Delhi Monument - Birla Mandir
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| Birla Mandir |
Spread over seven acres of land, Shri Lakshmi Narain temple, prevalently called thr Birla Mandir, is a thick neighbourhood of divine beings. A planet in itself, it is a place where there is bounty. It has shops, telephone corners, photograph studios, a dispensary and a dharamshala (guesthouse). It has streams, wellsprings, spans and rocks. It has papaya, cheer, mango, ashoka, ber, tamarind, guava and neem trees.
It has a lion, elephant, crocodile, camel and hippopotamus. Yet its the block-red temple tower (165-feet tall) that blows the mind.
While the managing divinity is Vishnu, Birla Mandir advocates the logic of monotheism and is open to all belief systems. Constructed by the industrialist family, the Birlas, it was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939 in the presence of Jugal Kishoreji Birla, whose statue stands in a supported arrangement.
The head prayer lobby is breezy, serene and marvelous. Pigeons tip-tap around the vast crystal fixture. Adjacent on the ground is a goliath globe and a huge chime. The marble dividers are scratched with figures of divine beings and recorded with shlokas. Elephant heads are molded on the top side. The way of parikrama —the anticlockwise circumambulation around the divinity passes through a mirror-lined lane. The latticework on the dividers is an intermingle of the sun's picture and swastika (don't confound it with the Nazi swastika, which was along the side switched).
The temple's terrace is finished with statues of divine beings and lords, sacred men and creatures. Simulated holes could be dropped in through the open jaws of a crocodile and a lion. Sheshnag, the serpent god, stands in the middle of a lake. A stone column is cut with visualizations of academic warriors Rani Lakshmi Bai and Maharana Pratap.
To see the swarm, attempt your fortunes at Sai Baba's altar inside the temple complex. Provided that you are a feathered creature-watcher, stand at the extension and sit tight for pigeons to sail around the towers. Depending on if you need to be apart from everyone else, rests by the dried lake. Encompassed by humanity, flying creatures and monsters (so suppose it is possible that they are in stone), you feel yourself to be a part of the planet notwithstanding uprooted from it. The all the more worldly can search the keepsake stores for postcards, bangles, statues and religious music. There's an uncommon party room for outsiders.
Cameras are not permitted inside the temple premises.
Timings: 4.30 am to 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm to 9 pm
Where: Mandir Marg, near Gole Market(New Delhi)
Note:The temple remains very crowded during festivals.
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