Splendid Structures: BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple – Parikrama, New Jersey

For posts on all structures such as temples, churches and building I have come across, go here.

Prologue: A series that showcases the large statues, beautiful temples and churches I visit in my travels or I accidentally come across while taking an off-beaten path. And sometimes yes, I would include buildings and palaces too.

Parikrama or Akshardham’s Colonnade is a path around the temple, much like a garland adorning a sacred image. It symbolizes as a living embrace around Akshardham paying homage to the holy presence. It is decked with covered terraces with beautiful sculptures all made of sandstone, limestone and granite. The intricacy of showing the folds in the cloth, jewelry, etc is amazing on all the sculptures.

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