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<\/a><\/p>\nINDIA – The \u2018Square Foot Campaign\u2019 offers devotees a chance to show their dedication
\nAlfred B. Ford, the great-grandson of legendary American industrialist Henry Ford, appealed to the people of West Bengal here on Monday to participate in the \u201cSquare Foot Campaign\u201d for constructing the Chandrodaya temple in Mayapur in Nadia district of West Bengal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project does not belong to any community or individual, but rather to the entire human race. So every individual should participate in the campaign,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year around four million [people] visit the temple,\u201d Mr. Ford (65) said, adding that people would have \u201cequal opportunity\u201d in making the project a reality. The temple would also be a centre for \u201cVedic Cosmology for research and discussion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he would like \u201cMayapur to be a place where people would come for a spiritual experience and to listen to discourses on philosophy. It will be a gateway to the spiritual world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Srila Prabhupada, who founded The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) that is widely known as the Hare Krishna movement, had approached Mr. Ford for funds support for this $100 million temple and educational centre. Mr. Ford agreed to finance the project in 2006.<\/p>\n
He invested $35,000 in the first phase of construction and to offer devotees an opportunity to show their dedication the project team is offering a plan of investing Rs. 7,000 for constructing one square foot of the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround 1.75 lakh sq.ft. is already completed in the first phase and the rest 2.5 lakh sq.ft. will be completed with the help of devotees by 2016,\u201d said Anand Paul, a member of the project team. The Mayapur Chandrodaya temple \u201cwill be a complex dedicated to education and culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On its completion, the temple will rise to over 300 ft. covering a total area of 4.25 lakh sq.ft. accommodating 10,000 devotes.<\/p>\n
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