BAPS Marble Mandir in Toronto
by Lingfai Leung
Title
BAPS Marble Mandir in Toronto
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Toronto's BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, by the numbers:
- 400 volunteers gave more than a million hours of services
- 18 months to complete stone work (jig-saw puzzle) in Canada
- 132 archways,
- 84 decorative ceilings, 340 pillars
- 24,151 hand carved pieces
- 5.6 tonnes, heaviest stone vs 50 grams, lightest stone
- 10,000 tonnes of Italian marble, Turkish limestone, Indian sandstone and granite
- Built to last over 1,000 years.
On July 22, 2007 the Mandir was dedicated to the people of Canada by the spiritual leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha and the inspirer, His Divine Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Present at the dedication ceremony were: The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, His Excellency Rajamanjinarayan, High Commissioner of India to Canada and His Worship Mayor David Miller, Mayor of Toronto.
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�2013 Lingfai Leung
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April 19th, 2013
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