The Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Kurukshetra, Haryana India

The Lakshmi Narayan Temple is also known as the Birla Mandir. The Birla Mandir has been built in order to pay tribute to the Hindu goddess of wealth, Laxmi and her companion, Lord Vishnu who is regarded as the preserver of the Hindu Trinity. The temple premises have many temples, fountains, and a big garden.

This temple was inaugurated by the hands of Mahatma Gandhi. The temple sees thousands of devotees on the day of Janmashtami, which is the birthday of Lord Krishna. Birla Temple is a tranquil situate where one can take a break after a hard day's work. The religious value of this shrine is known to all the Hindu devotees.

The temple is dedicated to Lord Narayana and her consert Laxmi. Architecturally this temple is supposed to have been built in the late 18th century or beginning of 19th century.

The temple is a double storied structure stands on high platform approached by flights of steps and has three components viz. Sanctum, vesibule, and sanctum-sanctorum. The temple stands on a huge platform. The plan of the sanctum sanctrum is a Saptaratha or a structure having seven projections. Sanctum sancrorum is a spired temple having the look of a long conical roof decorated with miniature spires or Sikhars (miniature temples) all over and all along the projected parts right from the body of the temple which is above the height of the sanctum. The main sanctum sanctroum is a samll square chamber.