Biggest Gita, costing Rs 1.5 cr, weighing 800 kg, with 670 pages, set for this ISKCON Temple; PM Modi may do the honours

ISKCON Shri Krishna Arjuna Temple, which is under construction at Jyotisar in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, will get the biggest Gita with 670 pages. The holy book weighing 800 kg is being prepared in the reputed Milan city, Italy and would cost Rs 1.5 crore, Bhaskar reported. 
 
The precious holy book will reportedly will 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 spending Rs 4 crore. 
 
In-charge of ISKCON temple in Kurukshetra, Sakshi Gopal Das Maharaj, told Bhaskar 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. 
 
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 Prabhupad, 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 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.