mumbai pagoda
A grand pagoda coming up near Mumbai
MUMBAI, Sept 29/2002: A 325-foot grand pagoda (pyramid), claimed to be the highest in the world, with a life of upto 500 years, is being constructed, adjacent to the Essel World at Gorai Creek here.
The golden coloured architectural and historical splendour is being constructed at a cost of Rs 40 crore and will be made of stone without any use of cement or iron.
The pagoda will have a hollow stone monument having octagonal base that rises externally, uninteruptedly and smoothly, into a needle at the top through a circular bell shape. It will house a meditation hall in which nearly 8000 Vipassana meditators can sit. It will also display galleries, giving details about the life and teachings of Buddha using the latest audio-visual technology.
The pagodas have been an integral part of Buddhist teachings with more than 15,000 pagodas having been in existance during the great saint’s time in different countries.
The structural engineer N R Verma, who is supervising the work, said that the monumental structure has been so designed that it was totally earthquake resistant. Mr Verma told UNI that the eleven acres of land just adjacent to the Essel World has been donated by Global Foundation of Essel World Chairman Subhash Chandra Goyal, to construct the pagoda.
Its structural design has been approved by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), mumbai. The construction started two years back and work till now has been completed upto ground level.
Apart from the main pagoda, four small pagodas each 60 feet in height, two administration blocks, a basement, exhibition gallery, parikrama path, four approach staircases and rain harvesting tanks will form part of the complex.
Mr Verma said the material used is purely homogeneous, isotropic and follows laws of elasticity. Since the structure is a monumental one, it was decided to carry out the analysis with best possible methods and best available software, he said. (UNI)
MUMBAI, Sept 29/2002: A 325-foot grand pagoda (pyramid), claimed to be the highest in the world, with a life of upto 500 years, is being constructed, adjacent to the Essel World at Gorai Creek here.
The golden coloured architectural and historical splendour is being constructed at a cost of Rs 40 crore and will be made of stone without any use of cement or iron.
The pagoda will have a hollow stone monument having octagonal base that rises externally, uninteruptedly and smoothly, into a needle at the top through a circular bell shape. It will house a meditation hall in which nearly 8000 Vipassana meditators can sit. It will also display galleries, giving details about the life and teachings of Buddha using the latest audio-visual technology.
The pagodas have been an integral part of Buddhist teachings with more than 15,000 pagodas having been in existance during the great saint’s time in different countries.
The structural engineer N R Verma, who is supervising the work, said that the monumental structure has been so designed that it was totally earthquake resistant. Mr Verma told UNI that the eleven acres of land just adjacent to the Essel World has been donated by Global Foundation of Essel World Chairman Subhash Chandra Goyal, to construct the pagoda.
Its structural design has been approved by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), mumbai. The construction started two years back and work till now has been completed upto ground level.
Apart from the main pagoda, four small pagodas each 60 feet in height, two administration blocks, a basement, exhibition gallery, parikrama path, four approach staircases and rain harvesting tanks will form part of the complex.
Mr Verma said the material used is purely homogeneous, isotropic and follows laws of elasticity. Since the structure is a monumental one, it was decided to carry out the analysis with best possible methods and best available software, he said. (UNI)
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