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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