National Desk, 25 June: The construction of the “world’s largest Ramayan Temple” in Bihar’s East Champaran district has now begun. Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and secretary of the Patna-based Mahavir Temple Trust, Acharya Kishor Kunal and former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Justice S. N. Jha laid the foundation stone.
The three-story Ramayan temple will be completed in 2025 at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore. The temple will be taller than Cambodia’s 12th century Angkor Wat Temple Complex.
Speaking to ANI Acharya Kishore Kunal said, “We have designed the construction of the world’s largest temple Ramayam Temple and being done by the Mahavir Mandir Trust and I am the secretary of the Mahavir Mandir Trust and leading the work from the planning to the commencement of the construction of this temple.”
He stated that up to twenty-two temples are being built on the campus of the Ramayana temple.
“22 temples are being constructed in the campus of the Ramayana temple, in which almost all the Gods will be seated. All those mentioned in the Ramayana and there will be a God Krishna temple the temple of Shiva, Parvati will be also included,” said Kishore Kunal.
The secretary of the Hanuman Mandir Trust Kunal also disclosed to ANI that the installation of the largest Shivling in the world will take place there. All the deities that are mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana whose temple is being constructed. The temple of Lord Ram is also a part of this.
“Ram ji’s procession was returning, then stay here 2nd Night and this temple is situated on the Janaki Marg being built from Ayodhya to Janakpur (Sita Ji Home Town). The construction of the temple, which is located 120 km from Patna, will be completed by the end of the year 2025,” He added
On a plot of ground measuring 3.76 lakh square feet, the temple would be built in the East Champaran district roughly 120 kilometres from Patna. The temple would include 22 sanctum sanctorum for various deities and 12 domes, the tallest of which will measure 270 feet.
The temple will measure 2,800 feet long, 1,400 feet wide and 405 feet tall. The property will also include guest homes and wedding venues. A total of 20,000 people can sit in the temple at once.