The Games Village is located on the 92acre site of the Akshardam Temple Complex, bounded by National Highway No24 to the south, 60m/40m wide roads the east and west, thick foliage and railway line beyond to the north. A flat site, it lies in the Yamuna river basin. To maintain a park land setting for The Temple Complex, accommodation is offset around two intersecting axes. The primary east west axis forms a Ceremonial Boulevard through the ‘International Zone’. The secondary north south axis runs through the residential quarter. An amphitheatre on the intersection of the axes overlooks the river.