LARGEST BHAGAVAD-GITA FROM ITALY TO KURUKSHETRA, INDIA.

THE LARGEST BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS BOOK IN THE WORLD MADE IN MILAN, ITALY AND DUE FOR ISKCON SHRI KRISHNA TEMPLE AT KURUKSHETRA, HARYANA, NORTH INDIA. WOULD ENTER THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.
IT WAS ON DISPLAY AT MILAN CITY ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER 2018.
COSTING INDIAN RUPEES (INR) 15 MILLION RUPEES (USD 215,115) WEIGHING 800KG WITH 670 PAGES. 10H X 9L X6B FEET IN SIZE.
(1 Crore is 10,000,000, a numerical unit specifically used in India.)
ISKCON Shri Krishna Arjuna Temple, which is under construction at Jyotisar in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, will get the biggest Bhagavad Gita As It is with 670 pages.
The biggest Bhagavad Gita, costing Rs 1.5 crores, weighing 800 kg, with 670 pages, set for this ISKCON Temple. It has been printing for about two and a half years.
The precious Holy Book will reportedly be ornamented using Platinum, Gold, and Silver, and it will be brought to India via sea route. In this ISKCON temple, horses for Arjuna's chariot are being prepared in China costing Rs 4 crores (USD 573641). This Holy Book is being prepared and completed in the reputed Milan city of Italy. It will be brought to India via sea route.
In-charge of ISKCON temple in Kurukshetra, Sakshi Gopal Das Maharaj, told news that the Gita being printed in Milan city will be 9 feet long, 10 feet high, with 6 feet breadth. The cover of the book will be metallic for durability, he added.
A special synthetic paper has been used to prepare the pages of this Holy Book, as the paper will not melt in water. This special Holy book will reportedly be included in the Guinness Book of world records.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate it in the month of December.
Notably, the commentary of Swami Srila Prabhupada, who is the founder of ISKCON, on Gita will also complete 50 years this year.
The Shri Krishna Arjuna Temple is being constructed as per the desire of Srila Prabhupada to have a temple at the spot where Lord Krishna spoke about the Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna.
Currently, there is a temporary hall. By around 2021, a big temple will be raised in six acres of land. The foundation stone laying ceremony of the temple was held in August 2015.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate it on December 20 at ISKCON temple in Delhi. He will be accompanied by His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj in charge of ISKCON Delhi and Sakshi Gopal Das Maharaj in charge of Kurukshetra. The world's biggest and biggest Gita will remain in Delhi at the moment. It has become the center of attraction in Italy right now. It can be established after the year 2020 in Sri Krishna-Arjun temple, built in Kurukshetra. Until then it can be seen only in the DELHI ISKCON temple.
It has been published by ISKCON founder Swami Srila Prabhupada in celebration of 50 years of Gita campaign. The Vedanta Book Trust associated with the organization has printed it. The expenditure on printing was gathered from every center of ISKCON. It was displayed on 11th November 2018 in Milan.