US: World's largest Akshardham Hindu temple outside India in the modern era opens in New Jersey
World | October 08, 2023 14:59 ISTIt took a combined total of about 4.7 million hours of work by artisans and volunteers to hand-carve about 2 million cubic feet of stone. The four varieties of marble from Italy and limestone from Bulgaria travelled first to India and then over 8,000 miles across the world to New Jersey.