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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Mahavir Mandir Trust of Patna performed bhumi-puja for construction of a replica of Angkor Wat Temple in Vaishali district which will be the largest Hindu temple in the world. To be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore, the five-storied and 222-feet tall temple will come up on a 15-acre land near Ismailpur village on the Hajipur-Bidupur road in Vaishali district. The biggest temple of the world will be just 25 km from Patna. |
Land worth around Rs 30 crore had already been acquired for the purpose from the locals.Angkor Wat Temple is in Cambodia and was built in the early 12th century during the reign of the King Suryavarman (1141-1152 AD).According to Trust secretary Acharya Kishore Kunal the Trust is going to recreate the Angkor Wat Temple at a place named Angkor Nagar. The name of the temple will be Virat Angkor Wat Ram Mandir. The site is blessed as Ram, Lakshman and Vishwamitra were welcomed here on their arrival by King Sumati of the Vaishali kingdom.
Kunal said that it would be the largest Hindu temple in the world with its shikhar 222 ft tall which no temple in the country or the world has.The constructed area of the main temple would be more than one lakh sq. ft. Like the famous Angkor Wat Temple this Ram Mandir will be five-storied and have five shikhars. Apart from Ram and Sita, it will house many other deities such as Radha-Krishna, Shiva-Parvati, Ganesh, Surya, Vishnu and 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu.He further said that the Temple would be a Rs 100 crore project. The estimated value of land is Rs 30 crore while the construction cost of the structure would be Rs 30 crore. The finishing work and installation of various deities will require another Rs 40 crore. The construction of the structure may take three to five years and the entire finishing work may take 10 years.
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