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	Delhi - Enpsychlopedia
		Delhi's metropolitan area, known as the National Capital Region (NCR) encompasses the entire NCT as well as the neighbouring satellite towns of Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana, and Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh making it the 5th most populous megalopolis in the world, with 19.5 million people.
		Delhi passed to British control in 1857 after the First War of Indian Independence; the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II was pensioned to Rangoon, and the remaining Mughal territories were annexed as a part of British India.
		Delhi, by its variety, congestion and large expanse, is a transportation challenge, but it has an advantage in terms of good infrastructure in the form of wide roads and decent railway and air connectivity.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Delhi (4319 words)

	Delhi- Capital city of India, city in india, India Capital, Old Delhi, New Delhi, Akshardham Temple in delhi, Temples ...
		New Delhi was proclaimed the capital of India by the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944).
		The newer, wealthy suburbs are mostly to the south of New Delhi, and an ever-growing belt of poorer suburbs and jhuggies (slums) stretches in all directions.
		This is one of the landmarks in New Delhi - the capital of India.
	www.visittajmahal.net /city/delhi.htm (1155 words)

	Tourist attractions in Delhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Delhi is one of the most historic capitals in the world and two of its monuments, the Qutb Minar and Humayun's Tomb, have been declared World Heritage Sites.
		The important places in Old Delhi include the majestic Red Fort, the historical Chandni Chowk; along with Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana that are modern structures constructed after India's Independence in 1947.
		The Masjid-i-Jahan Numa, commonly known as Jama Masjid, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tourism_in_Delhi (1555 words)

	Delhi
		Delhi's metropolitan area, known as the National capital region (NCR) encompasses the entire NCT as well as the neighbouring satellite towns of Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana, and NOIDA and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
		Delhi has seen the rise and fall of many empires which have left behind a plethora of monuments that attest to the grandeur and glory of bygone ages.
		Delhi passed to British control in 1857 after the First War of Indian Independence; the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, was pensioned to Rangoon, and the remaining Mughal Territories were annexed as a province of British India.
	www.paleorama.com /Lakes-D/Delhi.php (3151 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Delhi and neighbourhood
		Delhi Urban Art Commission today submitted before the Delhi High Court that the under-construction police memorial at Chanakyapuri in Lutyens’ zone is “inappropriately located and would not be conducive to maintaining the grandeur and perspective of the area”.
		Delhi High Court today declared that school managements were at liberty to deny admission to a student to a particular stream even if seats are vacant as long as the action “was not discriminatory”.
		Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) today submitted before the Delhi High Court that the under-construction police memorial at Chanakyapuri in Lutyens’ zone is “inappropriately located and would not be conducive to maintaining the grandeur and perspective of the area”.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20051108/delhi.htm (5909 words)

	Media Coverage
		The Akshardham Temple that opens to Public on November 8 is every bit as large and impressive, and promises to be a major attraction85 By nightfall, the temple starts gleaming like a stellar object, slowing down the leftward stream of traffic towards Mayur Vihar.
		Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, a pantheon heralding the new millennia’s Hindu architectural glory, came alive on November 6 on the banks of the Yamuna in New Delhi.
		The Akshardham complex in Delhi is showcased as a tribute to the richness of Hindu religion and Indian culture and architecture.
	www.akshardham.com /mediacoverage/index.htm (3025 words)

	Akshardham (Delhi) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Akshardham is a Hindu temple complex in Delhi, India.
		Akshardham Gandhinagar in the Western state of Gujarat is the sister complex to the one in Delhi.
		Akshardham has attracted millions of visitors from all over the world, including the likes of Bill Clinton who commented "Akshardham is not only a unique place in India but in the whole world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akshardham_(Delhi) (880 words)

	Akshardham Temple Noida, Akshardham Temple Delhi, Tours to Akshardham Temple Delhi India, Temple Tourism of India
		The Akshardham Temple NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority), is situated along the bank of the Yamuna River, adjacent to New Delhi.
		The Akshardham Temple Noida was built by the Swaminarayan sect as a spiritual center of prayer and learning and as a resource center for the study of Indian Culture.
		Easily accessible from Delhi, the Akshardham Temple promises to be a religious and cultural highlight of Delhi.
	www.tourism-of-india.com /akshardham-temple.html (357 words)

	The Temple of the Modern World - Akshardham, New Delhi : Destination India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Akshardham Temple in Delhi is not only the biggest in the city but is also a masterpiece showcasing the intricate architectural style of Hindu temple.
		The Akshardham complex has an exhibition halls, an Imax theatre and a musical fountain surrounded by a garden and is much more than a pilgrimage place.
		Structured on the same pattern of popular Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar, the temple authorities want the complex to be the place of education, experience and enlightenment rather than just a pilgrimage center.
	www.destinationindia.com /editorial/articles/AR0164.html (495 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		Of Delhi’s 708 lakes, 350 were large enough to be sources of revenue to the British.
		Unexpected floods occurred in Delhi and Rajasthan and Haryana in 1977 due to floods in Shahibi, and the next year Yamuna caused disastrous floods in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
		The situation in Delhi is thus determined to a great extent by the situation in the neighbourhood.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main14.asp?filename=Ne100105Delhi_a_in.asp (900 words)

	The Hindu : New Delhi News : Akshardham set for a grand inauguration
		NEW DELHI: It might not yet be officially added to the city's list of tourist attractions, but the brand new Akshardham Temple -- the huge pink sandstone building on the banks of the Yamuna that belongs to the Swaminarayan sect -- is already a crowd-puller.
		While Radisson might be organising a special breakfast for their visitors at 5-30 in the morning, there are others who are not going all out to woo the devotees but consider the numbers coming in "significant".
		With close to 7,000 volunteers alone staying in Delhi to help out during the opening, organisers are not able to give a specific figure for the number of devotees coming in but they believe that it could be around 10,000.
	www.hindu.com /2005/11/05/stories/2005110503580200.htm (568 words)

	Akshardham Temple Delhi,New Delhi Akshardham Temple,Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Delhi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Akshardham Temple Delhi,New Delhi Akshardham Temple,Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Delhi
		The Temple built near the Akshardham Flyover in the East Delhi area, is one of the finest structures built in the modern India.
		The magnificent Akshardham Temple in Delhi has been constructed under the patronage of the Bochasanvasi Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) and was inaugurated on November 7, 2005.
	www.northindiatourism.co.in /tourist-attractions/akshardham-temple-delhi.html (555 words)

	New Delhi - Wikitravel
		New Delhi (Hindi: Naï Dillî)[1] is the capital of India.
		Delhi is one of the oldest existing cities (estimated to over 5000 years old) in the world along with Damascus and Varanasi.
		Delhi is a major transit hub for trains, planes and buses for all of India and internationally.
	wikitravel.org /en/Delhi (4667 words)

	Akshardham: Delhi has not learnt any lesson
		A year after the terrorist attack on the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar in Gujarat left 28 people dead, security measures are almost non-existent in Delhi's prominent places of worship.
		Senior home ministry official R C Panigrahi said as far as government offices are concerned, the security is provided by either the Border Security Force or the Central Reserve Police Force.
		The temple priest refused to discuss "futile issues." But Shorbori, a Bengali lady in her mid-40s, said increasing terrorist violence in the country often caused misgivings in her mind.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/sep/24aksh3.htm (555 words)

	Akshardham
		The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble.
		The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, India, constructed by the BAPS foundation -- the builders of the various Swaminaryan Temples across the world, is truly a modern day Wonder of the World.
		Combining several completely different and contrasting architectural styles of Hindu temple architecture of northern India -- Rajasthani, Orrisan, Gujarati, Mughal and Jain -- the Akshardham Monument is entirely constructed of marble and the red-sandstone that Delhi is famous for, and that so many of her monuments are constructed of.
	www.newsindia.net /images/Akshardham.htm (301 words)

	Delhi India Travel Guide \| CruisingIndia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Delhi also became the center of the First War of Independence in 1857 and since then it has always been the heart of the country.
		Geographically, Delhi is situated on the banks of the River Yamuna in the northern part of the country.
		There is a new addition to the city monuments in the form of the Akshardham Delhi Temple, which was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Nov 6th 2005.
	www.cruisingindia.com /document/delhi (951 words)

	Akshardham Temple \| Holy Places \| Travel \| New Delhi \| India \| My City Pedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The complex is spread over swooping 30 acres on the banks of the river Yamuna near Noida in East Delhi.
		The Akshardham monument or temple is one of the biggest worship places in India.
		It is the second Akshardham complex in the country after the one at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
	www.delhi-india.net /travel/akshardhamtemple.html (351 words)

	Massive Swaminarayan Temple for New Delhi - SkyscraperCity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Akshardham Delhi temple by the BAPS foundation in Delhi is set to become another Delhi landmark.
		The Akshardham Temple is composed of the red-sandstone that Delhi is famous for, and that so many of her monuments are constructed of.
		This Delhi temple is going to be on a much larger and grander scale than the Gujarat one, more than one and a half times bigger, with a much more expansive grounds.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=205837 (1007 words)

	Terror link to Delhi and Akshardham: Abu Huzefa
		GUJARAT police say that Abu Huzefa, said to be the mastermind of the Delhi blasts, was also involved in the September 24, 2002, terrorist attack on the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar.
		The Delhi police chief had said in a press conference on Saturday that Abu Huzefa had sent Tariq Ahmed Dar to Delhi on October 4 to meet the four bombers who carried out the attack.
		For the Akshardham attack, the claim came from Tehrik-e-Kasas; and for the Delhi blasts, it came from Islami Inquilabi Mahaz.
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=157100 (552 words)

	Delhi Sightseeing, Sightseen of Delhi, Delhi's sightseens, Delhi Tours
		New Delhi was built by as the capital of India by the British.
		It is the one India's busiest entrance points for overseas airlines, the hub of the north Indian travel network.
		Delhi attracts tourist from all over the world.
	www.delhihoteldirectory.com /delhi-excursions.htm (529 words)

	The Disney Touch at a Hindu Temple - New York Times
		The Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in east Dehli.
		It barely needs stating that India already has a lot of Hindu temples, and so if you want to persuade people to slip their shoes off for a new one, you've got to be imaginative.
		The Delhi Akshardham is not BAPS's first such venture, but it is certainly the largest.
	travel2.nytimes.com /2006/06/08/travel/08letter.html (888 words)

	Akshardham Temple, New Delhi: Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in Delhi inaugurated by President APJ Abdul Kalam
		Akshardham Temple, New Delhi: Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in Delhi inaugurated by President APJ Abdul Kalam
		The Swaminarayan Akshardham temple on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi was inaugurated by President APJ Abdul Kalam on November 6, 2005.
		The temple complex is expected to become one of the major tourist attractions of Delhi.
	stories.indobase.com /article_508.shtml (478 words)

	Akshardham could be the next target : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Delhi’s Akshardham temple could be the next target for a fidayeen attack.
		This is what the Delhi Police’s elite Special Cell team has understood from the intercepts of Saifullah, the 26-year-old Jaish commander of Bandipore district who was killed in an encounter by a joint team of Delhi and JandK police.
		However, the police are not sure whether a module had come to Delhi to carry out a recee.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1554228,000600010001.htm (379 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		For a city as ancient as Delhi, it is to be expected that history will provide some curious twists to its story.
		Thus, in 1994, the Okhla Factory Owners’ Association had filed a writ in the Delhi High Court praying for the removal of slum encroachments in their industrial area.
		But when the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department Employees Federation challenged the construction of the Akshardham temple on the same Yamuna riverbed (belonging to UP), the court held that all clearances had been granted to the temple and dismissed the writ.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main18.asp?filename=op052006World_City.asp (678 words)

	Bush likely to visit Delhi's Akshardham : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Though a tour of the entire temple takes at least three and a half hours, the President and his wife will be given a curtailed 45-minute guided tour, Dave said.
		The Akshardham temple is an architectural marvel made in pink sandstone and white marble on the banks of the River Yamuna.
		The 141-foot-high temple, patterned on the Akshardham complex in Gujarat's capital Gandhinagar, has been built in a 100-acre complex at a cost of around Rs 2 billion ($44 million).
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1607003,0008.htm (364 words)

	The Hindu : New Delhi News : Akshardham designers lauded
		NEW DELHI: The sprawling and majestic Akshardham Temple Complex, which has come up on a 100 acre plot on the banks of the Yamuna here, was inaugurated by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a glittering ceremony on Sunday night.
		Dr Singh, in his speech, commended the architectural marvel that the complex is and noted that it would be counted as one of the important landmarks of Delhi.
		The Prime Minister said the fact that the temple has been constructed in the traditional style and no iron has been used in its construction speaks volumes about the talent of Indian artisans.
	www.hindu.com /2005/11/08/stories/2005110814330300.htm (358 words)

	Announcements - Swaminarayan Akshardham Introduction and Dedication Ceremony in DVD and VCD
		Swaminarayan Akshardham was opened on November 6, 2005 and has already become an outstanding representation of Indian Culture.
		Artistically mesmeric, scientifically stunning, and culturally moving, Swaminarayan Akshardham is a combination of traditional stone art and architecture, Indian culture and civilization, ancient values and wisdom and the best of modern media and technology to create a powerful experience of Indian Heritage.
		These once-in-a-lifetime celebrations are presented in the enclosed DVD, bringing together the art, architecture and spirituality of Akshardham, the patriotism of all those gathered, and the joy of inaugurating a truly unique wonder of today's world.
	www.swaminarayan.org /announcements/2005/akdmdvd.htm (254 words)

	Akshardham Temple built in New Delhi on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		After 5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive and awesome Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace was inaugurated in November 2005.
		It was completed in only 5 years a world record of sorts The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble.
		Rajasthani, Orrisan, Gujarati, Mughal and Jain -- the Akshardham Monument is
	flickr.com /photos/mskadu/71476972/in/set-1529919 (540 words)

	Temple Monument to World Peace
		After 5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive and awesome Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace was inaugurated today.
		The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, India, constructed by the BAPS foundation -- the builders of the various Swaminaryan Temples across the world, is truely a modern day Wonder of the World.
		Below is the New Delhi Akshardham Complex as seen through the eyes of a BAPS photographer.
	www.globalpeacefoundation.org /Temple.html (334 words)

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