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Country
  
India

District
  
Vellore District

PIN
  
632 055

Phone
  
0416 220 6500

State
  
Tamil Nadu

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
+91-416

Golden Temple, Sripuram

Address
  
Sri Narayani Peetam, Sri Puram, Thirumalai Kodi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632055

Government body
  
Vellore Municipal Corporation

Similar
  
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Sripuram golden temple tour


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 24 August 2007.

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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 on100 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(1500kg) covering, has intricate work done by artisans specialising 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.

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. As one walks along this 'starpath' to reach the temple in the middle, one can also read various spiritual messages -- such as the gift of the human birth itself, and the value of spirituality -- along the way.

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.

References

Golden Temple, Sripuram Wikipedia