COLLEGE PROJECT

SRI SRI RADHA GOPINATH TEMPLE

( ISKCON CHOWPATTY )
- RISHABH JAISWAL
ISKCON Chowpatty is home to a loving
community of practicing Hare Krishna devotees
and is dedicated to the practice of bhakti-yoga or
loving service to Krishna.
Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir
stands magnificently as part of
the South Mumbai locale, but
its beginning was very plain
and humble. The seed was
sown when the Trustees of the
Lady Northcote Hindu
Orphanage (LNHO), under the
Chairmanship of Sri Arvind N.
Mafatlal, invited devotees to
help run the orphanage on the
lines of traditional Gurukul
system. Dr. N. D. Desai (H. G. Sri
Nathji Das)was then the
Managing Trustee of the LNHO.
The Trustees gave ISKCON a
small room at the back. A few
devotees came to stay here in
this small space with their
meager belongings.
 Temple Architecture
Architect – Vasudeva & Surabhir Abhipalayantam Das
STYLE – Rajasthani (Maru-Gurjara)
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT - July 17, 1988
MATERIAL USED – Sand Stone , Timber

It is modelled after 17 temples of

Vrindavan, which were built by
wealthy landlords and kings from
Rajasthan. Vasudev was the
contractor, coming from a
Sampura family (who specializes
in temple architecture). The stone
is sandstone from Bharatpur
Rajasthan. The artisans were from
Orissa, and the carving of the
stone was done in Pattan Gujarat
using neumatic (air pressure) drills.
 The temple has undergone several stages of renovation .From
Laying a complete you Foundation underneath the existing structure,
to strengthening the wooden flooring of the temple hall with iron
beams, to beautify the exterior of the temple hall also re furnished
with beautiful Italian marble. Later , the altar and the whole temple
decorated with beautiful wooden carvings .On the ground floor the
bhaktivedanta hall got a new flooring of white makrana marble and
the walls were covered with best quality veneer .The wooden
flooring in the main temple has also been replaced with Burmese
teak wood . The temple is also one of the very few Indian to have air
conditioned hall
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