International Sri Krishna Centre
Paradigm Vrindavanam
International Sri Krishna Center is the dream project of Balagokulam mentor MA Krishna. The aim is to attract the attention of Krishna devotees from all over the world at the center which has been conceived on 100 acres at the foothills of Kanakamala in Kodakara near Thrissur. Under the leadership of Balasamskkara Kendra, funds were collected through Balagokulam units to purchase the land needed to transplant Vrindavan in Dwapara Yuga to Kali Yuga. In 2005, the fund collection and land purchase for the International Sri Krishna Center began. Brahmashree Malliyur Sankaran Namboothiri made the first contribution.
More than 25 projects including Goshala, Aushadhavanam, Nakshatravanam, Srikrishna Balalilodyana, exhibition depicting ancient historical events, Vedic knowledge center, accommodation and relaxation facilities for visitors, solar energy, etc. will be built and all of them will have a Sri Krishna Mandir with a tall gopuram with the idol of Vennakanna as the center. Anam, an exhibition depicting ancient historical events, a center for Vedic knowledge, accommodation and relaxation for visitors. Construction of more than 25 projects including amenities, solar power, etc., and the centerpiece of all of them is the Sri Krishna Mandir with its high gopuram with the idol of Vennakanna.
On 17th April 2014, the construction work started with Bhumi Puja. Kanchi Kamakodi Peethadhipri Swami Jayendrasaraswati performed Bhumi Pooja. Swami Apthalokananda combined the water collected from 43 rivers of Kerala and the Ganga water and sprinkled it on the ground. Gopuja was the beginning of the elaborate ceremony of transplanting Vrindavan of Dwapara Yuga to Kali Yuga. Vezhaparam Chitrabhanu Namboothiripad and Kaimuk priest Sreedharan Namboothiri officiated the Gopuja.
Swami Apthalokananda combined the water collected from the 43 rivers of Kerala and the Ganges water and sprinkled it on the ground. Vezhaparam Chitrabhanu Namboothiripad and Kaimuk priest Sreedharan Namboothiri officiated the Gopuja. The conference was inaugurated by Justice R. Bhaskaran, Ombudsman, Travancore and Kochi Devaswom Board. Srikrishna Kendram Chairman Amedamangalam Vasudevan Namboothiri presided.
Bharatiya Vicharakendram Director P. Parameswaran, Former Union Minister O. Rajagopal, RSS Prantakaryavah P. Gopalan Kutty Master, Tapasya Adhyaka Kavi S. Ramesan Nair, Balagokulam State President T. P. Rajan Master, Kalyan Silks Managing Director T. S. Pattabhiraman, Jayalakshmi Silks Director N. Narayana Kammath, PS Nair, Guruvayur Devaswom Board President T. V. Chandramohan, Swami Darshanananda Saraswathi, AU Raghuramapanikkar, Kanadi Math Adhipati Vishnu Bharathi, Balagokulam General Karyadarshi V. Harikumar, International Center Vice Chairman K. Kittu Nair and spoke. RSS Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Sadasyan S. Sethumadhavan and Hindu Aikyavedi State General Secretary Kummanam Rajasekaran were present on the occasion.
On September 20, 2020, the foundation stone of Rudramahakali Temple and Nagaraja Temple, the first temple, was held at the International Sri Krishna Center under the patronage of Tapovanam Ashwinidev Tantri.
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