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ISKCON Temple, Chennai
Injambakkam, Sholinganallur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 12.9061°, 80.2417°
Radha and Krishna, with Jagannath, Baladeva and SubhadraModernPallava and Kalinga inspired
Sacred since
2002 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
built 2002-2012
Modern
History & significance
A Gaudiya Vaishnava temple on Hare Krishna Land off the East Coast Road, begun in March 2002 and consecrated on 26 April 2012 at a cost of about 100 million rupees on 45,000 square feet, funded by some 8,000 life patrons; it descends from the Chennai centre ISKCON opened at Kilpauk in 1975.