The ‘Sripuram’ temple of
Mahalakshmi is made of tonnes of gold gleamed and glittered on 24 August
2007 under the rays of the sun when it was unveiled by Sri Narayanieetam
for consecration who is an old godman of 31 years and known as Narayani Amma.
It is amongst the wonders of the world for devotees and they say that the
only temple completely covered with gold is this temple.
The workers from Tirupathi Tirumala
Devasthanam numbered 400 and above, coppersmiths and goldsmiths have
worked for about 6 years to build it with Rs 600 crore Gold for an area of
55,000 Sqft at a stretch of 100 acre in the Malaikodi city,
which is at a distance of 6 km North of Tamil Nadu from Vellore.
Before using Gold, the
coppersmiths created a base of copper on the structure of the temple
making nine layers beaten of foils. The Mahalakshmi statue is in the
sanctum sanctorum which is of stone granite and covered with the gold
kavacham.
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