World's largest Hindu temple to come up in Bihar

by Seva Lamberdar Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:52 pm

Patna, Oct 2 (IANS): The world's largest Hindu temple, with a towering height of 405 feet and a hall with a seating capacity for 20,000, is to be built in Bihar, an official said Wednesday.

The construction of the temple is to start after Durga Puja in Bihar's West Champaran district, said an official of the trust that is undertaking the ambitious project.

The proposed Virat Ramayan Mandir, at Janki Nagar near Kesaria in West Champaran district, about 125 km from here, will stand almost double the height of world-famous 12th century Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, which is 215 feet high.

The compelx will comprise of 18 temples with high spires, and its Shiv temple would have the largest Shivling in the world, another distinction.

"The construction work will start after Durga Puja this month," Acharya Kishore Kunal, secretary of Patna-based cash-rich Mahavir Mandir Trust, said.

Kunal, a retired IPS officer and the man behind the mega project, said work of earth filling at the 190 acre site is going on since last month.
He said the temple would have a whopping seating capacity of 20,000 in the hall facing the main temple, which will have the idols of Ram, Sita, Luv and Kush.

According to him, no temple in the world has such a huge seating capacity. The temple is to be built at a cost of over Rs.500 crore.
He said earlier the temple was named `Virat Angkor Wat Ram Mandir' but later its name was changed following objection by some people in Cambodia.

Angkor Wat was built during Hindu king Suryavarman's rule and is today a Unesco World Heritage site.
"The funds for the temple will be donated by devotees, particularly common people across the country," Kunal said.

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>>> The usual / original temples of Rama, based mostly according to Valmiki's original version of Ramayana (only up to the Yuddhakanda), depicted the idols of Rama, Sita, Hanuman (including sometimes the idol of Lakshmana). These temples were / are a good representation of victory of good over evil, such as based on the story of killing of evil Ravana by Rama for stealing / kidnapping another man's wife (Sita for example). That's a good message to the devotees / visitors to the temple.

It seems the new temple in Bihar, based mostly on the Uttarakanda or Uttara Ramayana (http://creative.sulekha.com/a-comment-about-the-uttarakanda-or-uttara-ramayana_595972_blog) and showing Ram, Sita, Lava and Kush, will be the ideal representation for a man throwing out his wife during her pregnant condition because of some gossip and she many years later returning to or meeting her husband along with two grown up sons / children (born to her during her exile or period away from her husband). It makes no sense.

by Guest Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:21 pm

in a country like India the focus should be on building toilets, schools, and hospitals and not churches, mosques, temples, gurudwaras, etc. It is a great shame that the organization is spending Rs 500 crore on a temple when it could have used the funds for building schools, hospitals, toilets, etc.

by Seva Lamberdar Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:34 pm

Rashmun wrote:in a country like India the focus should be on building toilets, schools, and hospitals and not churches, mosques, temples, gurudwaras, etc. It is a great shame that the organization is spending Rs 500 crore on a temple when it could have used the funds for building schools, hospitals, toilets, etc.

It also has little in terms of a nice spiritual message or as a good example to people because of its roots in the Uttara Ramayana.

by Merlot Daruwala Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:18 am

Bihar ranks amongst the worst performing states on every developmental parameter. Some two-thirds of households in Bihar don't have access to proper sanitation facilities.

And the Mahavir Mandir Trust believes building another really large temple is the best use of their money. Imbeciles.

by ashdoc Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:15 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Bihar ranks amongst the worst performing states on every developmental parameter. Some two-thirds of households in Bihar don't have access to proper sanitation facilities.

And the Mahavir Mandir Trust believes building another really large temple is the best use of their money. Imbeciles.

by that standard no masjid should be built . look at the atrocious living standards of muslims .

by Merlot Daruwala Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:08 am

ashdoc wrote:
Merlot Daruwala wrote:Bihar ranks amongst the worst performing states on every developmental parameter. Some two-thirds of households in Bihar don't have access to proper sanitation facilities.

And the Mahavir Mandir Trust believes building another really large temple is the best use of their money. Imbeciles.
by that standard no masjid should be built . look at the atrocious living standards of muslims .

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were locked in a race to the bottom with Muslims. Well, all the best!

by Seva Lamberdar Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:32 am

Seva Lamberdar wrote:
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=192442

>>> The usual / original temples of Rama, based mostly according to Valmiki's original version of Ramayana (only up to the Yuddhakanda), depicted the idols of Rama, Sita, Hanuman (including sometimes the idol of Lakshmana). These temples were / are a good representation of victory of good over evil, such as based on the story of killing of evil Ravana by Rama for stealing / kidnapping another man's wife (Sita for example). That's a good message to the devotees / visitors to the temple.

It seems the new temple in Bihar, based mostly on the Uttarakanda or Uttara Ramayana (http://creative.sulekha.com/a-comment-about-the-uttarakanda-or-uttara-ramayana_595972_blog) and showing Ram, Sita, Lava and Kush, will be the ideal representation for a man throwing out his wife during her pregnant condition because of some gossip and she many years later returning to or meeting her husband along with two grown up sons / children (born to her during her exile or period away from her husband). It makes no sense.

Anyway, there seems to be questionable spiritual significance in the proposed this-biggest and that-biggest temple in Bihar, considering what the Gita says of ostentation in religious / spiritual matters,

“In their haughtiness of vainglory, drunk with the pride of their wealth, they offer their wrong sacrifices for ostentation (public display), against divine law.” … the Gita (Ch. 16 – V. 17)

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:42 am

I am surprised that CONmen are not participating in this venture. Keeping people poor, illiterate and ignorant enhances their vote bank. Gowda, a K'taka CON MP, recently admitted on one of the TV channels that as long as there is poverty and illiteracy, CONartists are safe.

by Guest Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:02 am

Seva Lamberdar wrote:
Seva Lamberdar wrote:
[url=/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=192442]http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=192442[/url]

>>> The usual / original temples of Rama, based mostly according to Valmiki's original version of Ramayana (only up to the Yuddhakanda), depicted the idols of Rama, Sita, Hanuman (including sometimes the idol of Lakshmana). These temples were / are a good representation of victory of good over evil, such as based on the story of killing of evil Ravana by Rama for stealing / kidnapping another man's wife (Sita for example). That's a good message to the devotees / visitors to the temple.

It seems the new temple in Bihar, based mostly on the Uttarakanda or Uttara Ramayana ([url=/a-comment-about-the-uttarakanda-or-uttara-ramayana_595972_blog]http://creative.sulekha.com/a-comment-about-the-uttarakanda-or-uttara-ramayana_595972_blog[/url]) and showing Ram, Sita, Lava and Kush, will be the ideal representation for a man throwing out his wife during her pregnant condition because of some gossip and she many years later returning to or meeting her husband along with two grown up sons / children (born to her during her exile or period away from her husband). It makes no sense.
Anyway, there seems to be questionable spiritual significance in the proposed this-biggest and that-biggest temple in Bihar, considering what the Gita says of ostentation in religious / spiritual matters,

“In their haughtiness of vainglory, drunk with the pride of their wealth, they offer their wrong sacrifices for ostentation (public display), against divine law.” … the Gita (Ch. 16 – V. 17)

if the temple would not have been representing 'questionable spiritual significance' would it have been ok to spend more than Rs 500 crore on it?

by Seva Lamberdar Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:12 pm

Rashmun wrote:
Seva Lamberdar wrote:
Seva Lamberdar wrote:
[url=/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=192442]http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=192442[/url]

>>> The usual / original temples of Rama, based mostly according to Valmiki's original version of Ramayana (only up to the Yuddhakanda), depicted the idols of Rama, Sita, Hanuman (including sometimes the idol of Lakshmana). These temples were / are a good representation of victory of good over evil, such as based on the story of killing of evil Ravana by Rama for stealing / kidnapping another man's wife (Sita for example). That's a good message to the devotees / visitors to the temple.

It seems the new temple in Bihar, based mostly on the Uttarakanda or Uttara Ramayana ([url=/a-comment-about-the-uttarakanda-or-uttara-ramayana_595972_blog]http://creative.sulekha.com/a-comment-about-the-uttarakanda-or-uttara-ramayana_595972_blog[/url]) and showing Ram, Sita, Lava and Kush, will be the ideal representation for a man throwing out his wife during her pregnant condition because of some gossip and she many years later returning to or meeting her husband along with two grown up sons / children (born to her during her exile or period away from her husband). It makes no sense.
Anyway, there seems to be questionable spiritual significance in the proposed this-biggest and that-biggest temple in Bihar, considering what the Gita says of ostentation in religious / spiritual matters,

“In their haughtiness of vainglory, drunk with the pride of their wealth, they offer their wrong sacrifices for ostentation (public display), against divine law.” … the Gita (Ch. 16 – V. 17)
if the temple would not have been representing 'questionable spiritual significance' would it have been ok to spend more than Rs 500 crore on it?

It's not only questionable with regards to its spiritual significance (with claims of biggest this and biggest that by the temple builders), but this temple also over-emphasizes the spurious Uttara Ramayana (Uttara-kanda) by depicting the idols of Lava and Kush along with the idols of Rama and Sita.

I wonder if there is any woman on SUCH who will consider her husband worthy of a temple in his name, if he throws her out of the house during her pregnant condition, even banishing her to a forest or a far-off place, because he learns about a gossip about her going around the neighborhood and involving some strangers?

by Hellsangel Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:14 pm

Hey Ram!

by garam_kuta Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:17 pm

oh no! my project Sad

by Guest Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:57 pm

Hellsangel wrote:Hey Ram!

LOL!

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