2009: TOVP Construction Begins September 21, 2009 marked a historic day for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium and the Brahma-Madhva Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya. On this day the first site work commenced with the clearing of the large trees growing on the future temple site, some of which were transplanted in a new park area. This clearing and preparation process took several months into 2010. The inauguration ceremony was conducted on February 14, 2010, as part of the Gaura Purnima Festival. The program included a Vedic fire yajna to invoke auspiciousness for the successful completion of the temple, and the laying of four large copper plates, with various Vedic signs carved on them, at the four corners of the temple construction site. This ceremony was presided over by one of India’s most well-known Vastu shastra consultants. On Friday, March 19th, the first foundation pile was driven to begin construction. Around Noon that day, the pile-driver was started up and sank the first pile in the presence of TOVP team members, construction workers, plus a host of invited guests, including a number of local resident devotees. The event marked the official start of building the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
Ambarisa das laying the first auspicious copper plate at one of the four corners of the construction site
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