10 richest temples in India
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Tirumala Tirupati Venkateshwara Temple, Andhra Pradesh The annual donation to the temple is INR 650 crore, while laddoo sales alone bring in INR 75 crore for the temple.
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Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram According to reports, the temple has assets worth over INR 136099 crores, including gold, cutlery from bygone eras, gems, and other priceless items. Two golden coconut shells that are set with priceless stones are also found inside the shrine.
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Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai The temple boasts daily foot traffic of 20,000–30,000 worshippers and generates about 6 crores in revenue annually.
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Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala The temple's distinctive features draw over 100 million worshippers annually, making it one of the busiest temples and generating about INR 230 crore in revenue during the pilgrimage season.
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Golden Temple, Amritsar 400 kilogrammes of pure gold were used to make the temple's canopy and the altar where the Guru Granth Sahib is studded with diamonds and other precious stones.
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Jagannath Temple, Puri The temple receives enormous donations of about INR 15000-20000, which increase six times higher during the festive season and contains almost 130 kg of gold and 220 kg of silver. When it once acquired a bulk sum of INR 1.72 crores from a European devotee, it set a record.
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Vaishno Devi Temple, Jammu The Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu, which receives about 8 million people annually and is regarded as a Shakti Peeth, is the second-most popular temple. It makes roughly 500 crores of Indian rupees a year.
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Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai It is one of India's wealthiest temples and contains a statue of Lord Ganesha. The temple receives between INR 48 crore and 125 crore in annual revenue.
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Somnath Temple, Gujarat It is one of Shiva's 12 Jyotirlinga shrines and brings in about INR 33 crores annually.
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