September 25, 2026
Scriptural highlights on the immense spiritual benefits of building or helping to construct a temple for Lord Vishnu or Lord Krishna.
Scriptural Merits of Temple Construction
• Vamana Purana: On building a temple of Sri Madhava one can attain the eternal Vaikuntha-loka. One who offers a garden laden with fruits and flowers will attain heavenly pleasures.
• Skanda Purana: Just by starting the construction of a temple for Lord Krishna, sins committed in seven births will be wiped out and one will deliver his forefathers who are suffering in the hellish planets.
• Skanda Purana: Just by starting the construction of a temple for Lord Krishna, sins committed in seven births will be wiped out and one will deliver his forefathers who are suffering in the hellish planets.
Wiping Out Sins of Generations
• Vamana Purana: Whoever constructs, or helps to construct, a Vishnu temple will protect eight generations of fathers, grandfathers, and forefathers from falling into hell.
• Vishnu Dharmottara Purana: A person who builds a temple of Sri Vishnu will get the same results as performing the Rajasuya Yajna and Ashvamedha Yajna. As many atoms are there in the temple so built, for so many thousands of years will he be able to reside in the heavenly planets.
• Vishnu Dharmottara Purana: A person who builds a temple of Sri Vishnu will get the same results as performing the Rajasuya Yajna and Ashvamedha Yajna. As many atoms are there in the temple so built, for so many thousands of years will he be able to reside in the heavenly planets.