The Akshardham Delhi temple by the BAPS foundation in Delhi has become another Delhi landmark. Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace. The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble. ItThe monument is a fusion of several architectural styles of pink stone and pure white marble. Pink stone symbolizes bhakti in eternal bloom and white marble of absolute purity and eternal peace. The monument was built after over 300 million man hours of services rendered by 11,000 volunteers, sadhus and artisans. It consists of 234 ornately carved pillars, 20 quadrangled shikhars, 9 ornate domes, a spectacular Gajendra Pith (plinth of stone elephants) and 20,000 murtis and statues of India's great sadhus. It is the one of the wonders of the modern world, and the wonders of modern India.
