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SRIPURAM
GOLDen TEMPLE
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A Mahalakshmi temple called 'Sripuram' and
made of more than a tonne of pure gold will
glitter and gleam under the sun on August 24
when it is unveiled for consecration by the
Sri Narayani Peetam headed by a 31-year-old
godman who calls himself Narayani Amma.
Devotees hail the temple as one of the
wonders of the world and say that it is the
only temple covered fully with gold.
More than 400 gold and coppersmiths from the Thirupathi Thirumala Devasthanam are said to
have worked for six years to craft the Rs
600-crore gold temple located on 55,000 sq ft of
land on a 100-acre salubrious stretch in
Malaikodi, about 6 km from Vellore in north
Tamil Nadu.
First the coppersmiths set to work creating a
copper base on the temple structure with
engravings and etchings before the gold, beaten
into nine layers of foils, was draped around it.
The sanctum sanctorum will hold the deity of
Mahalakshmi made of stone granite, but covered
with gold kavacham (adornments).
"The Sripuram or Spiritual Park is Amma's
dedication to the world and mankind," said P Murali, a trustee of the Peetam, adding that the
temple has more gold than the Golden Temple of
Amritsar.
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