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Temple construction
(Purpose welfare to General public)
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Lotus Temple, A unique Offering of Love to Srila Prabhupada.
A temple of Lord Krishna is a “house of God” and is completely spiritual. But what exactly does that mean?
Consider the following analogy. If you were to take an iron rod and place it in fire, the rod would become hotter and hotter until it would glow red-hot. Then, practically speaking, your iron rod would have become fire, giving its own heat and light. Indeed, if you dared touch it, it would burn you.
Similarly, if a building is actually functioning as a house of God, a place where the Supreme Lord is worshiped with love and devotion, then it should be accepted as totally spiritual, as part of the Kingdom of God.
Of course, an iron rod has the capacity to burn you only when it is put into fire, and a building may appropriately be called a temple only when it is used in the service of the Supreme Lord.Its use in the sincere service of God, therefore, distinguishes a temple from an ordinary building. And such a temple will purify all that center, just as a red-hot iron rod will burn whoever touches it.
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Sometimes people avoid the temple. Understanding that God is everywhere, they say, “God is all-pervading, why I should enter a Temple” But if God is all pervading, then He is certainly in the temple as well.
Actually, God's presence in the temple is especially beneficial for us, for despite. His omnipresence, He is not readily perceivable except to one with spiritual vision. In a genuine temple, we're able to associate with people trained in such spiritual vision, and we get to enhance our own realization of the all-pervading nature of the Lord by hearing transcendental philosophy. Furthermore, we learn to perceive the Lord's personal presence in the Deity. (Archa-vigraha) on the alert.
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When we enter a temple, we get relief, because, it is a place where the Supreme Lord is worshipped according to the rules and regulations of the revealed scriptures.
Even in the conventional sense, when someone has amnesia, expert psychologists agree that the most reliable cure is to place the patient in the environments he should be most familiar with; no other remedy is quite as effective.
Similarly, when one goes to the temple, associates with devotees, and chants the holy names of God. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare /Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare-one is cured of the amnesia of material life. Soon one becomes spiritually aware, naturally happy.
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Here something, just like that one above described temple is emerging as ISKCON Tirupati, at the foot of Divine Tirumala hills. Here devotees are laboring hard distributing books, since five years to complete a magnificent Sri Sri Radha Govinda Lotus Temple, A center for Vedic Culture and Theology, which is 70% ready and is nearing completion. This temple will be a unique offering to Srila Prabhupada, because it is built mainly on books. |
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The temple is crowned with towers on four sides and the vimana Gopuram will be gold plated.
New generation building will have a Govinda's restaurant of 200 people scating capacity and devotee's prasadam hall on first floor with two large kitchens. Second and third floors have a well-furnished guesthouse of more than 30 rooms with three suits.
A structure on the western side is about to start will provide ashram for nearly 200 brahmacharies.
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Temple Work Progress |
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