Abu Dhabi’s New Hindu Temple Attracts Large Footfall: Over 350,000 Devotees Talk over with In First Month – News18

Over 3.5 lakh devotees visited the primary stone Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi inside of a month of its opening for the general public, in step with temple government. The enduring temple which was once inaugurated in February by way of High Minister Narendra Modi was once opened for guests on March 1.

“Within the first month, there have been roughly 350,000 devotees and guests, 50,000 of whom visited every weekend (Saturday–Sunday). It’s essential to notice that on Mondays the Mandir conducts personal prayers and is closed to guests, that means the complicated was once obtainable for handiest 27 out of the 31 days in March,” a temple spokesperson advised PTI.

“Each and every night from Tuesday to Sunday, Ganga aarti is carried out at 7.30 pm at the banks of the Swaminarayan ghat, which has been created the use of holy water from Ganga and Yamuna transported from India,” he added. The grand temple was once inaugurated all through a willpower rite attended by way of over 5,000 invitees on February 14. The temple has been constructed by way of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha on a 27-acre website online in Abu Mureikhah, close to Al Rahba off the Dubai-Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Freeway, at a value of round Rs 700 crore.

Built with 18 lakh bricks and 1.8 lakh cubic metres of sandstone sourced without delay from Rajasthan Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu temple has been made within the Nagara genre of structure, identical to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya which was once inaugurated previous this 12 months. The BAPS Hindu Mandir is the biggest in all the Gulf area. The UAE has 3 different Hindu temples in Dubai. “For the reason that temple is little at the outskirts and in the midst of a wilderness, public bus provider from town has been began for weekends to permit guests to simply come to the temple,” the spokesperson stated.

All over High Minister Modi’s two-day consult with to the Gulf country in 2015, the UAE allotted land for developing a temple in Abu Dhabi. This consult with held important diplomatic significance, as Modi was the primary Indian High Minister since Indira Gandhi to consult with this strategically important Gulf country in 34 years. The development of the temple started in 2019. The UAE has a minimum of 3.5 million Indians who’re a part of the Indian staff within the Gulf. The land for the temple was once donated by way of the UAE executive.

Seven spires representing seven emirates of the UAE, carvings of camels, and nationwide hen falcon, are a part of the structure of the primary Hindu stone temple in Abu Dhabi, to present equivalent illustration to the host nation. To provide equivalent illustration to the host nation, together with animals that occupy a very powerful position in Indian mythology like elephants, camels and lions, the UAE’s nationwide hen, the falcon, has additionally been incorporated within the design.

Except for 15 stories from India, together with the Ramayana and Mahabharata, tales from Mayan, Aztec, Egyptian, Arabic, Ecu, Chinese language and African civilizations have additionally been depicted within the temple. Whilst the outer partitions of the temple are made the use of sandstone from India, the inner, made from white Italian marble, is embellished with intricately designed and carved columns and partitions.

Different Noteworthy architectural components come with two ghumats (domes), 12 samrans (dome-like constructions) and 402 pillars. The 2 ghumats are the “Dome of Peace” and “Dome of Cohesion”. Over 300 high-tech sensors to measure temperature and observe seismic process, fly ash within the basis to cut back carbon footprint, 18 million bricks, nano warmth resistant tiles and no utilization of iron and metal—the temple has been constructed the use of historical architectural strategies clubbed with medical tactics.

The temple’s facade options beautiful marble carvings set towards a sandstone backdrop, crafted from greater than 25,000 items of stone by way of professional artisans from Rajasthan and Gujarat. A considerable choice of purple sandstone have been transported from northern Rajasthan to Abu Dhabi for the temple.

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