Akshardham Temple

The mandir is currently planned to be spread over 162 acres. This would make it the largest Hindu temple in the world, in terms of land coverage. Currently, the largest Hindu temple is the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam in Tamil Nadu, which covers 156 acres.

The planned main building of the temple will have 4 floors. The complex plans to have an exhibit dedicated to Indian history and culture, and a youth activity center. The architects have taken elements of both Southern and Northern Indian temples, and the embellished temple will have ornate pillars and panels depicting scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and ancient scriptures. The halls will have full-size idols of important leaders of the sect.

More than 2,000 artisans are laboring over various parts of the temple at Dungarpur, Pindwada and Sangwada. The finished parts are shipped to US where they are assembled by master craftsmen.