
The history of the ISKCON Bangalore, starts from a lonely, empty
seven acre hillock that the BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) had designated as '
kharaab land' (waste land). ISKCON Bangalore which was operating from a rented house in the city, under the leadership of the temple president,
Madhu Pandit Dasa, bought the hillock from the BDA for Rs 11 lakhs. And on Lord Balarama’s appearance day in September 1988, the idols of Krishna and Balarama were moved to a temporary shed on this land.
The primary concept of the temple was conceived by Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa himself, a qualified civil engineer from IIT (Mumbai) while its exterior was conceived by Jagat Chandra Dasa, a product engineer from IIT (Mumbai). All the devotees of the ISKCON temple were strongly motivated by an intense desire to make this a grand and memorable temple, to be completed and offered to His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Various fund raising schemes were launched to engage the people in this devotional endeavor. Apart from the life membership scheme, sponsors of gopuram, kalashas and vimanas were enrolled.
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