Locality : Kesaria State : Bihar Country : India Nearest City : Sarangpur Best Season To Visit : All Languages : Hindi & English Photography : Not Allowed
Locality : Kesaria State : Bihar Country : India Nearest City : Sarangpur Best Season To Visit : All Languages : Hindi & English Photography : Not Allowed
The temple is inspired from the Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia and Rameshwaram and Minakashi Temples in India. The temple will comprise 18 homes for various Hindu gods with focus on Lord Rama and Sita. The plan is spearheaded by Acharya Kishore Kunal.
Patna based, Mahavir Mandir Trust first proposed the project, under the name of Viraat Angkor Wat Ram Mandir in Hajipur, the twin city of Patna. But temple trust acquired 161 acres of land in East Champaran district and therefore the earlier site of Hajipur had been abandoned.
In August 2012, after the concern and sentiment of the Cambodia Government, when Indian Government asked Mahavir Mandir Trust not to build the exact replica of Angkor Wat. The trust changed the name from Virat Angkor Wat Ram Temple to Virat Ramayan Mandir. On November 13, 2013, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar unveiled a model of the temple.