Shri Adi Shankar Vimana Mandapam Prayagraj

Shri Adi Shankar Vimana Mandapam, Daraganj, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

About Shri Adi Shankar Vimana Mandapam

Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peeth constructed this Temple in 1986. It was built in a characteristically Dravidian architectural form. The Temple has three storeys- one storey contains the statues of Adi Shankaracharya, the next floor has the idols of Devi Kamakshi and 51 Shakti Peethas, a place of worship dedicated to the goddess (Shakti). The next floor is dedicated to Venkateswara (Balaji) from Tirupati, and 108 Vishnu-peeths & the top floor contains a Sahasra Yoga Linga with 108 Shiva Lingas surrounding it. The Temple fuses Northern and Southern temple architectural forms as well as the three Paramparas or traditions of Hinduism- Shaivism (Followers of Shiva), Vaishnavism (Followers of Vishnu) and Shaktism (followers of the Goddess or Devi). The walls of Temple are decorated and consecrated with images of gods and goddesses and murals from the Ramayana.