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The archetypal signifier of the operation of ISKCON Sri Radha Govind Devji Mandir astatine Rayapur located betwixt Hubballi and Dharwad is nearing completion and the idols of Lord Krishna, Balarama, Radha and others volition beryllium installed done Vedic rituals starting connected June 18.
Addressing presspersons astatine the under-construction temple connected Saturday, president of ISKCON Hubballi-Dharwad Rajiv Lochan Dasa said that the ‘prana pratishta’ (deity installation ceremony) volition beryllium held connected June 22 and would beryllium preceded by accepted ‘Agama Vidhi’ rituals and Vedic installation ceremonies from June 18.
“Chairman of ISKCON Madhu Pandit Dasa and others volition enactment successful the event. After the installation, a 48-day ‘mandala puja’ volition beryllium held from June 23 to August 9 arsenic per ‘Agama Shastra’ and the temple volition beryllium formally opened connected August 10,” helium said.
Mr. Dasa said that the temple presently stood astatine astir 110 feet and upon completion of the 90-feet gopuram it would beryllium 200 feet supra the roadworthy level.
He said the archetypal signifier of the temple had been completed astatine a outgo of ₹30 crore and the 2nd and 3rd phases were expected to outgo astir ₹30 crore and mightiness instrumentality 3 years to beryllium completed.
“The temple has been conceived arsenic a centre for holistic spiritual improvement and assemblage engagement. The analyzable includes classrooms, a Vedic library, a lecture hall, a multipurpose hall, and a ‘annadana’ (mass feeding) hall,” helium said.
The temple operation began with excavation enactment connected August 2, 2012, the instauration laying connected February 24, 2013, and the instauration enactment connected July 11, 2013.
Vice-president Raghottam Dasa said that the caller temple analyzable would stay closed for the nationalist from June 18 to August 9 to facilitate the deity installation and assorted rituals. However the existing ISKCON temple would beryllium open.
Mr. Dasa said that aft August 10, the idols successful the existing temple would beryllium transferred to the caller temple. The program was to person the existing temple operation into a ‘Brahmacharya Ashram’ and a ‘Yatri Nivas’.
Giving details of the temple structure, Rammohan Dasa said that the analyzable comprised 4 floors and a terrace, with main temple hallway located connected the 2nd floor.
