Moving Jaya to His Proper Location

Jaya and Vijaya are the celebrated gatekeepers of Vaikuntha, and in most major Vishnu temples their murtis are found guarding the temple entranceway. The TOVP will also have their murtis placed at its entranceway. Here is a clip we shot in the honor of moving Jaya to his rightful place. This is a very celebratory
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The Essence of Providing Meaning to All Forms

This is a video produced by the TOVP Architecture Department as an expression of their dedication and service to this historic and magnificent project for the service of Srila Prabhupada.   TOVP NEWS AND UPDATES – STAY IN TOUCH Visit us at: www.tovp.org Follow us at: www.facebook.com/tovp.mayapur Watch us at: www.youtube.com/user/tovpinfo View us 360° at:
TOVP - Progress on Prabhupada's Bridge

Progress on Prabhupada’s Bridge

Progress is being made on Prabhupada’s Bridge which connects the back of the TOVP with the Long Building behind it. This bridge will provide easy access to the TOVP for Pujaris and other devotees directly serving the TOVP. Jagadananda Prabhu has just completed aligning the cast iron fence on Prabhupada’s Bridge. Now that that’s completed,
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TOVP Architecture Department Report, November 2019

TOVP Architecture Department Report, November 2019

A Visit to Mayapur by Ambarisa Prabhu Ambarisa Prabhu’s visit to Mayapur in October, 2019 spawned a noticeable inspiration to the TOVP family. In the course of creating the various presentations to capture the annual milestones of the Construction and Architecture Department, it gave us an opportunity to step back and dive into the years
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Economic Silicone Mold Making

In this short video clip Savyasachi prabhu introduces and explains a cost effective and efficient method of creating molds by the use of a silicone spray gun. With this method thousands of molded ornamental pieces will be created for use on the TOVP.
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Elephant Sculptures for the TOVP Main Entrance

As you come up the main staircase of the TOVP towards the temple room you will be greeted by two gigantic elephant sculptures standing side by side in front of an immense, 30’ tall, four column entranceway pillar. There are two such pillars, each with two accompanying elephants and four interconnected columns. The elephant, hasti
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TOVP Architecture Department Report, September 2019

Barrier: Balancing the Visual Connection Now that the building is manifest into its glorious form, several intriguing deliberations are stemming up. Balancing the building mass and volume with balustrades (decorative railing supports) has been one of the exercises on the drawing board. We are undertaking some mock-ups of appropriate size and proportions to determine their
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Photo of Matching TOVP Kalash on Samadhi Completed

Matching TOVP Kalash on Samadhi Completed

The Kailash on Srila Prabhupada’s Samadhi is finally complete! The TOVP made the necessary arrangements and with the help of the team from Moscow who manufactured and assembled it, as well as to Jagadananda Prabhu and Ajita prabhu for monitoring and managing the whole process, we were able to achieve these wonderful results. A big
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TOVP Relief Panel Work Progress image

TOVP Relief Panel Work Progress

Here is a sample of the relief panel work of Krishna and Balarama, along with all his cowherd boyfriends, who are jubilantly herding all the cows of Vrindavan. This is only one of the four relief panel works which will be placed in the main temple around the altar area, two of which will be
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