Akshardham is majestic, elaborately carved stone structure which stands amid sprawling gardens set in a 23-acre plot at Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar district).Akshardham is built in "six thousand" tonnes of pink sandstone and not a bit of steel has been used. The temple is 108 ft in height, 240 ft in length and 131 ft in width. A point deserving noting is that this modern monument to Hinduism was built as per the injunctions of Vastu Shastra.The monument enshrining the seven foot high, gold-leafed Murti of Lord Swaminarayan is the complex focal point.
The monument stands on 7 sculpted pillars, 210 single-piece stone beams, 57 window grills, M domes, eight ornate zarokhas, etc. The sanctum sanctorum contains the 1.2 tonne gold-plated idol of Lord Swaminarayan, the founder of the sect that bears his name, shown in a sitting pose with his right hand raised in abhay mudra.Swaminarayan's Akshardham is called by Swami Gunatitanand ,the eternal abode. According to the Swaminarayan philosophy whenever Lord Swaminarayan actualize on this planet he brings with him his Akshardham.
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