Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal terms Abu Dhabi BAPS Hindu Temple visit as ‘life memory’
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal
terms Abu Dhabi BAPS Hindu Temple visit as ‘life memory’
The temple is a ‘historic moment of two civilisations coming together,’ Bhavish Aggarwal posted on X.
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Sunday visited the recently inaugurated BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi, and termed the visit as a ‘life memory.’
Bhavish Aggarwal, the co-founder of the Bengaluru-based cab aggregator, also shared pictures from his visit to the temple.
For the entrepreneur Bhavesh Aggarwal, it was an historic moment of two civilisations coming together.
Notably, the BAPS temple was inaugurated by PM Modi in UAE) on February 14.
BAPS Hindu Temple is the first
traditional Hindu stone temple in the Middle East, including the UAE, built on total 27 acres of land gifted by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince.
Made from pink Rajasthan sandstone and white Italian marble stone, its foundation stone was laid by PM Modi in 2017.
The temple has seven spires, each symbolising an Emirate of the UAE. Facilities include a visitor centre, prayer halls, thematic gardens, learning areas, etc., and more than 100 sensors have been installed across the complex to check seismic activity and temperature changes, if any.
The estimated project cost is 400 million UAE dirham.
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