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Upcoming tallest, grandest and largest religious structure in India.
Lord Krishna’s ‘Chandrodaya’ temple, which is expected to be thrice as the height of 72.5 metre-high Qutub Minar.
President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Vrindavan tomorrow to lay the foundation stone for building Lord Krishna’s ‘Chandrodaya’ temple, which is expected to be thrice as the height of 72.5 metre-high Qutub Minar. As per reports, this temple will be able to withstand natural calamities like Earthquake, Cyclones etc.
The “bhoomi pujan” of the site was done by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and after laying of the foundation stone by the President work for the Rs 300-crore project will start.
The temple project is expected to be finished in the next five years, organisers of the project said, adding, funds had been collected from various corporate houses and devotees of Lord Krishna for it.
Mukherjee will visit Vrindavan tomorrow to attend the ‘Anantha Sthapana Puja’ at Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir. He will also visit the ‘Bankey Bihari Mandir’ on the same day before returning to Delhi, a statement issued today by Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
The ‘Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir’, which is conceptualised by devotees of Bangalore-based the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), will have a height of about 210 metres.
The Bankey Bihari temple, Vrindavan is amongst the holiest and famous temples of Lord Krishna in the country.
The organisers will also be attempting to re-create entire ambiance when Lord Krishna was born, besides running a visual 3D show of “Krishna Leela,” especially for foreign tourists.
Source : Daily Pioneer
More on the Mandir
A skyscraper temple with a height of 210 meters and footprint of about 5 acres, surrounded by recreated forests of Braj.
Mathura and Vrindavan are important places for Hindus all over the world. Vrindavan is especially a very revered and sacred place for the devotees of Lord Sri Krishna. In fact, the Holy Land of Vrindavan can be considered to be the spiritual capital of India.
The skyscraper temple project, conceived of by the devotees of ISKCON-Bangalore, will consist of a grand temple of Lord Sri Krishna at its centre. The grand temple shall be of monumental proportions and its iconic architecture shall harmoniously combine elements of both Indian temple architecture and modern architecture. This temple is poised to become the tallest, grandest and largest religious structure in India. The temple has a footprint of about 5 acres and rises to a height of about 700 feet (210 metres or 70 floors). The temple is planned to be vibrant with festivals and religious activities throughout the year.
A look-alike of the verdant forests of Vrindavan will be recreated around this magnificent temple. Designed by the world’s best landscape designers, spread over a sprawling 26 acres, it will consist of the twelve forests (dvadashakanana) of Braj, with varieties of lush vegetation, green pastures, elegant vistas of fruit bearing trees, flower laden creepers serenaded by bird songs, clear water lakes with lotuses and lilies and water falls that tumble from small artificial hillocks – all recreated from descriptions in the SrimadBhagavatam and other source books of Lord Sri Krishna – to transport the visitors to Krishna’s times in Vrindavan.
While the Yamuna creek provides a boating opportunity for the visitors and the Krishna Lila attractions in the forest provide an entertaining experience for all the family members, the Bhagavad Gita Expo will ignite the minds and invigorate the intellect with the stupendous wisdom given by Lord Sri Krishna that forms the bedrock of the culture and the philosophy of life in India. The Krishna Heritage Museum will showcase the rich heritage and artistic celebration of Lord Sri Krishna in diverse cultures of India, practiced and perfected over thousands of years.
From the ground level, a capsule elevator will rise up through the temple core, taking visitors through different planetary systems in the universe as described in the Vedic literatures, through an immersive sound, light and diorama show. The capsule elevator will finally reach the visitors to the
Viewing Gallery at 700 feet for a breathtaking panoramic view of BrajMandal.
It was the desire of SrilaPrabhupada, Founder Acharya of ISKCON, that the glories of Sri Krishna and Sri VrindavanaDham be spread all over the world so that the peoples of the world irrespective of caste, creed, color, nationality or gender, are freed from the sufferings of material existence and find everlasting happiness through Krishna consciousness.
Source : Skyscraper City
