Here we state you some of the most famous and wealthiest temples in India.
1. Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, is known as the richest in India with a total treasure of $20 Billion. The treasure also included tons of gold coin and diamonds.
2. Tirupati Balaji temple in Andhra Pradesh is the second richest temple with a total amount of donation of Rs. 650 Crore. It is one of the most visited temples with more than 60,000 devotees visiting every day and the gold on the deity itself weighs 1000 kg.
3. Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Katra, Jammu is the third richest due to its annual donation value of Rs 500 crore, vaishno Devi Temple, is the most important pilgrimages of Hindus in the country.
4. Shirdi Sai baba is a richest temple in Maharashtra receiving thousands of devotees every day. The gold and silver jewelry in the temple is estimated Rs 32 crore and silver coins worth more than Rs 6 lakh. However, the temple gets donations worth Rs 350 Crore every year.
5. Siddivinayak is the richest temple of Mumbai and fifth richest in the world due to the huge amount of donation received every year. On an average the per year income of the temple goes up to Rs. 48 crores and fixed deposits of Rs 125 Crore.
6. Puri Jagganath is famous for its Rathayatra festival and is one of the oldest temples in India. According to sources, the property this temple is estimated to be around Rs. 1 crore.
7. Somnath Temple in Gujarat is next in the list due to getting hefty amount of donations and is among the richest in the country. The amount of donation is believed to be so much, that the temple makes its place in the richest temple of India.
8. Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as the Golden temple is the Sikh pilgrim site in the world earns a huge amount of donation and devotees every day. The base of Guru Grant Sahib is studded with precious and semi-precious stones, diamonds and gems.
9. Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu is a beautiful temple of goddess Parvati. The temple receives Crore of rupees in donation which makes it included in the list.
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