Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to inaugurate Asia’s second largest ISKCON temple on January 15. Let us tell you that the ISKCON temple which was being built for the last 12 years in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra is finally completely ready. But do you know how many ISKCON temples there are in the world, today we will tell you about them.
Asia’s largest ISKCON temple
PM Narendra Modi The ISKCON temple which is going to be inaugurated in Maharashtra is the second largest ISKCON temple in the world. It is the second largest ISKCON temple in Asia spread over 9 acres. It took a total of 12 years to build this temple. Let us tell you that this grand temple is built with special stones of white and brown marble.
ISKCON temples are present all over the world
Let us tell you that ISKCON temple is one of the most popular temples of Lord Krishna. ISKCON stands for International Society for Krishna Consciousness. It has more than 650 temples across the world and more than 400 centers in India.
ISKCON temples in these countries
According to the information, there are 135 ISKCON temples in Europe. Cultural centers are also included in this. Krishna has a large number of followers in places like Spain, Italy and France. Apart from this, ISKCON also has more than 30 centers in Russia. There is a big temple of Lord Krishna in Belgium also. ISKCON has 56 affiliated temples in North America. ISKCON also has 60 temples in South America. ISKCON has 12 centers in Canada. There are a total of 69 affiliated centers in Africa. Among these, the center of Durban is considered very important, because the biggest Rath Yatra outside India also takes place in Durban.
How many iskcon temples in india
Now the question is how many temples of ISKCON are there in India. First of all let us know when ISKCON Temple was started in India. Let us tell you that ISKCON Temple was started by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1966. Today ISKCON has more than 400 small and big temples in India. Apart from India, ISKCON has about 80 centers in Asia. Most of these centers are in countries like Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia.
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