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World’s largest Ramayan temple construction has started in Bihar

Published on 23 Jun 2023

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World’s largest Ramayan temple construction has started in Bihar
  • Construction work began on June 20 for the “world’s largest Ramayan temple” in Bihar’s East Champaran district. 
  • Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and secretary of the Patna-based Mahavir Temple Trust, Acharya Kishor Kunal, along with former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Justice S. N. Jha, and others, laid the foundation stone.
  • The construction of the three-storeyed Viraat Ramayan temple will be completed by the end of 2025 at an estimated cost of ₹500 crore. 
  • The temple will be taller than the 12th century Angkor Wat temple complex at Cambodia. 
  • The temple will be constructed in 3.76 lakh sq. ft. land in the Kaithwalia-Bahuara villages under the Kalyanur block on Kesaria-Chakia road in East Champaran district, about 120 km from the State capital, Patna.
  • The temple will have 12 domes, the highest of which will be 270 ft tall, and 22 sanctum sanctorum for different deities.
  • The Ramayan temple's architecture is inspired by three temples which include —the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, the Ramanathaswami temple in Rameshwaram, and the Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple in Madurai.
Source: SarkariPariksha