Ramayan Temple in Bihar set to become world’s largest, projected completion by 2025: Report
Construction of the 'world's largest Ramayan temple' began in Bihar's East Champaran district on June 20, with an estimated cost of ₹500 crore.
The construction work of the ‘world’s largest Ramayan temple' started on June 20 in the East Champaran district of Bihar following some religious rituals at the site, according to media reports.
The reports stated that the ‘Ramayan temple’ in Bihar will be taller than the 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. The estimated cost of the temple's construction is ₹500 crore.
By the end of 2025, the construction work of the three-storeyed Viraat Ramayan temple is expected to be completed.
In East Champaran district which is about 120 km from Patna, the temple will be constructed on 3.76 lakh sq. ft. land in the Kaithwalia-Bahuara villages, the report added.
The Ramayan temple will consist of 12 domes, of which, the highest will be of 270 fr tall. In addition, it will also have around 22 sanctum sanctorum for different deities along with marriage halls and guest houses in the complex.
According to reports, the overall measurement of the temple will be 2,800 ft in length, 1,400 ft in width, and 405 ft in height. It will also have a 33-ft-high black granite Shivling which will weigh around 200 tonnes.
It is said that the Shivling is being made at Mahabalipuram near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. An official stated that this Shivling will be the world's largest which will be completed by Mahashivratri in 2025.
A total of 20,000 people can be accumulated in the temple at a time. Officials including the secretary of the Patna-based Mahavir Temple Trust Acharya Kishor Kunal, former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice SN Jha laid the foundation stone of the temple.
The Ramayan temple's architecture is inspired by three temples which include —the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, the Ramanathaswami temple in Rameshwaram, and the Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple in Madurai.
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First Published:22 Jun 2023, 08:04 AM IST
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