Wednesday 2 September 2015

Other Famous Birla Mandirs in India

Birla Mandir in Nagda

The Birla Mandir in Nagdais dedicated to Lord Vishnu and like all other Birla temples across the country; it also has an incredible architecture with unique carvings and extra ordinary sculptures. Nagda is one of Udaipur’s beautiful cities and Birla Temple is its top tourist attraction. The temple’s architecture is marvelous and the garden surrounding it is picturesque and offers any devotee the innerpeace they seek by visiting the temple. 

How to Reach

By Rail: The distance from the station to Birla Temple is 2kms and the car/cab rental fare to reach temple reaches about Rs. 158/-. 

Birla Mandir in Renukoot

Birla Mandir in Renukoot is known as the RenukeshwarMahadev, it was built in 1972 by the Birla Group. It is one of the most visited sites in Renukoot. There have been multiple changes made to the structure since then and stands magnificent in all its glory.

Architecture

Temple is an outstanding architectural model with beautiful carvings and rich landscapes. As you reach the temple’s main entrance, you witness an incredible carving of the Sun God who is on his chariot (known to have 7 horses). Proceeding ahead you are presented with beautiful carvings of elephants on either side of the second gate. The statues and idols inside the temple are an example of excellence. Complementing the structure are the gardens and fountains in the temple premises. 

How to Reach

By Air: The nearest airport to Renukoot is the Varanasi airport. However there are no regular scheduled flights.
By Rail: While Air travel to Renukootis not favorable, you can commute via Railway.

By Bus: You can also travel to Renukoot via road. There are buses available from all the major cities.

Birla Mandir In Shahad

The word Shah is related to the Mughals and the word ‘Had’ means Border. Shahad is famous as an industrial complex. It includes the one which is owned by Century Rayon. Century Rayon was built by the Birla family. Shahad is located close to Kalyan.

It was the Mughals who developed Kalyan. Here you will be able to come across the mausoleums of lots of caretakers of Kalyan which was deployed by the Mughals. Previously, the area of Shahad comprised was large and it comprised of Mothe Shahad or the present day Birla College and Milind nagar. It also has many fishing colonies which are known as Shahad Koliwada.


Birla Mandir In Ulhasnagar

It is a part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region which is looked after MMRDA. The city of Ulhasnagar is a large jeans manufacturing city in the world. Ulhasnagar is encompassed with many small business houses which manufacture some of the finest denims at cheap and affordable prices.

History

It is the center of operations of the Tehsil which has the same name as well as a municipal town. Ulhasnagar has a suburban railway station which was built in 1955 on the Mumbai-Pune route of the Central Railway. It is considered to be a colony of migrants after the partition of India. Ulhasnagar Municipality was formed in January 1960, with Arjun K. Ballani as first chief.

How to Reach 

You can reach Ulhasnagar by road or railway.

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