Few months ago in Gangotri, i met Fabrice who is from france. We trekked together for three days and became good friends. He has lived an extremely adventurous life and would need a seperate book to describe all what he has done. Just to give a hint , he spent 6 long months among the nomads in Ladakh. Other travels are equally crazy. I hope he writes soon about it.
Since we both were in Delhi , we decided to meet again and visit Akshardham together. From past experience i was aware that Akshardham is heavily crowded during weekends and if you can weekdays are best to go for finishing everything soon.
We reached Akshardham and due to normal rush quickly finished all security checks and i started showing him the place. Its marvellously developed and more than than 12 million man hours of 900 skilled craftsmen have created this magnificent monument. The sanctum sanctorum of temple is extremely beautiful and mind stops to wonder at the beauty of the place. I dont remember having seen any more beautiful architecture in my life.
We passed through sahajanand which was an exhibition on goal of life as portrayed by Neelkantha ji, the founder of Swami Narayan sect. Neelkantha ji's life details have been presented using the latest modern technologies and creativity. It appears that events portayed are happening in the front of the viewer.
We soon passed through India exhibition, where details of contribution of India are beautifully portrayed. In not so recent past, India had mastered the art of surgery and had many world renowned universities like Nalanda and Takshashila. Again full marks to the creativity in their portrayal.
The star attaraction of the place was the evening water show and upanishadic story. Using ultra modern technolgy the show is intricately designed. Fabrice explaimed that its the best water show he has seen till date. I overheard an american too saying he has seen nothing like it. I approached him and explained soon the significance of the upanishadic story which was portrayed in the water show.
When both the american tourist and my french friend fabrice exclaimed that have seen nothing like it, i was a proud host. We have enough places of glories to become a world's tourist attraction but its sad that they have not been portrayed well. What Akshardham has done can be reciprocated in major tourist cities to make experience of India more lovable and remarkable for tourists who visit India. Whenever i meet tourists from abroad and i have met many, i try to follow the ancient teaching of atithi devo bhavah i.e, guest is God. Once while travelling with an israeli couple and on realising the boy was sick, i arranged in the bus so that he can sleep. Days later i received a mail of thanks from them.
True potential of India is much more than can be imagined today. I am sure the words of Swami Vivekananda of India becoming a vishwa Guru will be realised one day and each one of us has to play a part in that. India is not just a country, its a consciousness. And i belive that unless you connect with spiritual India, you have not seen much about India. Just one last thing to one who is reading the blog, any day if you are feeling depressed or sad or are unsure about your life, spend a day in Akshardham and you are sure to feel better.
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