India is better known as the land of diversity. It is also a place where religions acquire more importance. All though we are moving towards modernism still a culture, rituals, religion are well preserved. Many Ancient temples are still standing to tell the sagas of Indians rich religious heritage. Some of these temples continue to function and are among the richest temples in India. Few in the category of the richest temple are not old, but due to great followers of devotees they are on this list. So let’s take a look at 5 richest temple of India.
5. Siddhivinayak Mumbai- visitor arrive here in numbers ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 per day. Lord Genesha is sighting under the golden roof, and the temple has accumulated 158 kg of gold offerings, Worth 67 million dollars so far. Which make Mumbai richest temple collect around 2.2 million dollar collect per year. The heavily guarded vaults here are strictly off limits. The temple is also frequently visited by celebrity around the world. Apple CEO Tim Cook is the latest edition to the list.
4. Vaishno devi temple- The Vaishno devi temple is one of the richest temple in India, Visited by millions of devotee from around the world. The sacred shrine of the goddess Vaishno devi attracts a large no. of pilgrims every year. It the center of deeply rooted Hindu religious believes with an annual income of around 7 million dollar. About 8 million pilgrims arrives at this temple which makes it the 2nd most visited temple in India after Tirupati .
3. Sai baba temple shirdi - Sai baba of shirdi has millions of followers around the world and he known for helping those in need. Suppository there was a collection of over rupee 2000 crores for the temple. According to report the temple’s bank account has about rupee 1.8 billion, plus 380 kg of gold, 4428 kg of silver and a large amount of money in the form of dollars and pounds. The incredible no. mentions above about make the temple a worthy candidate on the list of the richest temple in India.
2. Venkateshwara temple tirupati – The Venkateshwara temple is visited daily by 50,000 to 1 lakh people and no. rises to 5 lakhs during festivals and specials occasions. With so many devotees paying tribute daily it shouldn’t surprise us that the temple receives large amount of donations. The Tirumala temple has gold reserves as 52 tons of gold ornaments including ancient gold ornaments and vessels of deities donated by kings for more than 1000 years’ worth more than 20 billion dollar. According to an estimate most recent each year it convert more than 3000 kg of gold received in pilgrimages or handi donation box as gold reserve deposit in nationalize bank. It’s the richest temple our country has got and tirupati temple gets his annual donation of 650 crores and alone make 11 million dollar for selling laddus.
1. Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple Trivandrum – Padmanabhaswamy temple is not only the richest temple of India, but also the richest in the world. The temple is built in the Dravidian style architecture which is prevalent in southern India. The temple is delectated to lord Vishnu, it was discovered that the recently opened temple walls were flooded with gold silver and diamonds. Some people estimated that the value of the treasure is worth 1 trillion dollars this puts the temple far ahead of any other temple in the world and there is a very small possibility that any temple can match the amount of money it has.
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