Rs 46-cr ISKCON temple at Rayapur
Radha, Parthasarathi idols at ISKCON temple, Anantapur. Express PhotoExpress News ServiceFirst Published : 13 Aug 2009 03:47:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 13 Aug 2009 08:43:20 AM IST
HUBLI: Hubli branch of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has proposed to build a huge Radha-Krishna temple at Rayapur, between Hubli and Dharwad, spending a whopping Rs 46 crore. The foundation stone for the temple would be laid on the day of Krishnajanmashtamai, August 14.
Addressing a press conference here on Wendesday, ISKCON Hubli chief Rajiv Lochana Dasa said the new temple-cum-cultural complex would come up in a sprawling 8-acre area next to the Sri Krishna-Balaram temple.
The complex would house a heritage auditorium, an open air theatre, multimedia theatre and a cultural and spiritual theme park. The project, considered as the glory of India and Karnataka’s pride, was designed by a team of architects led by Bangalore ISKCON chief Madhu Pandit Dasa, who designed the Bangalore ISKCON temple.
The temple-cum-cultural complex will have a 2.5 lakh square feet built-up area at Rs 46 crore.
The cultural complex would showcase India’s tradition, art, architecture and valuable heritage, bearing a unique blend of traditional Hosysala and modern architecture, a synthesis of traditional South Indian temple architecture with modern facilities, he said.
MPD Dandavat Pranam to you and all the God brothers of Iskcon Bangalore.
You are doing a great Job and please do go ahead unlike the toothless GBC which as you have suggested if can do election and then make the Organisation powerful, it would be a boon to Iskcon all over.
Alas they are chickens there and hence you go ahead and we as devotees are there to help you, the whole of Karnataka is with you
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i am an architecture student studying in pune in my final year. the final year project chosen by me is to design an ISKCON temple for our times and thought of taking a live site at Dharwar-Hubli Highway which is a proposed site for the new temple thats coming up. i need help to identify the exact boundaries of the site and the programme for the same. i would be visiting it on 25th Nov’11. awaiting a response.
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chetna Reply:
November 25th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
hey swapnil, I am too doing my thesis on ISKCON. I am doing both architecture and interior design ( 20 : 80 ). please can you tell me your email ID so that I can contact you.
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swapnil s j Reply:
November 26th, 2011 at 7:04 am
hi Chetna, nice to here you designing a temple for ISKCON. To which college you belong to? I am studying in SCOA, Pune. Anyway i can help you?
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chetna Reply:
November 26th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Hello, I am from madras, studying in MEASI. did u get the site details of hubli dharwar?? have u finished ur case study?
swapnil s j Reply:
November 27th, 2011 at 9:31 am
yes i had been there recently and got to see the site. it is near the Rayapur twin lake on Hubli-Dharwar highway. i have also finished with the case studies. you can visit it whenever possible with a college id and a permission letter. you wont face much problem because the people are sweet and helping.
sandhya p Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
hey guys m sandhya patil from pcp coa, pune….. studying in 4th yr even my thesis topic is iskcon temple but m really confused about selection of site can u ppl help me out………
chetna Reply:
December 14th, 2011 at 6:45 am
hey swapnil can u send me ur case study details to my id -- chetna.nathani@gmail.com
hey sandya…mail me at my ID ..i ll give u details..