{"id":26065,"date":"2022-10-21T11:25:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T05:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/?page_id=26065"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:24:48","slug":"festival-of-lights-swaminarayan-akshardham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/festival-of-lights-swaminarayan-akshardham\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Of Lights, Swaminarayan Akshardham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-12 column topmargin\">\n<div class=\"jumbotron \">\n<h1>The Festival of Lights at Swaminarayan Akshardham, Gandhinagar<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container \">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 column topmargin\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1349\" height=\"480\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ngZNCLfGocU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swaminarayan Akshardham - Announcement\" src=\"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Akshardham_Gandhinagar_2026_Festival_of_Lights.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive noborder\" \/><\/div>\nThe holy festival of Diwali celebrates the attainment of enlightenment and freedom from the darkness of ignorance. Every year, for the past 34 years, Swaminarayan Akshardham has celebrated this auspicious occasion by lighting 10,000 traditional lamps.\n\nThis year, too, visitors can experience and be inspired by the decorative Festival of Lights including glow garden during the Diwali and Hindu New Year period from Sunday, 08 November to Sunday, 15 November 2026.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>On Monday, 09 November 2026, the Akshardham Complex will remain open, and visitors can experience the Exhibitions, Water Show and other attractions.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Festival of Lights at Swaminarayan Akshardham, Gandhinagar The holy festival of Diwali celebrates the attainment of enlightenment and freedom from the darkness of ignorance. Every year, for the past 34 years, Swaminarayan Akshardham has celebrated this auspicious occasion by lighting 10,000 traditional lamps. This year, too, visitors can experience and be inspired by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-right\"> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/festival-of-lights-swaminarayan-akshardham\/\">Read More<span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26065","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26065"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31936,"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26065\/revisions\/31936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshardham.com\/gujarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}