World’s Largest Ramayan Temple in Bihar

July 11, 2024

The second part of building the Viraat Ramayan Mandir in East Champaran, Bihar, has begun. This is a big step toward building what will likely be the biggest Ramayan temple in the world. This phase began on July 09 and comes after the first phase, which was finished successfully in just 10 months.

Project Overview

It is expected that the Viraat Ramayan Mandir project, which began in June 2023, will cost around ₹500 crore. The temple will be three times the size of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, which is a big difference. It will cover a huge area of 3.76 lakh sq. ft. Some of the historical sites that the temple’s architecture is based on are Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the famous Indian temples in Rameswaram and Madurai.

Architectural Features

One thing that will make the temple stand out is that it will have the world’s biggest shivling, which is 33 feet tall, inside the sanctum sanctorum. The plan includes 22 sanctum sanctorums for different gods, showing how religious the temple is in a broad sense. The temple building will also have 22 smaller temples that are each dedicated to a different important character from the Ramayana.

Construction Phases

The second part, which is still going on, is all about raising the temple’s structure to the plinth level, which is about 26 feet high. In this phase, you will also have to do the difficult work of fitting the huge shivling. The shikhars, or temple spires, are being built in the last phase. The tallest center spikhar is expected to be 270 feet, which is taller than Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir.

Completion and Significance

The Viraat Ramayan Mandir is a huge building project that will hopefully be finished by 2025. It is also a culturally important project that will help tell the spiritual story of the Ramayana. When it’s done, it will be a major pilgrimage site that represents faith unity, and the beauty of architecture.

About Viraat Ramayan Mandir

Largest Hindu Temple: The Viraat Ramayan Mandir, which is being built in Kesaria, Bihar, wants to be bigger than Angkor Wat in Cambodia and become the world’s biggest Hindu temple.
Architectural Grandeur: The 200-acre temple complex was built with help from Acharya Kishore Kunal and the Mahavir Mandir Trust from Patna. It is built in the Nagara style and has a center height of 270 feet and a hall that can hold 20,000 devotees.
Cultural Significance: The temple is based on the story of Ramayana and will have 18 temples with tall shikhars (towers). The goal is to finish this big project by 2024, in time for the Kumbh Mela, with a focus on religious and cultural tourism.

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