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Hyderabad: Badrinath temple replica to be inaugurated today

Hyderabad: The construction of the replica of the Badrinath temple in Medchal is complete and will be inaugurated on Sunday. Mohan Chandra Pargaien, temple founder and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (FCA), Telangana, said that it had come up on 1,550 square yards of land. Donations from devotees funded the construction.

The two-storey temple occupies 6,750 square feet and stands 50 feet tall, same as the temple in Badrinath, Uttarakhand. The ground floor has a hall which can seat 350 people.

On the first floor is the idol of Lord Badrinath. It will also have idols of Lord Ganesh, Kuber, Balram, Godeess Lakshmi, Nar-Narayan, Narada, and Garuda. Separate temples have been built for Lord Ganesh, Goddess Lakshmi and the Navagrahas in the premises.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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