Friday, September 26, 2008
Delhi Swaminarayan temple uses modern technology to transmit timeless message
Which is the biggest Hindu temple in the world?What Angkor Wat was in the early 12th century, the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in New Delhi is in the first decade of the 21st century. It has been described as the Eighth Wonder of the Modern World.
There is no room for controversy in this regard.
On December 17, 2007, Michael Whitty, official world record adjudicator and member of the management committee of Guinness World Records, traveled especially to India to present a new world record to His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, spiritual leader of the worldwide Hindu religious order, BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. The record presented was for Akshardham, as the ‘World's Largest Comprehensive Hindu Temple'.
The Guinness certificate reads:
"BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, India, is the world's largest comprehensive Hindu temple. It measures 356 ft. (109 m.) long, 316 ft (96 m.) wide and 141 ft (43 m.) high, covering an area of 86,342 sq ft. (8,021.4 m). The grand, ancient-style, ornately handcarved stone temple has been built without structural steel within five years by 11,000 artisans and volunteers. His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, revered spiritual leader of BAPS, consecrated the temple on 6 November 2005."
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