Wealth of India - The Golden Temples

I don't think India as a poor country and those who think like that,just look at these temples and tell me ,is India actually poor or it's being deprecated like that ...

There are 3 golden temples in India as of now and each have its own origin and own history and here is a little bit of info about those temples for you,

The Tirupathi Golden temple

This temple is for the God Sri Venkateswara located on the seventh peak, Venkatachala (Venkata Hill) of the Tirupati Hill, and lies on the southern banks of Sri Swami Pushkarini in the state of Andra Pradesh.This temple's origin goes to 9 th century Pallavas of the Kanchipuram and then it was followed by lot of the rulers who enchanted the temple's prosperity and one of the most significant ruler in that list is Sri Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar dynasty.

It 's one of the holiest pilgrim spot of the hindu's and it attracts lot of devotees from all over the world,for more info about the place click here

The Golden temple of Amritsar

The Golden temple of Amritsar belongs to the Sikh religion of the Punjab's.It's history goes to 1577 AD of the fourth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Ram Das, excavated a tank which subsequently became known as Amritsar which means Pool of the Nectar of Immortality , giving its name to the city that grew around it. In due course, a splendid Sikh edifice, Harmandir Sahib which means The Abode of God , rose in the middle of this tank and became the supreme center of Sikh's.

The Golden temple of Vellore

The Golden temple in Vellore was built just a year ago, to be exactly accurate it was opened for public on August 24,2007 and its getting popular day by day. The temple is built for the Goddess Mahalakshmi.The Rs 600-crore gold temple is located on 55,000 sq ft of land on a 100-acre salubrious stretch in Malaikodi, about 6 km from Vellore in north Tamil Nadu.

The temple is built almost similar to the Golden temple in Amritsar,the temple is in middle of a pond and there is a star pathway with inscriptions from Gita and various other holy scripts written all over it.Even the pillar are built with gold making the temple richest of all in whole continent of Asia.

Some more photo's of the new Golden temple ....