Birla Temple Kolkata

Kolkata, ‘city of joy’, is the gateway to Eastern India. The focal point of culture in India, and a city with a rich heritage, Kolkata is a flourishing tourist destination, and attracts many international tourists every year. With its mysticism and exotic ambience, and its bewildering crowds of people belonging to different classes, castes, religions, and cultures, Kolkata is an exquisite and extremely interesting place to be in. A visitor to Kolkata will be left spellbound by Kolkata’s diverse attitudes and mixed ambience. The tourist attractions of Kolkata beautifully depict this amazing and interesting blend of various cultures and religions in its temples and churches. One such very famous temple in the city is the Birla Temple, Kolkata.

The Birla Temple, Kolkata, is a majestic and grand white marble temple, towering at 160 feet, is situated at the busy junction of Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue. Designed on the lines of the famous Lingaraj Temple of Bhubaneswar, the Birla Temple, Kolkata, is a stupendous piece of work that took twenty- two years of painstaking labor to complete.

The Birla Temple, Kolkata, has episodes from the sacred Hindu scripture - Bhagavad Gita pictorially depicted through stone engravings. Messages from the Bhagavad Gita have also been carved on marble inside the temple. With Soft music being piped out in the evenings, as electric diyas and sparkling chandeliers are lit, the Birla Temple, Kolkata, gives a truly celestial experience.

The Birla Temple, Kolkata, offers a wonderfully sublime spiritual experience to anyone who comes here. The temple is a fine specimen of the concept of unity among the gods and goddesses of Hinduism. The Birla Temple, Kolkata, has the eternal lovers, the couple Radha & Krishna, and the deities of Hanuman ji, lord Ganesha, and Shiva & Durga. The temple also depicts the Dasha Avatars of lord Vishnu. The best way to experience the spiritual ambience of the Birla Temple, Kolkata, is to be present at the evening ‘Aarti’.