Famous Temples of India: Shrines are the most visited place, spirituality, and holiness of the area purifies you from within. People from various cultures pour in their healthy donations and that becomes the source of easy working of the temple. But this lockdown due to COVID-19 has brought things to hold. Temples are shut and that has given a break to an immense donation received by the temples.
Let us get aware of the top famous temples of India that earlier (before lockdown) used to earn donation in the rank of crores and now making a count of a lakh is also difficult.
Temples witnessing loss of billions due to lockdown
Tirupati Balaji, Andhra Pradesh (Famous Temples of India)
One of the most ancient pilgrimage sites is this temple. The government data reveals that this temple witnesses the entry of 30,000 visitors every day. And the donation collected every day is USD 6 million that makes up USD 180 million per month. The current treasury status of this temple is INR 900 crores along with 52 tonnes of gold ornaments.
Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Kerela
This shrine has a count of 30,000 visitors daily and during the festive time, this count increases to 70,000 visitors. Funding received by this temple is INR 15-20K per day. Once this temple received one stroke donation of INR 1.72 crore by a European devotee. The idol of Lord Vishnu itself costs INR 500 crore.
Shri Vaishnodevi Temple, Jammu (Famous Temples of India)
This shrine is visited by approximately 10 million pilgrims every year. The treasury count of this shrine is INR 500 crore every year and receives an approximate of 100kg of Gold and Silver.
Shirdi Sai Baba, Nashik
This shrine witness the entry of 25,000-1,00,000 pilgrims every day. Donation of INR 2,000 crore is received every year. Ample of donation is received in the form of gold and silver.
Siddhivinayak, Mumbai
One of the most visited pilgrimage sites is this shrine. The data says that every day approximately 1,00,000 pilgrims visit this shrine. The treasure count of this temple is INR 125 crore per year along with gold and silver ornaments.
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Sri Jagannath Puri Temple, Puri (Famous Temples of India)
Temple with the idol of Lord Vishnu (Jagannath), is one of the most visited and trusted pilgrims by its devotees. The data says approximately 1 million people visit this holy site every year. And the donation count of this temple is 17.56 kg Gold, 277.95 kg silver every year by its devotees.
Sabrimala Temple, Kerala
This temple has been one of the most controversial since the decision to make it open for all came to practice. The pilgrim count of this temple is 40-50 million per year. And the donation received by this temple in INR 104.72 crore per year as per the count of last year.
Golden Temple, Amritsar (Famous Temples of India)
This temple on the land of Amritsar is the pure symbolization of Sikhism. The pilgrim count of this shrine is 80,000-90,000 per day. The donation count of this temple for the past year was INR 410 crore and the graph has always seen an increment.
Mahalaxmi Temple, Kolhapur
This temple on the land of Kolhapur is also one of the most visited pilgrimage sites. The total count of donations received by this temple is INR 14 crore per year.
Somnath Temple, Gujarat
Situated on the bank of the Arabian sea is the most beautifully carved Somnath temple. This temple receives an annual donation of INR 11 million per year.
These Famous temples receive an immense amount of donation every year but due to this lockdown the donations have come to hold and a very drastic fall has been observed.