Chennai, Feb. 2023
India has innumerable temples and some of them are spectacular marvels of construction, design and architecture. But have you visited the world’s largest functioning temple that is located in India? We take you to Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu where Sri Ranganathan Swamy Temple sprawls over the landscape like a superstar among temples! Watch this magnificent place of worship this Thursday, 9th of February at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18. The ninth season of the pathbreakingoriginal factual entertainment series continues to deliver on its promise of entertaining, motivating and inspiring viewers every Thursday at 8 PM with enthralling, wondrous stories of extraordinary Indians and their incredible talents.
Tiruchirapalli has no dearth of temples, but the world’s largest functioning temple is the real star. Sri Ranganathan Swamy Temple is spread over 156 acres. Its walls run for total 32,592 feet (9,934 m) enclosing the tallest ‘Gopuram’ in all of South India. The temple compound also has 12 water tanks, the biggest of two of which can hold as much as two million litres of water! Learn more about this breath-taking temple complex on Thursday at 8 PM on ‘OMG! Yeh Mera India’!
Watch the story of Sri Ranganathan Swamy Temple in Tiruchirapalli along with other incredible stories from across the length and breadth of the country, including the record-breaking para-athlete from Odisha.
Tune in to watch ‘OMG! Yeh Mera India every Thursday at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18.