ISKCON TEMPLE KANPUR

The second-largest ISKCON temple in the world, after ISKCON's headquarters in Mayapur, has been opened in Kanpur on October 3rd, 2014. The festival almost drew over 100,000 people including over 500 ISKCON devotees.
Construction on the temple began in October 2011 and is still in its full swing. Set on a fifteen-acre site, the elaborate 100,000 square-foot temple, with its majestic towers, will include an open-sky courtyard and large temple hall.
On the temple's three altars devotees will worship Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Madhava, and Sri Sri Sita Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman. And wrapping around the building will be a Parikrama marg, or pilgrimage path.
In its first phase of construction, the project will also include a 60,000 square-foot Vedic Ashram, a guest house, Food For Life center, community hall, Bhaktivedanta Youth Academy, gift shop, Govinda's restaurant, a Goshala housing sixty cows, and a Bhaktivedanta Book Library with a conference hall.


Location : Bithoor, Kanpur