Swaminaryan Akshardam

 On Thursday when headed to New Delhi to go see Swaminaryan Akshardam. This was a unit complex of Indian culture. The temple was funded by Indians all over even in the USA.It show cases Indian art, wisdom, heritage, and values as a tribute to Bhagwan Swaminaryan (1781-1830) CE, It is set on 100 acre and the temple was built in only 5 years. It was inspired and created by Pramukh Swami Maharaji . In the middle of the temple is a 11 ft high, gold plated Murti of Bhagwan Swaminaryan. There was so much detail down to the finger print of the hand. The temple had such vibrant colors, jewels, stones, pictures , and carvings of elephants and peacocks.This is a modern temple recently built and they set the bar high for temples. They have an exhibition where we watch a film on a giant screen, walked through various scenes of robotic figured that talk along with a narrator, and we took a boat ride similar to USA log rides. In the exhibits we learned about an 11 year old boy Yogi, Neeykanth Varni. The Swaminaryans way is peace and regardless of your religion the atmosphere set that tone.There was messages along the foot of the temple and one that stood out to me was that one small act from the heart is enough to please God. What I took from that is that it's not the size of the deed ,but the genuineness behind it. Due to high security we was not allowed to take cameras into the temple and my words can not describe the full beauty of this site. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity