What is Akshardham?
Akshardham in New Delhi, India is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's largest comprehensive Hindu Temple. The 100-acre Akshardham complex on the banks of Yamuna has become an architectural landmark of India. The monument is a fusion of pink stone and pure white marble, where pink stone symbolizes bhakti (devotion) in eternal bloom and white marble that of absolute purity and eternal peace. It measures 356 ft. long, 316 ft. wide and 141 ft. hight, covering an area of 86,342 sq.ft. The marvelous, ornately hand-carved stone temple has been built without structural steel. It took five years for the 11,000 artisans and volunteers to build this grand structure. It cost about 200 crore Indian rupees. It was built by the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) organization.