Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple

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A Hindu temple at Thirumalaikodi, near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, dedicated to the goddess Mahalakshmi. The vimana and inner sanctum are covered in roughly fifteen hundred kilograms of pure gold, hand-beaten over copper.

In the village of Thirumalaikodi, about eight kilometres south of the city of Vellore, in the northern part of Tamil Nadu in southern India. The nearest airport is Chennai, about 145 kilometres east.

The temple was opened to the public in August 2007, after roughly six years of construction. It was founded by Sri Sakthi Amma and the spiritual organisation she leads.

Roughly fifteen hundred kilograms of pure gold, hand-beaten into thin sheets and applied over copper sheeting on the vimana and the inner sanctum, in traditional South Indian temple technique.

The goddess Mahalakshmi, consort of Vishnu and the giver of prosperity in the Hindu tradition. The full name of the temple is Sri Lakshmi Narayani, joining the goddess with Narayana, a name of Vishnu.

Yes. The temple is open to all visitors who observe the modest dress code. The approach path of about one and a half kilometres carries inscriptions from the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gita, and the founder's writings.

It has carried well for our customers with ties to South India. Sripuram is one of the most visited temples in the region, and a Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads as considered.

The gold-on-dark palette settles into traditional South Indian, jewel-tone maximalist, and warm-modern interiors. It also reads well as a single accent piece against a deep painted wall in a meditation room or study.

Yes. Indian-modern and broader South Asian references have been a steady current in interior design, and the gold palette works against both traditional teak and clean white plaster walls.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural reads well. Above an altar console or in a stairwell, a nine-tile Mural gives the temple full scale on the wall.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which are scratch-resistant and made for vertical installation in wet rooms. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall art in dry rooms.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so the finish is durable, but light cleaning is the rule.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The work is not licensed from any third party and is not sold anywhere outside the studio.