Golden Temple - Vellore

Golden Temple  - Vellore

   The golden temple of Sripuram (Tamil: ஸ்ரீபுரம்) is a spiritual park situated at the foot of a little range of green hills in a place known as "Malaikodi" in the city of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is at the southern end of the city of Vellore, at Tirumalaikodi.

     The salient feature of Sripuram is the Lakshmi  Narayani or Mahalakshmi temple whose 'Vimanam’ and ‘Ardha Mandapam’ have been coated with gold. 

        The temple is located on 100 acres of land and has been constructed by Vellore-based Sri Narayani Peedam, headed by spiritual leader Sri Sakthi Amma also known as Narayani Amma. The temple with gold covering, has intricate carvings and sculptures in gold. The lighting is arranged in such a way that the temple glitters even during night. The construction of the temple was completed on 24th Aug ,2007. More than 1500 kg of gold was used to build this temple. The LED lighting on the ridge of the roof of the star path is lit up at night so that flights operating in that direction can witness a star on the earth. This temple is the world number one temple.

          Sripuram-Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple is the Biggest Golden temple in the world, with over 1500 kg of gold used. All the gold work was 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 on the gold foils on copper. Gold foil from Nine layers to Fifteen layers has been mounted on the etched copper plates.