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Bhagalpur: Radha-Krishna temple will be built from 12 crores in Mayaganj

[translation from Hindi] Bhaskar News Network, Jul 21, 2019, 07:00 AM IST: At Girija Mukteshvar Colony of Mayaganj, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will construct a four-story Radha-Krishna temple with a 12 Crore (Rupees) [US $1.74 million] outlay. The temple is going to be built on 9 kaṭṭhā 10 dhur of land (190 dhur is approx. 0.8 acres). A Bhumi Puja for the construction will be on July 24th. On Saturday in the Marwardi Quarter Radha-Krishna temple, ISKCON Bhagalpur head Ishvarnam Das and Preacher Rukmini Mohan Das gave this information. They said that on this occasion from the 24th July to the 26th bhajan-kirtan and lectures are going to be arranged. They gave an appreciation for the family of the land donor Sv. Raya Bahadur Mukteshvar Prasada. In the matter of temple construction they appealed to the people for cooperation. On the occasion Satyanarayana Prasad, Rakesh Ranjan Kesri, Vijaya Mohani, Seema Jayasval, Sanjay Kumar, Satyajeet Mishra, Shish Jaysval, Saroj Sinha, Sarita Jaysval, Dr. Madanmohan Mishra and others were present. [Click here for original article in Hindi.]
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