Birla Mandir or Birla Temple are a group of temples constructed by the Birla family (Birlas) across India. Birla Mandir(s) exist in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kurushetra, Shahad, Bhopal, BITS Pilani, Jaipur, Patna, Akola, Varanasi (2 Birla Mandirs at Varanasi), Renukoot, Nagda, Brajrajnagar, Gwalior, and Alibaug. Mandir means Hindu temple.

Birla Mandir construction is ongoing in some places, and the family believes in continuing the work.

Birla Mandirs in Delhi and Bhopal

Laxminarayan Temple alias Birla Mandir at New Delhi, was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939.

Birla Mandir at Bhopal.

Birla Mandirs at Delhi and Bhopal were constructed to fill a void. i.e These cities had no big temples. Delhi temple confirms the Nagara style of architecture, even though it was built using modern technology.

The architecture of the Temples other than Delhi

Birla Mandir Architecture

Most Birla mandirs or temples are built using marble or sandstone, in either the Chandela Style of Architecture or the Solanki Style of Architecture, both of which existed in the 10th-12th centuries.

Birla Mandir at BITS Pilani

Birla Temple at the BITS Pilani campus is made of white marble and replicates the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho. Gwalior Birla Temple is a replica of the Konark Sun Temple.

Birla Group of Companies

Birla Mandirs across India are from the Birla Family, which owns the Birla Group of companies. Birla Group is one of the leading business groups in India. Birla’s family members are the descendants of Seth Shobharam. Birlas belong to Pilani, a town in Rajasthan, and are a Marwari community known for its business skills across India.

Birla Family Tree

Kumar Mangalam Birla, a fourth-generation member of the Birla business family, currently heads the business after the demise of his father, Aditya Vikram Birla, in 1995. Aditya Vikram Birla was the son of Basant Kumar Birla (Basant Kumar Birla was the grandfather of the current group head, Kumar Mangalam Birla, and is currently the chairman of BITS Pilani) and grandson of Ghanshyam Das Birla. Ghanshyam Das Birla was the son of Baldeo Das Birla and the grandson of Shiv Narayana Birla. Shiv Narayan Birla was the son of Seth Shobharam and grandson of Seth Bhudharmal.