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Swaminarayan
Akshardham in New Delhi epitomises 10,000 years of Indian
culture in all its breathtaking grandeur, beauty, wisdom and
bliss. It brilliantly showcases the essence of India’s ancient
architecture, traditions and timeless spiritual messages. The
Akshardham experience is an enlightening journey through
India’s glorious art, values and contributions for the
progress, happiness and harmony of mankind.
T he grand, ancient-styled Swaminarayan Akshardham complex was
built in only five years through the blessings of HDH Pramukh
Swami Maharaj of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) and the colossal devotional
efforts of 11,000 artisans and BAPS volunteers. The complex
was inaugurated on 6 November, 2005.
Akshardham means the eternal, divine abode of the supreme God,
the abode of eternal values and virtues of Akshar as defined
in the Vedas and Upanishads where divine bhakti, purity and
peace forever pervades.
Monuments
Swaminarayan Akshardham reflects the essence and magnitude of
India's ancient architecture, traditions and timeless
spirituality.
The beautiful
monument built without steel, 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 pink stone and pure white marble,
where pink stone symbolizes bhakti in eternal bloom and white
marble that of absolute purity and eternal peace. Akshardham
was created by HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj in fulfillment to the
wish of his guru, Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj, the fourth
successor in the spiritual hierarchy of Bhagwan Swaminarayan.
In only a short timespan of five years Swaminarayan Akshardham
became a reality through the blessings of Pramukh Swami
Maharaj, 300 million man hours of epic services rendered by
11,000 volunteers, sadhus and artisans and the immense
sacrifice, austerities, prayers of hundreds of thousands of
young and old devotees of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
Halls of Values
Experience the timeless messages
of Indian culture featured through the life of Bhagwan
Swaminarayan.
The principle theme of sculpting
one’s life for happiness, success and peace of mind is
portrayed in this exhibition. The exhibits portray the
messages of ahimsa, endeavor, prayer, morality, vegetarianism,
family harmony, etc. through fifteen 3-D dioramas and
presentations from the life of Bhagwan Swaminarayan. Exquisite
settings and statues in each diorama are brought to life
through robotics, fibre optics, light and sound effects,
dialogues and music; transporting the audience to 18th century
India.
• Unique 3-D dioramas and walk-through
dioramas
• Statues come to life through animatronic technology
• A fresh experience, a new message and a novel presentation
in every diorama. |
