Akshardham Temple: Enlightening Evening Tour with Enthralling Musical Fountain Show
4.4
17 Ratings
Delhi

Explore the marvelous Akshardham Temple and witness the enormity of this exceptional monument under the guidance and knowledge of your expert guide. Visit the temple and appreciate its splendor, and as the sun sets, watch the amazing musical fountain show.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Swaminarayan Akshardham - Meet your expert guide at Akshardham Metro station Gate No. 1, and then walk together towards the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple. The magnificent monument officially opened in 2005, and is situated on the banks of the Yamuna river in the eastern face of the city.

Explore the alluring beauty of this majestic monument as your guide unfolds the legends and stories connected with the temple. Admire the temple’s complex style of architecture which consists of 234 ornately carved pillars, 9 domes and more than 20,000 statues of various Hindu sages, saints, and acharyas (teachers). As you stroll through the temple’s intricately carved corridors, you will experience faith at its best.

After that, stop for a small snack. Relish the exotic flavors of Indian masala tea and mouth-watering samosas.

Finally, it’s time to witness the spectacular musical fountain show which depicts the cycle of birth, life, and death as mentioned in Indian mythology. The 15-minute fountain show is called, “Cycle of Life” and takes place as the sunsets.

After the show, walk back to Akshardham Metro station where your tour concludes.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Professional guide
  • Snacks
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST) included
  • Sound and Light show (Water Show)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • A small amount of walking is involved, comfortable walking shoes are recommended
  • Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
  • Items ALLOWED in the complex:
  • WALLET
  • SHOES
  • BELTS
  • PASSPORT
  • MONEY
  • LADIES PURSE
  • JEWELLERY
  • BABY FOOD
  • WATER BOTTLE
  • JACKETS
  • Note -Please take care of your personal belongings. Baby Food and water bottle are subjected to further check.
  • Items NOT ALLOWED in the complex:
  • MOBILE PHONES
  • CAMERAS
  • USB/PEN DRIVES
  • MUSIC DEVICES
  • ELECTRONIC ITEMS
  • WEAPONS
  • UMBRELLA
  • LUGGAGE
  • TOYS
  • PETS
  • FOOD AND DRINK
  • TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, DRUGS
  • For a quick and smooth security check, we request you not bring these prohibited items with you. If you do happen to bring these items with you, please check them into the free cloakroom before entering the security check queue.
  • DRESS CODE
  • The temple is a sacred house of God and a place of daily worship. To preserve its sanctity and spiritual ambience, a strict dress code operates within the complex.
  • Upper Wear: Must cover the shoulders, chest, navel, and upper arms
  • Lower Wear: Must be at least below knee-length
  • Sarong: In case your dress does not comply with above requirement, a free sarong is provided for your visit (Refundable Deposit Rs. 100) Please return the sarong at the exit.
  • During Sundays and holidays it is very crowded so you have to wait in queue to get entry inside the Temple
  • No Restrictions
Location
Akshardham Metro Station
Meet at gate number 1
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(17 Ratings)
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Dannyrs7849zg
May 23, 2024
Great historical and visual tour, and kids will love the water show! - The temple is beautiful and the local guide was incredibly helpful in providing history and context to the temple, as well as helping me navigate the security, back drop off, etc. highly recommend!
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Danny_r
May 23, 2024
Great experience, especially if you have small children with the water show - Beautiful temple and Vinay was an incredible guide! The architecture was unbelievable, the security and queues quick and efficient and everyone was very happy
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Randjtaylor330
Nov 23, 2023
Such a beautiful Temple - such a magnificent temple to see in the day and at the water show in the evening along with many displays
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Jacqui_m
Oct 28, 2023
Beautiful evening trip - The temple is a more modern addition to the city, but it’s absolutely stunning! Definitely visit in the evening, the setting is incredible and the water show is beautifully done. Rocky was a fantastic guide. I appreciated how open and sharing he was of his faith and insights into the importance of the temple, the iconography and practices. I recommend visiting with a guide or someone who has been before, navigating cloakroom queues (you can take very little inside), boot room bags and the crowds would have been a lot more stressful alone.
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Nathanielmoon55
Sep 15, 2022
Awesome time with Sunil! - Had a great time learning about religion with our guide, Sunil. He was very knowledgeable and friendly and helped us get back to our hotel. Arkshadham is a very unique temple.
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Globetrotting796732
Jan 7, 2020
Akshardham - The Marvel - Before I went there, i did not have any expectation about the temple. But after my 6 hours visit over there, i want to describe it as the MUST VISIT PLACE in Delhi. THE TEMPLE IS CLOSED ON MONDAY. It is good to enter the temple at 2.00 PM. So that you can enjoy it with evening musical fountain show. It is very near from AKSHARDHAM METROSTATION. You can see the view of the temple from backside of metro station and you can reach there easily by walk from the metrostation. Mobile phones and other electronic items are not allowed inside temple. TEMPLE MANAGEMENT WILL GET YOUR MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC ITEMS AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR CUSTODY UNTIL YOUR RETURN FROM TEMPLE. So if you want to have the snap of temple, do it from outside as much as you want. Inside temple, The temple management itself has photo session for visitors for which Rs.50 was charged for each photo (march 2019) and the copies were given immediately. Inside temple, they sell the book about the temple which was Rs.10 when i went there. It is good to read it. You can use the canteen if you are hungry. But you should use it before entering into main entrance of temple. The temple structure reminds me the palace shown in Bahubali movie. The culuture of hindu religion is very well explained there. You don't have to read them like you did in your school days. They were well explained using big movable toy statues with voice. Even little kids love it very much. Hindi and english are the languages used to explain. Seperate queue and place for hindi and non hindi people. There is an amazing artificial boat ride which explains the history, culture and inventions in hindu religion. That ride was wonderful. The best part of the temple is the musical fountain show in evening. Hindi langugae is only used in that show. Though i could not understand the language, i Ccould understand the concept and enjoyed the visuals. Those visuals were amazing. When i came out of temple, i felt like i was in different world for the past 6 hours. So, DON'T MISS AKSHARDHAM.
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W0rldtraveller2015
Dec 25, 2019
Awesome place - This is must visit place in Delhi. Dont miss it. The light and foundation show is really good. Please ensure u visit in the evening to get the best out of this place
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Luckyaway
Jan 18, 2020
Wonderful - I visited there and feel the inner peace after a long time. My family was also feel the same,trip was so good.
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Danesh_d
May 13, 2024
Bad experience during Akshardham visit - Guide provided during the visit was rude in behavior & did not provided the information in the apt way. He was running ahead of the group & made no significant contribution in providing the knowledge about the temple. As a group, we had to pay temple visit charges. Also, services provided were too expensive & don't see any value add for the same. Request Viator for refund. Booking ref.: BR-1133978767
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Prerna_s
Nov 2, 2023
RIDICULOUS ! - Extremely unsatisfactory experience with the guide yesterday. Not sure what we were charged so heavily for when he did absolutely nothing. In fact his communications were quite indecent. He was heavily under the influence of alcohol and asking personal invasive questions to me. Questions like - what is my background, if I am Brahmin what is my gotra. Can we get his son placed at our organisation. He had no clue about where to get photographs done at the temple and my team was running back and forth instead of him. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR. These are not unforeseen issues this is extremely unruly unprofessional behaviour. I am not keen to book any service with you going forward. For an 80 rupees ticket of the fountain show , your services cost us approx 3000 rupees per head only for this harassment. You should issue me a refund instead. I want to file a complaint for misbehaviour.
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