Gurdwara Bangla Sahib

Gurdwara Bangla Sahib was initially a lodge having a place with Raja Jai Singh, an Indian ruler in the seventeenth century, and was known as Jaisinghpura Palace, in Jaisingh Pura, a notable neighborhood pulverized to clear a path for the Connaught Place, shopping district.

The eighth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Krishan lived here amid his stay in Delhi in 1664. Amid that time, there was a smallpox and cholera scourge, and Guru Har Krishan helped the agony by giving guide and new water from the well at this house. Before long he excessively gotten the ailment and in the end kicked the bucket on March 30, 1664. A little tank was later developed by Raja Jai Singh over the well, its water is presently loved as having recuperating properties and is taken by Sikhs all through the world back to their homes. 

The Gurdwara and its Sarovar are presently a position of incredible adoration for Sikhs, and a spot for uncommon gathering on birth commemoration of Guru Har Krishan.

The grounds incorporate the Gurudwara, a kitchen, an expansive (blessed) lake, a school and a craftsmanship exhibition. Similarly as with all Sikh Gurdwaras, the idea of langar is drilled, and all individuals, paying little mind to race or religion may eat in the Gurdwara kitchen (langar corridor). The Langar (sustenance) is set up by gursikhs who work there furthermore by volunteers who like to assist. At the Gurdwara, guests are asked for to cover their hair and not to wear shoes. Help to nonnatives and guests with Guides, head scarves, and shoe-minding administration can be found inside the compound and are accessible for nothing out of pocket. Anybody can volunteer to keep the shoes in the shoe-minding room, and cleaning the areas of the Gurudwara. 

The complex likewise houses a higher auxiliary school, Baba Baghel Singh Museum, a library and a doctor's facility. AirConditioning has been done inside the Gurudwara furthermore for the Langar Hall. Another "Yatri Niwas", and multi-level parking spot have been built. A can complex is likewise built. The space around the back access to the Gurudwara is additionally being spruced up, in order to give a superior perspective from the roadside. 

The Bangla Sahib Gurudwara complex has showed up in a few scholarly works.

Akshardham

"Akshardham" implies the celestial dwelling place God. It is hailed as an everlasting spot of commitment, virtue and peace. Swaminarayan Akshardham at New Delhi is a Mandir – a habitation God, a Hindu place of love, and a profound and social grounds committed to dedication, learning and agreement. Immortal Hindu otherworldly messages, dynamic reverential conventions and old engineering all are reverberated in its craft and architecture.The mandir is an unassuming tribute to Bhagwan Swaminarayan (1781-1830), the symbols, devas and awesome sages of Hinduism. The generally styled complex was initiated on 6 November 2005 with the gifts of HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj and through the gave endeavors of talented artisans and volunteers 

Opened sixth November 2005 

Built by Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) 

Roused by HH Yogiji Maharaj (1892-1971 CE) 

Made by His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj 

More than 300,000,000 volunteer hours went into making the complex 

More than 8,000 volunteers from over the world took an interest in building it 

Mandir worked from unpredictably cut sandstone and marble 

Displays on Hinduism, including Bhagwan Swaminarayan's life and teachings, for example, petition, empathy, and peacefulness. 

Open greenery enclosures, water bodies and step-all around styled yard

Since Vedic times, India has a glorious tradition of respecting rivers, lakes and stepwells. Following this tradition, a sacred water body, Narayan Sarovar, surrounds the main Akshardham mandir. Narayan Sarovar contains the holy waters of 151 rivers and lakes sanctified by Bhagwan Swaminarayan, including Manasarovar, Pushkar Sarovar, Pampa Sarovar, Indradyumna Sarovar, Manikarnika Ghat, Prayag Triveni Sangam, River Kshipra, Rivers Ganga and Yamuna and many others. 

On the outer wall of the mandir are 108 bronze gaumukhs, symbolizing 108 names of God, from which holy water spouts forth. 

TICKETS AND TIMINGS

Abhishek Donation:

₹ 50 per person.

Timings: 9:30am to 8:00pm.

Aarti Time: 6:30pm.

Time to See:

10 to 25 minutes

Ritual Duration:

10 to 15 minutes

Note: Deposit your shoes in a shoe-rack outside the Abhishek Mandap. Please wash your hands before entering and maintain silence during Abhishek.