Iravan Temple's Red Granite Tile

Aum Namah Sivaya,

The Aadheenam recently received photos of our soon-to-be shipped red granite tiles for the top of Iraivan Temple's foundation. This is the last major construction project for the completion of the temple. These tiles are being sourced from a major worldwide supplier of red granite in China, and it's here that we found a specific red granite that the monks thought had an ideal look and finish. The team readying the shipment has completed the packing of two shipping containers and are working quickly to fill the third. A total of 2558 tiles will soon be shipped to us, the vast majority are Iraivan Temple with some extra for the flooring of the future, yet-to-be revealed Svayambhu Lingam Mandapam. Jai Ganesha!

The tiles, after being wet with water to show off their coloration

The red tiles will overlay all the brown-grey concrete areas around the temple structures that you can see here

An example of some of them randomly placed on the floor

There\

s a lot of packing to do!'

They are coming in many different sizes according to the unique needs around different parts of the temple, mandapam and outer wall.

wonder how much that weighs...

Looks like this crate is almost ready

Soon to arrive on our doorstep! (well, hopefully not on our actual doorstep)

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