AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE ENTERS GUINESS BOOK
Monday, December 31st, 2007
The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi has made it to the Guiness Book of World Records for being the world’s largest Hindu Temple complex. Witty,a senior member of Guiness World Record main management committee, presented the awards to Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayanan Sansthan(BAPS) under two categories most Hindu Temples consecrated by a single person and secondly for the world’s largest comprehensive Hindu Temple.
Pramukh Swami Maharaj,the leader of BAPS has created and consecrated in accordance with the Hindu Rituals and a World Record of 713 temples in five continents between April 1971 and November 2007. Among these, the majestic, ornately hand-carved BAPS Swaminarayanan Akshardham Temple in New Dehli, India, stands apart as the largest Hindu Temple in the world. Witty said that it took three months of research, poring over the extensive architectural plans of the Akshardham and also those of other temples of comarable size, visiting and inspecting the site, before we were convinced that Akshardham Temple deserved the title.
Akshardham Temple in New Dehli is spread over expansive lawns covering an area of 86,342 square feet. It is 356 feet long, 316 feet wide and 141 feet high.This is the first time that the Guiness Book has recognised a Hindu Temple in its list of large religious structures.
