Video 216 India is Coming Back to America

Yesterday we went to the second largest Hindu temple in the world, and it happens to be on American soil. It is called BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, NJ
Here's the website www.baps.org/ Global-Network/North-America/Robbinsville.aspx
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[@melsyme4059]

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

[@melsyme4059]

About 75% of the Akshardham campus is designed, constructed, managed, and maintained by swamis and volunteers. Between 2011 and 2023, over 12,500 people volunteered to build the mandir.

[@rohitbishwash91]

​@@melsyme4059mam are you part of Mandir trustees?

[@facthub9964]

​@@melsyme4059yup all hand carved

[@utkarshpratapsingh4225]

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.

[@MsThe90]

What the lady said and the way she said itself was....... DUMB

[@Ajayraaz-xb5km]

Thank you ma'am love from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@facthub9964]

Jai pashupati nath ❤❤

[@0arjun077]

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.

[@pranavtripathi4032]

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.

[@binaykumar7396]

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....

[@motivationdrugs6670]

Beautiful brother...you have right understanding

[@carlsitler9071]

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

[@facthub9964]

Kailasa temple is a wonder watch Praveen mohan video he done all of calculation of stones wait and divide it by no of days it was made it came out 2 tones of stones per hour carving out which is nearly impossible possible a high technology like Egypt

[@0arjun077]

Kailasha temple is one stone carved out, this is millions of stones assembled like a jigsaw puzzle. All of these are few forms of Hindu architecture and it varies from place to place in India this having 100s of varieties of architectures across the country

[@divyamrathi299]

Thankyou for the Appreciation Love from India 🇮🇳❤️

[@sourabhsaini3390]

This is real hindu articture.

[@facthub9964]

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

[@Element67]

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.

[@ITZ_ONLY_YOUR_HIMANSHU]

We used to but got destroyed by Muslim European invaders 🥺

[@facthub9964]

Angkor wat is not functioning temple it was captured by buddhist and didn't know to maintain that

[@thudor1]

@Elements67, didn't Angkor Wat become a Buddhist temple at some point? I've heard different stories.

[@thudor1]

@Worldinlasthour, so from Vaishnava Hinduism to Theravada Buddhism? This would, technically, put BAPS Robbinsville at number one.

[@Neeleish_cr_gaawre]

Le ellora caves in india : am i joke to you

[@YouTuber29911]

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."

[@YouTuber29911]

I also watch mooji channel on here. My mind makes me wonder about trusting him but that’s exactly what he says it will do. Those happy days channel have just been in India and it looked incredible there. This is stunning 😍 thank you for sharing 🤗💐 love to you all over there. Laura xx

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

Hi 👋😃 that makes perfectly good sense which is why we're having an Awakening of the god that we are within.💖🤗

[@matrixmayaearthandwe6478]

I never heard of this story which scripture is it from. Bhramha puran?

[@moonwalkerindia4919]

completely false story.. i never heard it.. you should watch this video of Swami Vivekanand speech at World Religion Conference at Chicago 1893,, you'll know what core facts are of sanatan dharm kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp6vnJSQa5Whercsi=jXQkDX08M04Y0D0Y

[@YouTuber29911]

@@matrixmayaearthandwe6478 I read this in a book called “new water for a thirsty world” I’m not sure where it originated. I also listen to a lot of people who say similar things. Sonja being one, mooji being another, Archaix, Jesus teachings points to that, Eckhart Tolle and many more. I have also read and am always reading parts of the Avadhuta Gita which points to the same thing ❤️ “Avadhuta Gita is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism whose title means "Song of the free soul". The text's poetry is based on the principles of Advaita and Dvaita schools of Hindu philosophy.” ❤️🤗

[@denisegadreau9726]

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. ❤

[@facthub9964]

Hinduism is a philosophy even hindu name is not ours it's Persian who gave it we had a oldest civilisation I guess you know about it indus valley civilisation which was civilized near a river ' Sindhu ' Persian were older trade partners and they struggled to say Sindhu in Persian 's' is pronounced as 'h' so they called humans who lives near Sindhu are Hindu that's how we got our name it a philosophy if you practice meditation and yoga then automatically you are practicing Hinduism irrespective of religion there is no concept of conversation at the end both the religion teaches peace and love ❤❤

[@thudor1]

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!!

[@user-pi9yq6om3n]

not vegan but vegetarian

[@carlsitler9071]

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

[@1e0s]

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🧡

[@facthub9964]

As china symbol is dragon India symbol is elephants 😊

[@sharonpyfer6711]

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

[@Just_forfun9140]

Last I checked, they are closed on Tuesdays, I would call and check.

[@BBCBullshit]

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..

[@rowanstarling3816]

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.

[@sandymaynard4336]

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

[@AO-xd2ml]

Wow, amazing architecture! Unbelievable.

[@celyajeansonne1161]

Thanks for sharing Sonja💖

[@ramakrishnak6098]

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

[@skywalker113.]

I visited so many amazing temples in Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, China etc... but I missed this one in the country I live in, lol. The chants bring back many memories. ❤

[@justandy7963]

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

[@jameefloch7530]

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.

[@yash-wk2wm]

Tesla energy for what ??

[@munagalavrr]

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).

[@robertpitt8418]

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

[@JaiRudraNath]

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 .. 😊🎉

[@lorraineazzinnari4680]

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

[@Just_forfun9140]

I was there its magnificent, nothing like it in US. You have to look up, down, all sides, everywhere its carved marble or inlaid marble or something to see. They were closed on Tuesdays, its like a museum, work of art, could spend all day or days if you like sculpture.

[@prasad6140]

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

[@carlsitler9071]

Hi beautiful Sonja! ❤

[@Mega-G-Star]

Wow. Thank you for sharing.

[@thalapathymass.Tathawaste9922]

Hindu❤

[@Balamua_banaras_wala]

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 ,,,

[@ASartsy]

Thank you for visiting 🎉 Love from India 🇮🇳❤

[@erenyeager119]

Love from India ❤

[@peteskom4372]

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.

[@patriciaanderson9283]

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

[@donmccoy3755]

Thank you for sharing!! Really cool.

[@Twilyhtmist]

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.

[@ALLISWITHIN1]

Volunteers😉 Beautiful Energy Creation!

[@ALLISWITHIN1]

RESET!!

[@juwelchowdhuryjuk461]

হরে কৃষ্ণ 🙏💕🕉️⛳ জয় শ্রীরাম ⛳⛳⛳ জয় জগন্নাথ ⛳🔱🙏💕🕉️

[@MsVrv]

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

[@maryorseske9954]

That is beautiful!!!!

[@happyvaper5748]

❤❤❤❤

[@happysunda9695]

I hope you got good vibes ❤ 🙏

[@saikatpatra7601]

WoW So So Soooo Beautiful Temple 🥰😍

[@Potatoalex538]

Wow love the video and the temple

[@user-vv2xs9qj3o]

❤ ed your video, good communication skills

[@jeanefraserCEO]

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

[@mclum77]

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

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

Hi 👋😃 because they revere them and love them for all the work they provide. 💖🤗

[@matrixmayaearthandwe6478]

God Ganesh is one of Hindu beloved God. He has head of an elephant and body of humans. Why he was given elephant head is an interesting story in itself.

[@nikhilPUD01]

What a sweet voice you and your friends 😊❤❤

[@ms.solinvictusmithra5700]

What if this was a 3D printed building?

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

Hi 👋😃 you would think that except they have a lot of construction videos where they put it together some of the stuff was actually made in different parts of our snow globe and then it was shipped to be assembled. A lot of it is marble

[@matrixmayaearthandwe6478]

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 🤔🤔

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

Hi 👋😃 I think most of the knowledge is in India,what's left of it in the religious texts that date back 6000 years. I also know that everyone had this knowledge but it was completely destroyed because of the resets and the couple who goes in and purposefully destroy architecture,books and verbal history by genocide the people. 💖🤗

[@matrixmayaearthandwe6478]

@@TheTreeOfKnowledge Thanks for your reply🥰 Couple who goes in and destroys are you referring to Shiva and his consort Shakti??

[@Sunshine234t]

​@@matrixmayaearthandwe6478no buddy..she is talking about the invaders that exploited India.

[@dibyaraj108]

​@@matrixmayaearthandwe6478she is talking about the two desert cults who destroyed native cultures

[@spiritmiracle8032]

❤

[@arthurjohnwilkins8865]

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

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

Yes there are construction videos they started in 2014 and they had thousands of volunteers to do all kinds of different things they had heavy equipment to put the frame together there is a 15-minute video when you first go in showing how they did it it was quite a lot of Labor 💖🤗

[@YOUTUBE_AMERICA]

I don't have any problem with people from other faith entering temple to experience architecture marvel But please don't write anything on walls or damage carvings People writing political message spreading hate Have good a experience

[@ITZ_ONLY_YOUR_HIMANSHU]

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

[@neilshannon6116]

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

[@buffalosoldier2623]

So i guess you're one of the intelligent people who believe everything you see online 😂

[@neilshannon6116]

@@buffalosoldier2623 I'm not saying the slave labour's is real ,I'm saying there using it as distraction .

[@manohars6997]

How is this built so beautifully? - by devotion

[@sahajp11]

@@neilshannon6116 I volunteered in cobstruction here. its all devotion

[@pranjitsaikiawrthunderx1648]

🙂🙏🙌

[@thevinayak1866]

Visit in summer or cold season

[@Indian-Hindu9]

😊🙏🌺

[@VijayRaj-g]

Jai shree Annamma

[@MahiKushwaha-r3i]

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 ❤❤❤❤

[@MahiKushwaha-r3i]

Why???

[@matrixmayaearthandwe6478]

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

[@skywalker113.]

Different energy in ancient temples.

[@d_n_j6298]

''gold spires they had no idea what it meant'' 🤣🤣🤣🤣the ignorance

[@d_n_j6298]

so not filming out of respect id dumb as she said and some guys breaks rules so im breaking rules that makes it okay🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@carlsitler9071]

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

[@Xanvast]

Just so you know I suggested this title. It's to make you rethink about the American Indians.

[@slipperyjoines6629]

Yes...that thought has occurred to me too..dear A. Also indi(genous) that preface indi. All of our languaging is corrupted, but my,how the word Indy has been used so intensely of late.​@@Xanvast

[@carlsitler9071]

@@Xanvast My best friend in high school is full blood Indian. His mother is Creek (Oklahoma) and his father is Winnebago (near the Omaha tribe in Nebraska). I've been to a few pow wows and was the only white guy to work at the Creek Nation Casino in Tulsa. I went to school for 8th, 9th and 10th grade in Crawford which was 3 miles from the fort "Dances With Wolves" was based on (Fort Robinson, NE). Mostly Sioux in that area. Fairly close to Mt. Rushmore. Beautiful landscape growing up.

[@jeanefraserCEO]

❤. The Indigenous inclusive of very dark skinned people. Some say Moor. Otherwise tribal. Black is a crayon color. Moor is a nationality.​@@carlsitler9071

[@HariDas99]

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

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

Hi 👋😃 yes they have footage of it breaking ground and building every bit of it when you first walk in there is a theater and they show you how they are making it they're still building it. 💖🤗

[@HariDas99]

really appreciate your response .. thank you 💚🙏

[@jeanefraserCEO]

❤shivason KZbin channel. Shows majesty of vijay vilas Palace mandi kutch.

[@jeanefraserCEO]

Shivason authentic India nomad Pranic People.

[@NomadicUPSCAspirant]

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

[@jameefloch7530]

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

[@AmayzArt]

Intended that way, sadly.

[@lucylovitt9583]

Same all over the world - total con. Just look at the Vatican's untold property portfolio - it's gold reserves AND it's portfolio of unethical investments.... #pre2020 😜

[@martin96991]

Who made them poor? You know the answer...

[@stallionspirit1576]

greatest civilization on earth..was made poor...they are coming back with a vengeance!

[@SECRET-ze6jk]

at least we are not poor by family values ... unlike u guys who sleep with 100 guys 😂

[@gajendersing7600]

The Hindu temple is so incredible

[@iambatman6937]

Hinduism is way far most advanced civilisation on the planet when other religions were about to born

[@user-bw1tu9yc4b]

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

[@lovepeacehatewar9818]

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

[@iambatman6937]

Hinduism is the oldest religion on the planet earth

[@sama.02]

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

[@TheTreeOfKnowledge]

😂