• Total Height of the Pagoda : 325 feet (99 m)
• Height of the Pillarless Main Dome: 90 feet (27.5 m)
• Diameter of the Pilarless Main Dome: 280 feet (85 m)
• Seating capacity: 8000 persons
• Foundation Stone laid: October 1997
• Construction completed: November 2008
• Inauguration: By the President of India, February 8, 2009
• The land for the Pagoda: Donated by a grateful meditator
• Cost of construction: INR 135 crores

(apart from the cost of the land) : (about USD 30 million)

Donated by many grateful meditators

• Height of North and South Pagodas: 60 feet (18 m)
• Foundation: 30 feet deep with a 20 feet wide wall
• Stone used: 2.5 million tonnes of Jodahpur red sandstone
• Quarries: 1,200 kms away from the project site
• Sand used: 3,000 truck loads
• Time Spend: 90 million man hours

(source: display board)

Timings: 9:00 am To 7:00 pm

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