GOLDEN TEMPLE
AT
VELLORE
The Golden Temple was built in a short span
of seven years. It was inaugurated on August 24, 2007. The consecration
ceremony was witnessed by thousands
of devotees. Since then, the temple has attracted hundreds of thousands of
devotees.
The religious center of Sripuram, famous
golden temple is located among the small green mountains in an area called
Malaikodi at Vellore city in Tamil Nadu state, India. It is located at the
south part of Vellore city, at the place of Tirumalaikodi.
Renowned temple of Sri Lakshmi, prevalently
called Golden temple, is recently constructed temple as well as Spiritual Park
at the place of Thirumalaikodi in Vellore city.
The
temple is about 8 kilometers far from old bus
stand of Vellore, close to fort. It is spread about 100 acres of land, built by
Vellore’s Sri Narayani-Peedam lead by religious Guru Sakthi Amma.
Golden temple has complicated statues, created by hundreds of expert gold decorators; those have specialization in temple decoration.
the exterior part of gold temple is covered with gold plates and sheets, with
made considered to have total
cost of
about 300 crore ( 65 million US $).
The total gold was used in this temple is around 1,500 kilograms which is the
biggest amount even in entire world. The lighting system of the gold temple is
arranged to highlight the temple and even night, the temple glitters.
On 24,
August 2007, the construction of the temple was completed. The exterior pathway of this temple is shaped
like a star that is 1.8 km of span and its all walls are adorned with the
spiritual teachings of holy Guru Sakthi Amma.
There are many sevas in the temple. Life Time
Archana seva, Full Moon Yagam, Abhisekha Darshan seva, Chandhi Homam, Sri Swarna
Lakshmi Abisegam, Rice Donation
seva, Prathana Deepa Seva, Gho Pooja Seva, Sri Vastram
Seva, Kum Kum Archana Seva, Vedha Parayana Seva, Maha Arathi.
By Air
International airports
of Bangalore and Chennai are very nearest airports and best for the foreignerdevotees.
By Train
Vellore's main railway station is at Katpadi, at the northern end of the
city. Katpadi junction is 18km from Sripuram. Two new railway stations (which
will be opened by April 2008), namely, Vellore town and Vellore Cantonment is
nearing completion. Cantonment is 8km from Sripuram while Town railway station
is 10km from Sripuram. More direct trains are expected to be scheduled to
Cantonment and Town railway stations.
By Bus
Vellore is well connected by road. The central bus stand is 12km from
the temple. Buses to Chennai, Bangalore,Coimbatore, Tirupathi,Erode,
Trichy,Madurai and Tuticorin are frequent.
The timings of entry into the premises is strictly between 07:00 AM to
09:00 PM
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