The Passing of His Grace Parvata Muni Prabhu

On Wednesday, January 9th, at 10:00am in Auckland, New Zealand, His Grace Parvata Muni prabhu, lovingly remembered and respected by all that knew him, peacefully passed away from this world after a long battle against cancer. Ambarisa prabhu and the entire TOVP Team are saddened by this loss, but confident that due to his lifetime
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TOVP Cornice Placement

New external finishing work has begun on the TOVP with the installation of the first cornice moldings on the East Wing of the temple. These beautiful, decorative pieces are made in-house from GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) and will be positioned all around the temple, embellishing and enhancing the remarkable features of the temple. Remember to
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Mineral Paint from Germany

Recently we have begun the process of painting sections of the GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) ribs on all three domes and on the decorative elements under the three Kalashes in a special gold-colored paint formulation from Germany. This highly resistant façade mineral paint from Germany is manufactured to withstand sunlight, moisture and other environmental onslaughts,
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Preparation Work for Remaining Kalashes and Chakras Begins

Within the last few days we have begun the preparation work for installing the remaining two Kalashes and Chakras onto both the Main and Nrsimhadeva domes. This consists of mounting the power frames which will hold the Kalashes and Chakras in place. Nrsimhadeva’s dome is now ready for the Russian engineers to begin working.The stainless
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Dome and Chatri Kalash Installation and Tiling Continues

The Russian Kalash installation team has now completed three Kalashes on the Chatris and is currently working on the Main Dome/Planetarium Kalash. Alongside the installation of the Kalashes onto the Domes and Chatris, laying of the blue tiles also continues simultaneously. In the photos you can also view the GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) ‘ribs’ being
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TOVP - cladding the ribs

Cladding The Dome Ribs

We have completed concreting all three Domes. The next phase is cladding the Domes with different types of materials. The first phase in cladding is to cover the ribs with GRC (glass reinforced concrete) sections. From the images you are seeing below, installing has commenced and the very first piece has been fixed. In a
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Side Dome Kalash Bracket

Today, 17th Dec 2017, was a historical day. Today we erected and installed the first bracket under the Planetarium Kalash. This is an outdoor decoration made in (GRC) Glass Reinforced Concrete. In total, there will be 16 such brackets on each side Dome. Each bracket is 2.3m (7’5”) wide and 2.8m (9’2”) high and weighs
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Additional Finishing Construction work from the month of September

Bronze Ornamentation Samples Our very creative Manufacturing Process Engineer, Savyasachi Prabhu, wanted to observe the color possibilities of different bronze alloy compositions. The experiment was created to see how the composition colors will look for the ornamentation of the TOVP architecture, coating of the demigod sculptures, and other artistic projects. The compositions were made in
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Metal Casting

Last week in our GRC Factory we experimented with metal casting into a sand mold. We made our fresh Copper based alloy with Nickel, Silicone, Bismuth, Zinc and Aluminum. This alloy creates a non- leaded yellow brass. Our experimental melting furnace runs on regular kitchen gas and it has a maximum temperature of 1,600 °C / 2,912 °F.
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