New Mayapur temple - amazing

sirensongs · Jan 6th, 2007, 13:57

Photos of the new temple going up (already up?) in Mayapur - looks like something out of Star Wars, crossed with NYC's art deco Chrysler Building. Could it really be the largest in the world (as stated)?

New-South-Welshman · Jan 6th, 2007, 14:30

Wow. Are there anymore photos other than them?

Kinda looks like something out of Apocalypse Now to me.

sirensongs · Jan 6th, 2007, 19:21

Well, I think it's being constructed by the Bhaktivedanta Foundation (aka, the Hare Krishnas or perhaps ISKCON or an affiliate) so you might want to look them up.

I always thought the hilly part of Pashupati in Nepal, with all the old temples overgrown with banyans, looked tres Apocalypse Now...'-) or maybe Jungle Book. Guess that's just the postmodern orientalist in me.

sirensongs · Jan 6th, 2007, 19:27

Gee. If it's not the world's largest, it has got to be the world's tallest Hindu temple.

New-South-Welshman · Jan 7th, 2007, 11:57

Even bigger than Angkor Wat?

vir · Jan 7th, 2007, 12:29

wow...I think it will be amazing. Looks like it will be completed by 2010.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=802

"The Sri Mayapur Vedic Temple and Planetarium will be built in Mayapur in the province of West Bengal, India, and is expected to reach the height equivalent of 35 storey's and making it only a smidgeon shorter than the Great Pyramid of Giza"

http://www.iskcon.org.uk/mayapur_design/

sirensongs · Jan 7th, 2007, 16:00

Planetarium? I wonder, will they promote study of Vedic astrology/jyotish?

atala · Nov 30th, 2007, 20:54

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Originally Posted by sirensongs

Planetarium? I wonder, will they promote study of Vedic astrology/jyotish?

The name planetarium came from the idea that there would be some sort of museum which exhibits the planets and movements of the sun and so on as they are described in the cosmology of the Puranas, particularly the Bhagavatam Mahapurana which is describing the advent and lila of Krishna in its later parts. Position and movements of planets is odd, as described there, compared to our present understanding.

Richeek · Dec 2nd, 2007, 16:16

But who knows the actual spot where Sri Chaitanya was born? Every temple in Mayapur claims to be in the right spot

atala · Dec 2nd, 2007, 22:31

Prachin Mayapur, the original Mayapur is nowadays at the other side, the Nabadwip side, of the Ganga. The Mayapur of today is an invention of the neo-Hindu missionary zeal of Gaudiya Math and Iskcon (a.k. Hare Krishna).

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New-South-Welshman Drunk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 1,376	Wow. Are there anymore photos other than them? Kinda looks like something out of Apocalypse Now to me. __________________ Mr. Burns "Non-violence never solved anything!"

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sirensongs Eeny meeny mango Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: All India Permit (somewhere between Delhi & Dharamsala) Posts: 1,213	Bhaktivedanta Fndtn Well, I think it's being constructed by the Bhaktivedanta Foundation (aka, the Hare Krishnas or perhaps ISKCON or an affiliate) so you might want to look them up. I always thought the hilly part of Pashupati in Nepal, with all the old temples overgrown with banyans, looked tres Apocalypse Now...'-) or maybe Jungle Book. Guess that's just the postmodern orientalist in me.

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sirensongs Eeny meeny mango Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: All India Permit (somewhere between Delhi & Dharamsala) Posts: 1,213	Gee. If it's not the world's largest, it has got to be the world's tallest Hindu temple.

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New-South-Welshman Drunk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 1,376	Even bigger than Angkor Wat?

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vir Indori Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 239	wow...I think it will be amazing. Looks like it will be completed by 2010. http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=802 "The Sri Mayapur Vedic Temple and Planetarium will be built in Mayapur in the province of West Bengal, India, and is expected to reach the height equivalent of 35 storey's and making it only a smidgeon shorter than the Great Pyramid of Giza" http://www.iskcon.org.uk/mayapur_design/

Jan 7th, 2007, 16:00	#7
sirensongs Eeny meeny mango Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: All India Permit (somewhere between Delhi & Dharamsala) Posts: 1,213	Planetarium? I wonder, will they promote study of Vedic astrology/jyotish?

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Richeek Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 20	But who knows the actual spot where Sri Chaitanya was born? Every temple in Mayapur claims to be in the right spot

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atala Senior Member, 8 yrs in India Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Switzerland, just back from India 2008 Posts: 691	Prachin Mayapur, the original Mayapur is nowadays at the other side, the Nabadwip side, of the Ganga. The Mayapur of today is an invention of the neo-Hindu missionary zeal of Gaudiya Math and Iskcon (a.k. Hare Krishna).

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