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Tuesday 11 March 2014

Neasden Temple


Towering in all its marble glory the traditional Hindu temple sits among red brick houses in the borough of Neasden (northwest London).
The story behind the building the temple is equally amazing, 5,000 tons of Italian marble  and Bulgarian limestone were shipped to India where they were hand carved by skilled artisans and then like giant blocks of lego it was shipped to London where hundreds of volunteers assembled it piece by piece.  The official opening was in 1995.

9 comments:

Babzy.B said...

wow , nice find ! great construction story :)

biebkriebels said...

It looks like a fairytale building. Where dit all the money came from??

Luis Gomez said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you Mo.

Sharon said...

What an amazing site this is! Beautiful.

William Kendall said...

It's a spectacular edifice!

An Maliq said...

Definitely a must-visit place in my next visit ti London. Lovely!

Jack said...

Wow! This is quite a place.

xpuctr said...

Wow! What a spectacular temple and what a cool story!

Gunn said...

Looks like great STYLE, both the building and the garden.

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