ISKCON TEMPLE

Hello everyone,

My name is Subhadeep Dey, and I am a 24 year old transportation design student from Kolakata studying in Bangalore and i am trying my hands in blogging for the first time. I decided to dedicate my blog to exploring the landmarks of Bangalore through my sketches. Sketching is my passion and requirement as well which makes it all the more interesting for me.I will go to a different place every weekend and post my sketches of that place in my blog and will also give some of my thoughts about that place.

I have started to stay in Bangalore for the past one week and decided to explore all the famous and interesting places of  this amazing city through my own way. Though i don't usally draw architecture i decided to do so for my blog and hope to improve on my skills as the weeks go by..I will go to a different place every week and post my sketches of that place in my blog and will also give some my thoughts about that place.

For my first blog i decided to visit the ISKCON temple of Bangalore. This temple has become one of the popular attractions of Bangalore and to me showcases the city in some way. Now i don't want to speak much about the history of this temple as it already very popular and well known. What I found unusual is the architecture of this temple which is very unlike other temple. It is an amalgamation of old and new architectural styles. As one enters the temple after walking up the small hill one can see the stone carved triangular structures jutting out of the black tinted glass roof panels.

Inside the temple is very grand and ambitious with thousands of visitors thronging the temple premises every day. The center of attraction is of course the gold plated thrones of lord Krishna.The inside of the temple is adorned with beautiful and grand carvngs and paintings.Though there are not many places to sit and make a nice sketch of the temple i managed to do a couple of quick sketches from some good angles.

I would like to end my first post on a departing note although i don't mean to offend anyone, i was clearly annoyed at the way the authorities have commercialized this beautiful temple with the visitors forced to walk through a big chain of shops inside the temple selling everthing from miniature idols,DVD's to food items in a way to lure the visitors to buy something even though they may not need it.

So, adios and i hope to blog again next week with some more sketches.