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January 26 2010 — note the date, its one of the most important in the history of ISKCON.
No, its not because it was Sarasvati-puja, which is observed in West Bengal with great pomp.
Its because a contract was signed with Gammon India Ltd., one of the biggest construction firms in India for the building of the Mayapur Temple of the Vedic Planetarium!
ISKCON has contracted Gammon over the next 2-3 years (it varies depending on whether we have any floods) to build the foundations and superstructure of the TOVP
The estimate is that within 5-6 years the building will be ready to receive its eternal occupants, Sri Sri Panca-tattva, Radha Madhava and the Gopis, and Prahlada Nrisimhadeva.
Gammon wasted no time in getting their rigs on site to begin soil tests prior to the sinking of the approx. 2,500 piles which will support the massive structure. Within two days they had their men on site, and this last week has seen two 90 feet high rigs arise, competing with the air space formerly reserved for Srila Prabhupada’s Puspa Samadhi.
These are some of the most welcome sights I have ever seen:
X marks the dead center of the building
Some of our senior-most devotees can barely contain their excitement seeing the construction preparations going on. Badrinarayan prabhu, our GBC for California, came up to me the other morning grinning from ear to ear. “This is it!” he exclaimed, “We are actually going to build Prabhupada’s biggest temple. After nearly forty years of talk, we are actually doing it. Unbelievable!”
On February 14 at 11.30AM the inauguration ceremony will commence, attended by chief donor Ambarish prabhu and all the GBC and devotees from all over the world.
Stay tuned, this is the prelude to something so great it will have ramifications all around the world for centuries to come!
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