Upcoming Tallest Temples in India

 

1.   Sri Vrindavan Chandrodya Temple, Vrindavan  :

A huge temple under construction at Vrindavan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is planned to be the tallest religious monument in the world. At a potential of Rs.300 crores ( 42 millon US $), it is likely to be the most expensive temples in India. The planned  effort includes the temple height to be 700 ft ( 213 mtrs or 70 floors). The project  is set in 62 acres of land  with 12 acres for parking a and a helipad.

 It is said that in 1972 Sri Prapadha, founder and Acharya of ISKCON, while visiting Vrindavan with his dozen or more disciples who were accompanying him on a visit said” Just like we have got a tendency to build a skyscraper building . As you in your country, you do. So you should not get attached to the skyscraper building , but you can utilize the tendency by constructing a big temple like skyscraper for Lord Krishna. In this way, you have to purify your material activities”.

Inspired by this vision statement of Sri Prabhupada, the devotees of ISKCON, Bangalore conceived this Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir ( Temple) project to build a skyscraper temple for Sri Krishna.

On 16^th November 2014, the then President of India, Late Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of the temple which is still under construction.

2.   Viraat Ramayan Mandir, Bihar

Located in Kesariya, Bihar, India is an upcoming temple complex which when completed will be the largest religious monument in the world.

Main Features :

Inspired by the Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia and Rameshwaram and Meenakshi temples in India it is planned to be twice the height of the world famous 12^th century Angkor Wat temple which is 215ft high. It will comprise of 18 homes for various Hindu Gods with focus on Shri Ram & Sita. The temple will have a hall with a seating capacity of 20000 people.

It will be spread over an area of 200 acres  with 2800 ft in length,1400 ft wide and 405 ft in height. The Shiv Temple will

In 2012, after the concern and sentiment from Cambodian Govt.

3.   Sri Rm Mandir, Ayodhya:

Under construction Hindu Temple in Ayodhaya, Uttar Pradesh, India at the site of Ram Janambhoomi, which many Hindus believe to be the birth place of Hindu God Shri Ram.

Ram Lalla Virajman, infant form of Shri Ram, an avatar of Shri Vishnu is the presiding deity.

The temple for construction was handed over to the Hindus by the Supreme Court of India after a long court battle. The main structure of the building will be built on a raised platform and will have three storeys. It will have five mandaps  which in Hindu temples is a pillared hall or pavilion or public rituals in the middle of the Garbhgriha ( sanctum sanctorum) and the entry : the three types of mandaps, Kadu, Nritya and Rang and 2 Mandaps for the ‘Kirtan’ which is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘narrating,reciting,telling of an idea or story especially in Indian religions; and ‘Prarthana’ which is a prayer closely associated with more abstract form of meditation and with charms of spells, on the other side.

In Nagara style the Mandaps are to be decorated with ‘Shikhar’, a Sanskrit word meaning ‘ mountain peak’ and refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture in Northern India. The tallest ‘Shikhar’ will be the one above ‘ garbhgriha’. The building will have a total of 866 columns, the columns will have 16 idols each to include the incarnations( avtars) of Shiva also known as Mahadev, ‘The Dashavtars’ the ten primary  ncarnatons of Vishnu, the Hindu God of preservation, the ‘Chausath Jogins’ and the 12 incarnations of Goddess Saraswati: Hindu Goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom and learning.

The width of the stairs will be 16 ft. the ‘garbhgriha’ or the sanctum sanctorum will be octagonal. The temple will be built in 10 acres and 57 acres of land will be developed into a complex with a prayer hal , a Ramkatha Kunj ( lecture hall), a Vaidik Pathshala ( educational facility), a Sant Niwas ( hostel for visitors) and other facilities like a museum and a cafeteria.

The Temple will be 225 ft wide,360 ft long and 160 ft high and will take 250 artisans everyday to work at the temple which would take 2 to 3 years to complete. Over 2 lakh bricks ( shillas) inscribed with the word ‘Shri Ram’ in various languages  collected over 3 decades from across the country will form the foundation of the Temple.

The construction will be accomplished with 600 thousand cubic sandstone but it will be made sure that the shrine is strong enough to sustain natural calamities. The fusing of the stone blocks will require 10000 copper plates.

After the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India with their verdict on 5^th November 2019 paved the way for the construction of Ram Mandir to be undertaken by Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust,  Prime Minister of India,Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Ram Mandir, Ayodhya and performed the Bhoomi Pujan on 5^th of August 2020.

4.   Ma Umiya Temple, Gujarat

Sardar Vallabbhai Patel's iron statue has the honor of entering the Guinness records list for being the tallest statue in the world. Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India , as it is called rises to a height of 597 feet and 1 inch.

Now another landmark again in Gujarat, supposedly is waiting eagerly to enter Guinness list of tallest temples in the world.  This tallest temple is to be built by World Umiya Foundation at S.G. Highway, Jaspur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Now a little information about the temple:
Height of the temple is 131 mtrs ( 431 feet)
This temple is designed by German and Indian architects .
It has a viewers gallery at 270 feet ( 82 mtrs) from where a glimpse of the entire city will be visible.
Budget Rs. 1000 crores approximately.
Statue of Ma Umiya  will be placed at a height of 52 mtrs.

It is going to be a marvel to watch when completed. 

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