Video 216 India is Coming Back to America 

Volunteers carved and installed about 2,000,000 cubic feet (57,000 m3) of stone, equating to about 4.7 million hours of work.

In the end people who don’t follow hinduism must understand and respect the fact that its is a sacred place made for worship. Non hindus are allowed because we believe in univeralism and don’t discriminate. But also its not dumb to restrict filming inside because its a place for prayer and worship and not for tourism.

Thank you ma'am love from Nepal 🇳🇵

It(Photography prohibition) is not at all dumb ma'am. Temples are considered sacred spaces where devotees go to worship and seek spiritual solace. It is a place to connect with your inner self & leave all the distractions outside the temple. There are many other logical reasons as well. If you read about some of the philosophies for the same, you will get to know a lot better.

The elephants remind me of the Kailasa temple. I wonder if they vaporized the unwanted stone to create it.

In Hindusim we don't belive in conversion....we belive in dharma(Duty) and karma (result). we don't worship any god, we worship the whole nature, it's creation and universe....

Thank you Sonja for taking us with you. I loved seeing the temple. It is beautiful, peaceful and serene. It would be enjoyable to go on a tour with you. I was watching a video of the late Jorden Maxwell and he said that the Christian religion was based on the Hindu religion. It was an interesting video. I love it when you post the places you visit with your daughters. Have a great week and I'm looking forward to Saturday and the 8th. ❤

Every carving defines a story all carvings around the main temple shows the story of ramayana ❤ from India thanks for showing us I believe it will be more majestic inside the temple

This is about 29 miles South of my town. I last visited there about 6 years ago when less than half of the complex was finished. The foundation for the Akshardham Mahamandir had just been laid and the construction fence didn't allow you to see much. I can't wait to go back there. The veggie and vegan food at Shayona Cafe will be amazing!!

Nagara style Hindu architecture, mainly practiced in the Northwest part of India one among the 3 major Hindu architectures. Like this there are 100s of different styles of Hindu architectures which can be traced back to the ancient scriptures of temple construction called the Agamas. Temple construction and sculpting was a major branch of knowledge and job in ancient India thus people pursue the ancient knowledge for construction, even today. So its the only culture among the world that is continuously constructing such monuments since ancient times while other cultures like Mayans Aztecs and Egyptians dont do it anymore. These structures will stand for 1000s of years like the ancient megaliths, because its purely made out of stone and stones will last with minimum maintenance requirements.

When you first mentioned the beautiful Elephants, my fave elephant channel popped up with an update of how my baby elephants are doing with their magnificent herd. Your words were like a commentry at that moment. Stay Blessed🧡

This is real hindu articture.

Yogi! I love Yogi Bear and Boo Boo. Except when I have a picnic.

Carved from stones, masterpiece of hindu architecture. Even we don't have such a large temple in India. This is a 2nd largest hindu temple in the world, 1st is a Anokor wat located in Cambodi south east asia.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful tour. I live less than two hours from here. Now I am definitely planning a visit.

According to an old Hindu legend, all men on earth were Gods. Man sinned and thereupon the Brahma God, the God of all Gods, deciding to remove man's God head and hide it where Man would not find it, called a council of the Gods. One God recommended that the God head be hidden deep down in the ground. Another God counseled that the God head be hidden atop the highest mountain. A third God suggested that it be sunk in the deepest part of the ocean. Each of these the Brahma God re- jected-he said: "Man will dig deep into the earth. Man will climb the highest mountain, Man will search out the bottom of the seas and Man would find the God head." Finally, the God of Wisdom said: "Let us hide it down in Man himself." "Yes," said the Brahma God, "we will hide the God head there, because Man will never think to look for it within himself."

Wow, in New Jersey. Incredible, thank you, Sonja. That’s huge

That's the beauty of a tolerant society that allows culture and ideas to integrate, as a Indian it's amazing to witness a majestic Hindu structure on the other side of globe from an American..

Wow, amazing architecture! Unbelievable.

They know exactly what they’re doing. Look they have the pool of water. They could be doing Tesla energy and people don’t even know it.

so that's what the ancient temples looked like when they were new

Thanks for sharing Sonja💖

2:44 Wish they used Indian name: Ganga instead of Ganges. For other river names, they looked mostly Indian names (from what I can see in the video).

Thank you for visiting 🎉 Love from India 🇮🇳❤

Hi beautiful Sonja! ❤

Beauty and architecture went hand in hand in the ancient world. It evokes feelings of such joy, beauty and love. I think most of today's architecture is devoid of joy and evokes nothing but coldness. I see a lot of comments on here by people who must of must come across this video because you filmed a temple and not because they even know all the info that you have been sharing. What a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing your visit.

Thanks for taken the time to share ❤=respect ; )

Wow. Thank you for sharing.

Very happy to see so many non indians are interested in our culture.... Thank you... Namaskar... 🙏

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Thank you for sharing!! Really cool.

Really Lucky to have such beautiful monument built right inside America. It will be refreshing to go there n spend sometime

Hope you loved the place.. that’s us there .. each stone is manually carved by us .. we love all animals as well.. elephant 🐘 is most dear to us .. 😊🎉

Love from India ❤

We hindu love to create best things in this world ,, temple music language math dance statue astronomy all belong to hindu people ,, Did u saw Indian dance ,, Do u got chance to hear Indian music ,, Ayurveda ,,,

That is beautiful!!!!

I love in North Jersey I've not seen this place yet but saw pictures of the construction, there's another elaborate one right by me in lake Hiawatha NJ it's HUGE not as big as this one but huge for the neighborhood it's in. But just stunning

❤ ed your video, good communication skills

Volunteers😉 Beautiful Energy Creation!

I hope you got good vibes ❤ 🙏

Oh Hello Girls How Excitement 💞🌷💞💫🫶🎶😘🌟 pass on the ice cream 🍦 😭🤦‍♀️

Wow love the video and the temple

What a sweet voice you and your friends 😊❤❤

It’s not dumb. When you visit another culture you need to expect some differences. It’s not museum. Not everything is for display. Some spaces are more sacred. Just be happy that they have let everyone enter the space and enjoy while keeping sanctity of the devotees.

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WoW So So Soooo Beautiful Temple 🥰😍

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Wow !!! Do they know something we don't know??

My favorite are elephants for many reasons - loyal - memory - matriarchal - why do the Hindu have them?

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Is this for real ? Where are the construction photos ?🤔

Jai shree Annamma

I forget India man's name Who IS the richest in the snow globe. Mr RICH lives in USA.

Love &Respect from A Hindu ❤ We believe in Love Peace and Happiness 😊

We used to have big temples like this but got destroyed by invaders 😫

What if this was a 3D printed building?

Wow... beautiful workmanship! 😍 What a shame, though, that they go to all this effort over looks only, and don't understand that the structures themselves were technology, and built the way that they're built to do multiple things. No elementals will abide in or visit those structures right there - because of the electricity, and the lack of antiquatech that they did internally to the foundations and ceilings that would normally be connecting the earth to the heavens... which was THE WHOLE POINT!!! A HOLY SPACE MUST abide by the laws of nature that allows one's auric field and soul-spirit TO EXPAND, TO MERGE with the environment and spiritual planes accessible there. Dan Winters calls this being highly 'plasma projective'; when you can perfectly expand or collapse your plasma field symmetrically. And places like this were frequented, & used to enable you to do just that... Such a shame.

I have a most obvious question ,how in God's name are they building that !!!!!????? Hand carvings ,errr no way ,,there's something there not telling g us and I noticed when I read about it online they have wrapped it in controversy about the workers being slave labor, just to distract people from asking the very obvious question ,how are they creating this ,if it has been built recently at all ??,,, nice video thanks Sonja

Sonja you should visit India, we have so many ancient temples with tales which are fascinating. But what you think Of Indian gods and saints. Thousands foreigners flock to India to learn yoga,meditation and scriptures? Are we learning original stuff or even that knowledge was highjacked as more stress on KARMA. You are suffering its all cause his/her Karma. What do you 🤔🤔

❤shivason RU-vid channel. Shows majesty of vijay vilas Palace mandi kutch.

I’d love for you to ‘view’ this temple to see if it was created by modern man or a pre existing race 🙏👌

He he if you are in india you will know. With lot of people all around you, especially in temples. Sea of humans😅😅 But i love ancient indian temple here in India. Modern temples are ok

India is in Asia. Asia can't come to America. There isn't enough room.

Why your daughters are calling this guru a cult??? This BAPS organization don't project different themselves from hindus. They have all important idols of hindu faith in the main temple. Plzz respect this place and people of of this community ❤❤❤❤

Amazing. Most of India is in poverty and they have places like this.

The Hindu temple is so incredible

Please Do Visit Again there in Sunny Day and Shoot Video More and show us again. We Eagerly waiting that video. sfbeng 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I think filming inside should be allowed. This will help spreading the word and more people would visit.

did you know how many times you used "beatiful" word💌IN