Golden Temple, Sripuram

Golden Temple
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Sripuram
Golden Temple

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 12°52′24″N 79°05′18″E / 12.873267°N 79.08842°E / 12.873267; 79.08842Coordinates: 12°52′24″N 79°05′18″E / 12.873267°N 79.08842°E / 12.873267; 79.08842
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Vellore District
Government
  Body Vellore Municipal Corporation
  Mayor Mrs. P. Karthiyayini
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 632 055
Telephone code +91-416
Vehicle registration TN 23
Lok Sabha constituency Vellore
Civic agency Vellore Municipal Corporation

The golden temple complex of Sripuram (Tamil: ஸ்ரீபுரம்) is a spiritual park situated at the foot of a small range of green hills in a place known as "Malaikodi" in the city of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. Located 8km south of the city of Vellore at Thirumalaikodi, the golden temple's chief deity is 'Sri Lakshmi Narayani' where devotees from all religions are welcome to visit the temple and have darshan. The Sri Lakshmi Narayani temple inside Sripuram held its consecration (maha kumbhabhishekam) on the 24th August, 2007.

Background

The salient feature of 'Sripuram' is the Lakshmi Narayani temple whose 'Vimanam’ and ‘Ardha Mandapam’ is covered with pure gold, housing the deity Sri Lakshmi Narayani who is installed inside. The temple is located on 100 acres of land and has been constructed by the Vellore-based 'Sri Narayani Peedam', headed by spiritual leader 'Sri Sakthi Amma' also known as 'Narayani Amma'.

Design

The temple with its gold covering, has intricate work done by artisans specializing in temple art using gold. Every single detail was manually created, including converting the gold chunks into gold foils and then mounting the foils on copper. Gold foil from 9 layers to 10 layers has been mounted on the etched copper plates. Every single detail in the temple art has significance from the vedas.[1]

Sripuram's design features a star-shaped path (Sri chakra), positioned in the middle of the lush green landscape, with a length of over 1.8 km. One has to walk along the star path to reach the temple in the middle, which is laid by messages from Sri Sakthi Amma and from different faiths and spiritual leaders.

Hospital

The Sri Narayani Hospital & Research Centre is a general hospital located near the Sripuram temple complex and is also run by the 'Sri Narayani Peedam' Charitable Trust.

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