After so many plans to visit ISCON Temple in Delhi, I recently visited the one in East of Kailash locality... It was Full Moon Night and here are few photographs of temple....
Full Moon View from ISKCON Temple Parking area @ East of Kailash, Delhi, INDIA
I liked overall campus enviornment which is very relaxing and has unique sense of energies around... I feel like going again n again to this place.. Evening is good time to visit and also attend Aarti @ 6:30 pm...
The ISKCON Temple of Delhi is located at Raja Dhirshain Marg near the East of Kailash locality. It is one of the 40 temples in India that belongs to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness which is dedicated to Lord Krishna. A part of the Iskon Temple "Hare Krishna" movement started by Acharya Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the devotees and followers of the Hare Rama Hare Krishna cult built this temple in 1998 to disseminate the message of the Bhagwad Gita...
Top view of ISKCON Temple from parking areas @ East of Kailash, Delhi , INDIA
We had snacks there after light and sound show... Spent some time inside temple and attended Aarti...
We had snacks there after light and sound show... Spent some time inside temple and attended Aarti...
The entire temple is basically made up of red and yellow sandstone. The interiors are very simple in nature and decorated with paintings. The main attraction is the central hall which has a beautiful statue of Radha-Krishna and the walls decorated with religious quotes and customs. The temple museum has various models showing vedic tradition and culture including clothes, games, cuisines etc of that era. The state of art audio-visual hall organizes multimedia shows to help the devotees understand the story of the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. There are talks for developing special section on Forbidden Archaeology based on human existence since the earth formed.... This sound and Light show is more about values depicted in Ramayana and Mahabharata...
You can buy religious books and reading material from the book stall near the ISKCON Temple gate. The temple premises also have an all vegetarian restaurant which serves delicious food at affordable charges. Though the entry to the temple is free and is open to all the halls and the shows above charge a nominal fee for maintenance.... Its 50 Rs for One Light and Sound show which takes 30 Minutes...
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