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Abu Dhabi stone temple work to be completed by 2020

ABU DHABI, February 10, 2018

The first traditional Hindu stone temple in the Middle East will be built at Abu Mureikha, off the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway by 2020. The stones will be carved by temple artisans in India and assembled in the UAE, said a report.
 
The temple, set to be designed, constructed and managed by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, would be unique and among the 1,200 temples managed by the group in India, UK, US, Canada, Australia and Africa, reported The National.
 
The project, which will come up on a 55,000-sq-m plot of land, wlll boast a visitors’ centre, prayer halls, exhibitions, learning areas, sports area for children, thematic gardens, water features, a food court, a books and gift shop, stated the report.
 
The temple will be open to people of all religions and will be part of the UAE’s aim to foster tolerance and peaceful coexistence, it added.
 
The best known temples run by the Trust or Sanstha are the two sprawling Akshardham temples in India, in Gandhinagar and New Delhi, and a third being built in Robbinsville, New Jersey, said the report.
 
It will facilitate the traditional practice of the Hindu faith and serve the over 3.3 million Indians residing in and the millions of international tourists annually visiting the UAE through interfaith dialogue, pluralism and universal human values, said the report citing a BAPS spokesman. 
 
It will also nurture the children of today and future generations towards a brighter future,” he added.
 
The Abu Dhabi temple will likely resemble the architecturally intricate Akshardham (meaning divine abode of God) temple in India’s capital New Delhi and the under construction temple in New Jersey, said The National report.
 
Some of the main striking features of the existing temples are a water body surrounded by a green open space with the pillars, arches and small domes looking over the site, it added.



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