Take a Tour to Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Jaipur

In some cases, this temple is also referred as the famous Laxmi-Narayan temple. This traditional Hindu temple is regarded as the principle attraction at Jaipur and every year thousands of pilgrimage from different parts of the world come down to this place for visiting the temple. Though Birla temple is having branches throughout India but it has been said that Jaipur Birla temple is the oldest and the original one. This temple gets overflowed with innumerable devotees at the time of different occasions or festivals.

History 

In 1988, this temple was founded by Birla Group of Industries who is the richest Indian business tycoon. In fact, the total land where the temple is situated including the surrounding lusty garden belongs to Birla family in accordance of the historical records.

Architecture

The view of this temple is really stunning especially during night-time. This religious temple is completely dedicated for the worship of Lord Vishnu, the preserver and Goddess Laxmi, the wealth goddess. Finest white marbles are being used for the construction of this temple so that the onlookers can get mesmerized by the temple views. Modern architectural design and style has been used along with the addition of lush and green garden which are basically surrounding the temple from all sides.

Different Hindu mythological themes have been used which are getting reveled from the temple’s splendid architecture, ambience and the images of Lord Vishnu and goddess Laxmi. Lord Ganesha’s image at the temple entrance is immensely auspicious. Apart from that, you can also find the figures of different greatest historical personages from varied religions and these images are highly fascinating and some of them are Buddha, Christ, Zarathustra, Confucius, Socrates and others.

During any popular festival, this temple is beautifully decorated in order to make the temple’s beauty and architecture more prominent and emphasizing. Three domes of this temple highly represent three Indian religions which are actually a secular tribute to all those religions. The serene and calm atmosphere of Birla temple is highly enriched with lots of spirituality and this is the reason that the tourists get attracted towards the same. The elegant carvings and structural designs of this temple are really quite mesmerizing representing sophisticated architectural patterns representing modern India.

Best Visiting Time

If you want to visit the temple during favorable time of the year, then you must visit the same in between October-march. Janmashthami is considered as the largest religious celebrations of this temple when Lord Krishna’s birthday is being celebrated in a grand manner with great gusto and enthusiasm. This is the real time when the visitors can view the temple’s actual glamour to its fullest extent. The entire temple is decorated in a beautiful manner which is quite eye-pleasing for the visitors out there. Normal visiting hours of the temple is between 8 am-12 pm and gain from 4 pm-8 pm and this timing remains the same for everyday. During the night-time only, the actual temple’s beauty can be realized against dark-skyline.

Nearby Attractions

The compound of Birla temple is also having different visiting attractions for the tourists apart from the main premises of temple.

• The majestic Museum within the compound is one of the most interesting visiting places for the visitors which mainly represent grand display of Birla family’s ancestral possessions.
• There is also a wonderful shopping complex within the stunning temple gardens where different varieties of items are found and thus the tourists purchase a lot of items from there as memorable items of Jaipur trip. 
• Moti Dungri temple or Ganesh mandir is another fascinating Hindu temple which is also highly fascinating inn nature. All the tourists visiting Birla temple also visit this mandir for viewing the marvelous idol of Lord Ganesh. Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated in this temple on every Wednesday when there is a huge rush of local and visitor devotees.
• The temple where the idol of Kaila Devi is being worshipped is also nearby to this place and is also an attractive visiting place.
• Madan Mohanji monument and Jaigarh fort are also quite interesting for the visitors.

How to Reach

Jaipur city within Rajasthan is connected by both railway station and airport. Apart from that, the visitors can also follow the road networks as it is connected with roads from different places. Rickshaw, auto or taxi is the local means for reaching Birla temple.