World’s largest Ramayan temple’ in Bihar

Current Context : Recently, Second phase of construction of the “world’s largest Ramayan temple” began in East Champaran district of Bihar.

About Temple :

• With a length of 1080 feet, Viraat Ramayan Mandir will be three times bigger than the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
• Being built at a cost of ₹500 crore.
• The architecture of the temple is inspired by the Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Ramanathaswamy temple at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, and the Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai.
• Area 3.76 lakh sq.ft.
• Temple will house a 33-foot-tall Shivling in the arghya (sanctum sanctorum) world’s largest shivling.
• The temple includes 22 sanctum sanctorums for different gods, showing how religious the temple is in a broad sense.
• The temple building will also have 22 smaller temples that are each dedicated to a different important character from the Ramayana.