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03/09/22 05:51 AM IST

World’s largest religious monument to open in West Bengal

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  • The Vedic Planetarium Temple in Mayapur, West Bengal will soon become the world’s largest religious monument.
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  • In addition to becoming the largest religious monument in the world, the Temple of Vedic Planetarium in West Bengal, which will serve as the headquarters of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), will also have the world’s biggest dome.
  • The Vedic Planetarium will offer guests a tour of the various parts of the cosmic creation.
  • The purpose behind the construction of this temple is to make people aware of the Vedic culture.
  • The temple is based on the vision of Acharya Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON, which would help in the spread of Vedic knowledge in the world.
  • Special Blue Bolivian Marble has been used in the 380 feet high temple, which shows the influence of Western architecture in the temple.
  • Mayapur is also known as the Land of the Golden Avatar, this site is about 140 km from Calcutta.
  • An incarnation of Lord Krishna (incarnation of Lord Vishnu), Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in this city in the year 1486.
Source- Live mint 

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