Sushil Ansal does not believe in idol worship or visiting temples frequently. Nevertheless he is a god-fearing man and feels the divine lives in one’s soul and heart. Human service, his parents taught him, is the best form of worship. Despite this, he has observed how people’s faith in god and religion has helped them get inner peace and solace. In today’s strife-torn world, with its physical and psychological tensions, people tend to be drawn to temples for relief and calm. Sushil Ansal therefore believes in creating places of worship where one can experience peace and tranquility. Sushil’s first such experience was when AshokVarma, his sister Meenakshi’s husband, introduced him to Baba Nagpalji, founder of the famous Chattarpur Temple complex in south Delhi. Sushil met Baba Nagpalji in the early 1990s when Babaji was sitting with a blueprint of the proposed expansion of the Mata Ka Mandir, part of his temple complex. He blessed Sushil and said, “You have to build this part of the temple for us.” Sushil recalls that meeting: “I couldn’t turn him today; the extended portion of the temple is visited by tens of thousands of devotees every month.
Sushil’s consciousness of people’s faith in religion is the building of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) Centre called the Ansal API ISKON Centrein Sushant Golf City in Lucknow. The association between the Sushil’s family and ISKON is an old one. In the 1970s, Surendra Kumar Saigal, Kusum’s father and an ISKCON follower had introduced Sushil to Swami rabhupadaji, the founder of the Krishna Consciousness movement. Sushil Ansal and Kusum had been very impressed by the Swami’s erudition and a relationship was born.
In Lucknow, Ansal API has given ISKCON five acres of land, worth Rs 15 crore at current rates, at no charge, where a massive temple complex is being built. The design will incorporate a museum devoted to the “religious ethos of India,” an auditorium for religious discourses and appropriate cultural events and rooms for visitors to stay in. Sushil Ansal would like to thank Gopal Krishna Goswamy, Governing Body commissioner of ISKCON, Srestha Das, Devakinandan Das and the Board of Governors of ISKCON’s Lucknow unit for giving him an opportunity to contribute to this spiritual centre.
The construction of the Ansal API ISKON Centre is estimated to cost Rs 60 crore. Money will come from voluntary donations – buyers of property in Sushant Golf City can choose to contribute if they so wish and will be topped up by the Ansal family. Sushil hopes this complex will eventually come to be recognised as a “philosophical and spiritual centre” and that its gurukul and Vedanta institute will go a long way in preserving India’s ancient heritage. Smaller centers in collaboration with ISKCON are planned for the Ansal townships in Jaipur.
Sushil AnsalSushil’s consciousness of people’s faith in religion is the building of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) Centre called the Ansal API ISKON Centrein Sushant Golf City in Lucknow. The association between the Sushil’s family and ISKON is an old one. In the 1970s, Surendra Kumar Saigal, Kusum’s father and an ISKCON follower had introduced Sushil to Swami rabhupadaji, the founder of the Krishna Consciousness movement. Sushil Ansal and Kusum had been very impressed by the Swami’s erudition and a relationship was born.
In Lucknow, Ansal API has given ISKCON five acres of land, worth Rs 15 crore at current rates, at no charge, where a massive temple complex is being built. The design will incorporate a museum devoted to the “religious ethos of India,” an auditorium for religious discourses and appropriate cultural events and rooms for visitors to stay in. Sushil Ansal would like to thank Gopal Krishna Goswamy, Governing Body commissioner of ISKCON, Srestha Das, Devakinandan Das and the Board of Governors of ISKCON’s Lucknow unit for giving him an opportunity to contribute to this spiritual centre.
The construction of the Ansal API ISKON Centre is estimated to cost Rs 60 crore. Money will come from voluntary donations – buyers of property in Sushant Golf City can choose to contribute if they so wish and will be topped up by the Ansal family. Sushil hopes this complex will eventually come to be recognised as a “philosophical and spiritual centre” and that its gurukul and Vedanta institute will go a long way in preserving India’s ancient heritage. Smaller centers in collaboration with ISKCON are planned for the Ansal townships in Jaipur.
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