He said planning for the Mayapur temple began in 1996, though it ramped up starting in 2006. Communist leadership in West Bengal challenged the ability to move forward.

3- The temple can house 10,000 devotees on each of its floors who can pray, sing and even dance in front of Lord Krishna to live up to the tradition of the ISKCON temple. 4- The architecture of ...

Interestingly, his wife Sharmila is a Bengali from Naihati. "Nearly four million visitors come to Mayapur annually. We hope that after the Chandrodaya Temple comes up, this will go up to 10 million.

Visitors to the Iskcon temple at Mayapur are being allowed a shorter than usual darshan of the deity from Thursday. Several spots in Mayapur will be out of bounds to visitors as precaution against the ...

KOLKATA: Alfred Ford, great grandson of Henry Ford and heir to the Ford Motors legacy, has donated Rs 50 crore for a new Rs 500 crore Iskcon temple at Mayapur. A devout Iskcon member since 1975 ...