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