Bihar sees the start of construction on the "largest Ramayan temple in the world"

 

Bihar sees the start of construction on the "largest Ramayan temple in the world"

On 3.76 lakh square feet of land, the temple would be built at the Kaithwalia-Bahuara villages along the Kesaria-Chakia route in the East Champaran district, roughly 120 kilometres from Patna.

The "world's largest Ramayan temple" in Bihar's East Champaran district officially started construction on June 20. Former Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Justice S. N. Jha, previous Indian the Police Service (IPS) officer Acharya Kishor Kunal, and other individuals lay the cornerstone for the Mahavir Temple Trust in Patna. When some religious rites performed there, work started.

By the end of 2025, the three-story Viraat Ramayan temple's construction, which is expected to cost 500 crore, will be finished. The temple will be taller than Cambodia's Angkor Wat complex, which dates to the 12th century. About 120 kilometres from the state capital, Patna, the temple would be built on 3.76 lakh square feet of land in the Kaithwalia-Bahuara villages in the Kalyanur division on the Kesaria-Chakia road in East Champaran district. 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 33-foot-tall, 200-ton black granite Shivling that is being created at Mahabalipuram, close to Chennai, will also be housed in the temple. By Mahashivratri in 2025, this Shivling would be the biggest in the entire world, according to Mr. Kunal. Twenty thousand people can sit in the temple at once.

The Angkor Wat monument structure in Cambodia or the Ramanathaswami and Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temples in south India served as inspiration for the design of the largest temple in the world.