Articles tagged as Planetarium

• New York Based Television Features ToVP

  "Wide Angle" with Ashok Vyas featuring Anand Poddar (Radhajivana Das) enterpreneur and philanthropist talking about the upcoming temple at Mayapur.

• "If You Build This Temple in Mayapur...." - Giriraja Swami

  ISKCON-guru Giriraja Swami speaks about the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and the astounding thing Srila Prabhupada said to him about what would happen if we build this temple.

• Temple of the Vedic Planetarium - Update 2015

  The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is Rising! Srila Prabhupada's gift to Lord Chaitanya is nearing completion of the first stage. Be a part of all the intricate work that's gone into the construction last year by a dedicated team of devotees at Sridham Mayapur in West Bengal, India. A film by Sridama dasa and the team at the TOVP.

• Message from the GBC Chairman: 2015 Year of the TOVP

  In a gesture expressing unity of purpose for the service of ISKCON Founder-Acharya,  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Praghosa Das, the newly appointed Chairman of the GBC, has announced in Mayapur that 2015, the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the Western world, is the Year of the TOVP.

• The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium - Part One: The Cosmos out of the Rice Fields

  On its recent annual meetings in Mayapur, India, ISKCON's Governing Commission has declared 2015 to be the "Year of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium." This documentary is Part 1 of the series capturing the major milestones and aspects of the ambitious ToVP project.

• Unity In Diversity - A Community Creates The Temple of The Vedic Planetarium

  On its recent annual meetings in Mayapur, India, ISKCON's Governing Commission has declared 2015 to be the "Year of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium." This documentary is Part 2 of the series capturing the major milestones and aspects of the ambitious ToVP project.

• Temple of The Vedic Planetarium

  A short deocumentary about the ToVP featuring Indian actress and parliament member Hema Malini.

• Giriraj Swami Speaks About the TOVP

  Giriraj Swami recalls the TOVP project during Srila Prabhupda's time and relates many pastimes with him in this regard. He believes that ISKCON is now ready for this project and encourages all devotees to take it seriously. It will be one of the great wonders of the world and people from all over the world will come to see it.

• Kalash Installation Begins at the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium

  After several weeks of assembling the titanium nitrate kalashes, they have finally reached the final stage of commencing their installation on top of the TOVP Domes and Chatris. A video by ToVPInfo.

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  TOVP Hires Cushman & Wakefield to Manage Completion of the Project

  This is a standard practice in the construction industry for projects of this extraordinary size and complexity, and essential for the timely and budgeted work ahead now that the temple superstructure is finished. 

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  Pilgrims Flood Into Mayapur’s New Full Dome Planetarium Theater

  Immersive technologies are a major part of the plan for the still-under-construction TOVP, including a huge 23-meter planetarium theater under one of the temple domes. However, with the temple opening still two to three years away, a smaller, stand-alone planetarium theater has been built to give pilgrims a taste of what’s to come.

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  TOVP Slated to Open “Around Gaura Purnima 2022"

  Construction on the 520,000-square-foot temple is now in the final phase after decades of development and nearly ten years of work onsite.