Glad to have Sri Badrinarayana Temple close to our house!

 

This is about Sri Badrinarayana Temple in Banda Mailaram Village, 32 Km from our house in Secunderabad. The Temple is being called Dakshin Ke Badrinath. It was built over five years and opened for Darshan just two days back on Thursday 29th June 2023, Tholi Ekadashi Day, and we are very glad to visit the temple today, Saturday 1st July. The Temple is a replica of the Badrinath Temple, in the Himalayas, in Uttarakhand State, one of the Char Dham. I visited the original Badrinath Temple on 15th July 1989, and today after 34 years I got the opportunity of Darshan of Lord Badrinarayana, close to my residence. Thanks to the Uttarakhand Kalyankari Sanstha, an NGO comprising close to 30,000 members, who collected an amount of Rs. One Crore to construct this beautiful Temple, on a land of over 1,550 square yards.

All the deities are replicas of the original and it is said that all Temple rituals will be carried out as in Badrinath. With such dedication and devotion from the members, I am sure that this Temple will soon become very popular and devotees will feel extremely happy and blessed to visit this Temple and have Darshan of Lord Badrinarayana and other Gods and Goddesses here.

While the photo at the top – is my Facebook post today, the other photos are of us at this newly constructed Temple today, and the last two photographs are of me at the original Badrinath Temple on 15th July 1989.