco años de Swaminarayan Akshardham se convirtió en una

realidad con las bendiciones del swami Maharaj, 300 millones de horas de trabajo humanas de Pramukh

de los servicios épicos rendidos por 11.000 voluntariosSadhus, sus artesanos y el sacrificio inmenso, austeridades,

rezos de centenares de millares de devotos jóvenes y viejos de BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.

UNA DE LAS OCHO MARAVILLAS….!!