At a distance of 10 km from Vellore City Railway Station, 70 Kms from Kanchipuram, 55 kms from Kanipakam, 146 Kms from Chennai, 120 Kms from Tirupati and 212 Kms from Bangalore, Sripuram Golden Temple devoted to goddess Mahalakshmi is without doubt one of the well-known temples in Tamilnadu and it was constructed utilizing 1500 kilograms of gold.
Constructed within the 12 months of 2007, Sripuram is the largest construction made out of gold. The Vimana and Ardha Mandapa have been coated with gold each within the inside and exterior. The temple is in-built 100 acres space of land and constructed by Vellore-based Sri Narayani Peedam, headed by non secular chief Sri Sakthi Amma. One and half tonnes of gold has been used for the development of the temple with a price of 600 crore.
The temple is in-built Dravidian type with fantastic artisitc work. Sripuram design represents a star-shaped path (Sri chakra) operating a size of over 1.eight km. The temple is positioned in the midst of splendidly maintained lush inexperienced panorama . One has to stroll alongside the star path to achieve the temple within the center.
A stroll of about 1 km is required to achieve the central gopuram from important temple entrance. The middle additionally supplies parking, locker facility and shoe rack facility. Cell Cellphone, MP3 Participant and Digital camera are strictly prohibited.
The temple is open from 7 AM to 9 PM.