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Also called Birla Mandir, this ornate Hindu temple was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939 with the condition that people of all castes could enter. Dedicated to Lakshmi (goddess of wealth) and Narayana (Vishnu), it is built in the Orissan style.
Commissioned by industrialist B. D. Birla, the temple was designed by Sris Chandra Chatterjee and built between 1933 and 1939. Gandhi inaugurated it on the condition it would be open to Dalits and all communities without caste discrimination.