World’s 2nd Largest Hindu Temple Opens in New Jersey.

Spanning 183 acres, standing 191 feet high and costing over $100 million, the <a href="https://www.baps.org/Global-Network/North-America/Robbinsville.aspx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">largest modern Hindu temple</a> outside of India has opened in Robbinsville, New Jersey -but not without controversy. The breathtaking temple consists of a mandir made of intricately carved Italian marble, 10,000 statues and a traditional stepped pond filled with water from India’s 108 holy rivers. The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/nyregion/nj-hindu-temple.html#:~:text=The%20recent%20opening%20of%20Akshardham%20Mahamandir%20in%20Robbinsville%2C%20N.J.%2C%20was,from%20all%20over%20the%20world." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">construction of the temple</a> took the combined efforts of 12,500 volunteers from across the globe to bring it to life. They started building the temple in 2011, and it officially opened its doors in October 2023. The temple’s structure presents an eye-popping mosaic of 2 million cubic feet of hand-carved marble and limestone imported from Italy and Bulgaria. <a href="https://medium.com/curious-things/worlds-2nd-largest-hindu-temple-opens-in-new-jersey-bd24cd83b8f9">Click Here</a>