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from the magazine of La Repubblica (Venerdì). Image Source TOVP Jay and Vijay archive
For five centuries, St. Peter’s Basilica was the largest religious building in the world. A primacy that will soon lose, at least on the surface. To overcome it, the new temple of the Hare Krishna religion which stands out in Mayapur, on the banks of the river Ganges, a three-hour drive from Calcutta, eight in times of traffic. The only road leading to Mayapur is among the most tortuous and dangerous on the subcontinent. Crossroads without signs follow one another, from which animals and vehicles of all sizes and dimensions suddenly appear.
It took Rome 120 years and twenty popes to finish the work on St. Peter’s. The brilliant minds of Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Giacomo della Porta, Bernini worked there, just to name a few. In Mayapur, India, the Hare Krishnas built their headquarters in a relatively short time: from 2009 to 2022, the year in which the last tranche will be inaugurated.
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