Photo Gallery: Largest Hindu Temple in  US, Opening Next Month with 13 Shrines

BY - Priyanka Rai

Located 90 km south of Times Square in New Jersey

Formal inauguration set for October 8

It covers an impressive 183 acres

Construction involved 12,500 volunteers over 12 years

Potentially the second-largest temple globally after Angkor Wat in Cambodia

The Delhi Akshardham temple covers 100 acres

Designed according to ancient Indian culture

Features over 10,000 statues and carvings of Indian art and music

Includes a main shrine, 12 sub-shrines, nine shikhars, and nine pyramidal shikhars

Houses the largest elliptical dome of traditional stone architecture