Click to play videoVellore: If you see the temple, you might even think that the temple is made of gold. And your guessing will be correct.
The Golden Temple is about 140 km from Chennai at Tirumalaikodi in Vellore district.
Sri Narayani Peedam, a private religious charitable organisation, built the temple. And the glittering monument also boasts of some glittering figures.
"The actual estimate is about 300 crores. The amount of gold that went into it's making is 1,500 kilos,” says head, Sri Narayani Peedam, Sri Sakthi Amma.
A breathtaking wonder of intricate designs, the temple dedicated to Goddess Narayani is in the midst of lush greenery spread over 100 acres.
Except the pathways, even the roofs and the pillars of the temple are made of gold as about 1.5 tonnes of the metal went into its making.
The Peedom says the funds for building the temple were collected from NRIs.
But is this an attempt to match up to the other golden temple?
“Well! We need to see the people's reaction-how the world is accepting it,” says Shakti Amma.
The temple will be formally consecrated on Friday and will be thrown open to the public from the next day.
Now even Tamil Nadu can boast of a wonder of its own- the Golden Temple created with about 1.5 tonnes of gold and which is already on its way to making history.
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