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Sri Arun Jaitley extends his encouragement to the ambitious project
In a recent development, Sri Bharatarsabha Dasa, Vice President – Communications of the Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir (VCM) along with other representatives of the temple visited Sri Arun Jaitley. Sri Arun Jaitley, an eminent lawyer, is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and currently holds the office of Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India. Prior to this he had also held the portfolios as the Minister for Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the National Democratic Alliance government (1998–2004). Apart from being a senior minister of the Government of India, Sri Jaitley is also the leader of the…
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Sri L.K. Advani pays rich tributes to Srila Prabhupada
Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir (VCM) had the good opportunity to meet Sri Lal Krishna Advani at his office recently. Sri Bharatarsabha Dasa, Vice President-Communications of VCM called upon the veteran leader to appraise him of the progress made in building the world’s tallest Krishna temple in Vrindavan. Sri L.K. Advani is a prominent parliamentarian of the country, having rendered more than six decades of committed service in his illustrious political career. He began his public life as a social worker during the independence and partition struggle in 1947 and is now a highly respected patriarch and guiding force of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Under the leadership of the former Prime…
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President Pranab Mukherjee meets Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa
Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa, the Chairman and Sri Chanchalapathi Dasa, the President of Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir, met with Sri Pranab Mukherjee, the Honourable President of India. During the meeting, Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa briefed the Honourable President about the upcoming world’s tallest temple – Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir and various aspects of the project. Sri Pranab Mukherjee was very appreciative of the Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir project and efforts of its team. He expressed his heartfelt good wishes for the project and said that he will always support any endeavour to spread the teachings of Lord Krishna. He also congratulated Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa for envisioning such a wonderful project to spread…
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Construction Work of 70-Storey ‘Chandrodaya Mandir’ Begins
The construction of the 70-storey temple ‘Chandrodaya Mandir’, began on the auspicious occasion of Krishna Janmashtami. It is projected to be the world’s tallest religious structure. The proposed ‘Chandrodaya Mandir’, a 213-metre high one of its kind temple is expected to mark Vrindavan, where Hindu deity Krishna is said to have spent his childhood, on the world spiritual map. The project was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister earlier this year in March. The construction of a 70-storey temple ‘Chandrodaya Mandir’, billed to be the tallest shrine in the world when completed, started today in the precincts of Akshaya Patra Vrindavan here amid chanting of vedic hymns. The proposed ‘Chandrodaya…
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Vrindavan all set to get the ‘world’s tallest temple’
Vrindavan is all set to get the ‘world’s tallest temple’. The excavation work for the Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir will begin on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami. Vrindavan is all set to get the ‘world’s tallest temple’ as the excavation work for the Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir is expected to begin to Monday, a report published in TOI said. The excavation work will begin on the occasion of Janmashtami. The temple is being built by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). “The temple will stand 210 meters (700 feet) high with 70 floors and be spread across 5.5 acres at its completion, making it the tallest and largest religious structure in…
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Construction work begins on Janmashtami 2014
Work on the construction of Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir, a grand, tall and iconic skyscraper Temple Complex of monumental proportions, for Lord Sri Krishna, His message and His land Vrindavan, has begun on Janmashtami, 18th August 2014. The temple site is strategically located on Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg (formerly called Chatikara Road), which is the main access to Vrindavan on the Delhi-Agra Highway. All tourists and pilgrims will pass through this road and hence the Mandir complex will enjoy huge visibility and footfalls. On the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, Lord Krishna’s birthday, the RCC piling work has begun on the construction site. Skyscrapers of these dimensions use piles to secure the foundation…
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Akhilesh inaugurates project to build India’s tallest temple
A project for building a 70-storey temple, billed to be the tallest shrine in the world, was inaugurated in Vrindavan coinciding with the Holi festival. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Minister of Sate for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony of the skyscraper temple ‘Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir’ on Sunday. The project will cost more than Rs. 300 crore and ISKCON is hoping to conclude the temple construction within the next five years. Calling it a historic moment for Mathura-Vrindavan, Mr. Yadav said the project exemplified the goodness of religion. “This is a historic moment coinciding with Holi which inspires us to spread love…
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Shilanyas of Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony of the skyscraper temple ‘Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir’ on Sunday. Shri Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh laid down the foundation stone for the temple in a Shilanyas ceremony held on March 16, 2014, the day of Holi. This day was especially auspicious as it coincides with Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who propagated congregational chanting of the holy names of Lord Krishna. Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman and Sri Chancalapathi Dasa, President of the Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir were present during the…
