{"id":24161,"date":"2019-10-24T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T21:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=24161"},"modified":"2019-10-24T17:48:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T22:48:57","slug":"sripuram-golden-temple-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/sripuram-golden-temple-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sripuram Golden Temple: Interesting Facts about World\u2019s Largest Golden Temple in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most of us know that India is home to the world\u2019s largest golden temple.<\/strong> What some of us don\u2019t know is that the largest golden temple in India is not the Temple of Amritsar, but the temple of Sripuram in Tamil Nadu. Popularly known as Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple of Sripuram, it is a divine seat of the goddess of wealth, surrounded by the blissful landscape of lush greenery at the foot of hills in Thirumalaikodi near Vellore.<\/p>\n Built across 100 acres of land at some 100 km from Tirupati<\/span><\/a>, the Sripuram Golden Temple complex is a marvel of gold and an oasis of spirituality. The temple is covered with 1500 kg of pure gold foil in fifteen layers, double the 750 kg used for gilding the dome of the Amritsar Golden Temple in Punjab. Inaugurated in 2007, the temple is thronged by more than one lakh devotees during Hindu festivals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n