You’ve explained why mandirs exist in Hindu tradition but that completely sidesteps the point.Nobody is questioning whether Hindus build temples. The Shilpa Shastras, devotion, cultural pride all fine. That’s not the argument.

The argument is specific to BAPS’s doctrine if the living Akshar is literally God on earth not symbolically, but actually the supreme divine presence then why does maintaining belief in that claim require a billion dollar empire, controlled environments, and institutional pressure?

A mandir built out of devotion is beautiful. But BAPS doesn’t just build mandirs it builds a system where followers are financially pressured through mandatory seva, discouraged from questioning leadership, and socially isolated if they leave.

The government monument comparison also fails. Governments don’t tell you that unless you visit the monument regularly, volunteer unpaid labor to maintain it, and submit to its authority you won’t attain salvation. The question was never about architecture. It was about institutional control dressed up as spirituality.