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Everything you need to know about the World’s largest religious monument and iconic building the Temple of Vedic Planetarium in West Bengal, India

India is home to various architectural wonders. Before long, the Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal, will join the country’s list of iconic buildings. The temple, accepted to be the world’s biggest religious monument, will be greater than 46St. Paul’s Cathedral in the Vatican and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Moreover, the religious building will have the biggest dome in the world.

Temple of Vedic Planetarium

The Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal, will function as the headquarter of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKON). The project is valued at $100 million and is supposed to be finished in 2024. It will assist individuals with diving more deeply into the Vedic cosmos and the stories of the Puranas.

The extravagant temple will be the headquarter of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKON).

The whole project is valued at $100 million and the construction started in 2010. As indicated by reports, the temple will have the ability to accommodate 10,000 individuals according to ISKCON temple customs. The building will likewise feature an enormous rotating model that will symbolize the functioning of the planetary system in compliance with the holy scriptures of Bhagavad Purana.

A tweet by the temple authorities likewise claimed that the building will be unique as it would be the first to showcase the whole Vedic cosmology in an intuitive manner to assist everybody with figuring out the Vedic cosmos and the stories of the Puranas.

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Beforehand, the temple was scheduled to make its way to devotees by 2022. Notwithstanding, the pandemic delayed the inauguration. Consequently, the authorities look forward to completing the construction by 2024.

The construction of the much-anticipated project is looked for by Alfred Ford, the incredible grandson of the business mogul Henry Ford. Ford, who has now taken the name Ambarish Das, is an ISKON devotee himself.

Devotees are undoubtedly excited about the grand opening of the temple.

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