Richest Temples In Indian - Counted Down
Jun 14, 2019 • 61 views
It is known to every single Indian that Hindu temples in India receive huge amount of offering, sacrifices and donations from the devotees at random, throughout the year. The wealth under the most sacred temple trustee authorities are in whopping figures, which make us easily lose count. Here, are the top ten of them counted down.
(Disclaimer- Figures are mostly based on estimates with no claim of perfect accuracy.
10. Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala
Location: Sabarimala, Pampa Triveni, Pathanamthitta, Kerala
This temple made to the headlines due to its controvertial traditions. With a wealth of around $2.3 billion/ ₹230 crore, this temple has over 60 million devotees every year making it most visited temple in the country.
9. Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
Location:Lahori Tola, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221001
With over 3 million devotees domestically and over 200,000 foreign visitors, this widely visited temple accumulates over $50 million/ 5 crores annually.
8. Jagannath Temple, Puri
Location: Puri Sri Nahar, Puri, Odisha 752001
Jagannath Temple Puri is among the oldest and richest temples in India with its estimated wealth of about $2.5 billion/ ₹ 250 crores. 2 out of 7 secret vaults of wealth of the temple is revealed. An outpouring mass of devotees can be seen during the famous “Rath Yatra”.
7. Golden Temple, Amritsar
Location: Golden Temple Rd, Atta Mandi, Katra Ahluwalia, Amritsar, Punjab 143006
This famous Sikh pilgrimage is a centre of attraction for its majestic golden glare and scenic magnificence. The domes are shrouded with 750 kgs of pure Gold. Golden Temple is among the richest temples in India attracting over 40k visitors every day.
6. Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
Location: Madurai Main, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625001
With an average accumulation of $60 million every year, this temple is much known for its architectural excellence with 33,000 sculptures. On average the temples get around 20-30k visitors per day.
5. Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai
Location: S.K.Bole Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400028
Popularly known for its celebrity pilgrims from all over the world, this temple of Lord Ganesha turned out to be the 4th richest temple in India. The massive Ganesha idol has been wrapped with 3.7 kgs of gold. It accumulates over $125 as donation every year.
4. Vaishno Devi Temple, Jammu
Location: Katra-Reasi Rd, Bhavan, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir 182301
Being one of the oldest Shrine at a height of 5200 fts, the temple of Vaishno Deviis the second most visited temple with over 10 million devotees per annum. The donation from the devotees accumulate over $5 Billion/ ₹ 500 croreseach year.
3. Shirdi Saibaba Shrine, Nasik
Over the years, pilgrims have poured immense wealth in the Temple of Shirdi Sai who is believed to be the healer and saviour of the Commons. It is the third richest temple in India. According to an article inIndiatimes, the net worth of wealth came out to be $18 million in cash with 380 Kg of Gold and 4,428 Kg Silver.
2. Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh
Location: S Mada St, Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517504
This temple of Lord Venkateswara slipped to the second rank in the richest list just after the secret vaults of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple were disclosed. According to a report, 4500 tonnes of gold has been deposited to the bank by the temple authority. This temple has also made to the headlines as one of the most visited temples by generating over $6.50 billion every year in donations.
1. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Kerala
Location: West Nada, Fort, East Fort, Pazhavangadi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695023
With an estimated wealth of over $1 trillion, Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple ranks as World’s richest temple. There has been a lot of controversies and mysteries surrounding the wealth and secret values of the temple. Nevertheless, the documented wealth count to be $22 billion.
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