$100 million Hindu temple thrown open near Hollywood

One of the biggest Hindu temples in the US, built at a whopping cost of USD 100 million near the Hollywood city in Los Angeles has become a major draw for its grandeur and environment-friendly design, since its inauguration. The 68th Swaminarayan temple of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) has been built using 35,000 pieces of meticulously hand carved Italian Carrara marble and Indian Pink Sandstone, temple officials said. BAPS said that it is first earthquake-proof Mandir in the world and is expected to last for 1,000 years. ‘The Mandir is a beautiful testament to the hard work of your congregation who has spent several years to build this place of worship,’ Chino Hill Mayor Peter Rogers said.