PATNA : A Muslim family in Bihar has donated land worth Rs 2.5 crore for the construction of the world’s largest and tallest ‘Virat Ramayan Mandir’ in the Kaithwalia area of East Champaran district.
Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, a businessman, has donated the land for the ‘Virat Ramayana Temple’.
“Majority of land (in the village) is owned by our family. I think it is my responsibility to do something for the construction of the temple. This is a tradition of our family,” said Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan.
Khan along with his family members donated 23 katha (71 decimals) of land to the temple on Wednesday at the registrar’s office of the Kesharia sub-division, East Champaran.
According to the prevailing market prices, the value of the land is pegged at more than Rs 2.5 crore.
Talking to reporters, Acharya Kishore Kunal, chief of the Patna-based ‘Mahavir Mandir Trust’, which will build the ‘Virat Ramayan Mandir’, said that Ishtiyaq Ahmad Khan, who has donated the land, is a businessman from East Champaran, who has business activities in Guwahati.
