People often ask, in Hinglish, "Modi mandir kahan hai?" or "Modi ji ka mandir kahan per hai?" The short answer is that we could not confirm any Modi temple standing today. One is proposed in Patna, Bihar, and has not been built. Others were built or announced earlier in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. The ones we could check were taken down, had the idol removed, or were never shown to be built.

This page walks through each known case in plain English. We say what is documented, who reported it, and what we could not verify.

Key takeaways

  • We found no credible report of a Modi temple that is open and standing today.
  • The Patna temple is only a proposal. A state board approved the idea on 29 July 2026. No land, money or building work has been confirmed.
  • A small Modi temple in Rajkot, Gujarat, was pulled down in February 2015, after Narendra Modi said he was saddened by reports of it.
  • In Pune, a Modi idol was removed in August 2021 after BJP leaders objected, according to the man who built it.
  • A Meerut temple with a 100-foot statue was announced in 2017. We found no evidence it was built.

Short answer: where is the Modi Mandir?

If you want to visit a Modi mandir today, there is no confirmed place to go. The question "is there a Modi temple" has a careful answer. Some small shrines and idols have existed for short periods. Some were announced and never seen. One is now being talked about in Patna. None of these is a confirmed, open temple that we could verify.

The table below gives the status of every case we know of.

PlaceYearWhat happenedStatus we can confirm
Patna, Bihar2026A state transgender welfare board approved a proposal for a templeProposed only. Not built.
Kothariya, near Rajkot, Gujarat2015Followers built a small templePulled down in February 2015, according to The Tribune
Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra2021A BJP supporter built a small templeIdol removed, as reported by Punekar News on 19 August 2021
Sardhana, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh2017A retired engineer announced a large templeAnnounced. We found no proof it was built.
Erakudi, Tamil Naduaround 2020A farmer reportedly built a small shrineCurrent status not verified

Patna: proposed, not built

The most recent case is in Bihar. On Wednesday, 29 July 2026, the Bihar State Transgender Welfare Board held its first meeting in Patna. According to a PTI report published by ThePrint, the board approved a proposal to build a temple for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The proposal came from a board member, Rajan Singh. PTI spells the name "Ranjan". PTI quotes him as saying: "I proposed to build a temple for Narendra Modi because he gave us respect and rights." He also said the transgender community in Bihar does not have a temple of its own.

The state government set up the board in August 2025, under its Social Welfare Department. The 29 July meeting was its first. PTI reported that the board approved the proposal with the support of all members, but a later Queerbeat report quotes another board member, Anupriya Singh, calling it Rajan Singh's personal agenda.

What has been said about money and land

Later news reports quote Rajan Singh about land and cost. On 11 August 2026, PatnaPress reported that the proposal needs five acres of land and Rs 112 crore in government money, and that it will go to the Cabinet Secretariat. PatnaPress also called it "not yet a sanctioned project". The numbers come from Singh's own statements. They are a request, not an approved budget. We explain this in our page on the Rs 112 crore claim.

We did not find a report that land has been picked or given, that money has been sanctioned, or that any trust, architect or design exists. The government has not, in the reports we found, announced that it will build the temple. If you want the full story, read how the board approved the proposal and our Patna timeline. For the location question, see Modi Mandir in Patna: location and status.

Why some people say it exists

Some social media posts show pictures of a grand temple. PatnaPress, for example, labelled its own lead picture as made by AI and not a real photo of the temple. If you see a picture of the "Patna Modi Mandir", check whether it comes from a news outlet with a named photographer. If it does not, treat it as unverified.

Rajkot 2015: what happened

The Rajkot case is the best known. The Tribune reported on 13 February 2015, in a story datelined 12 February, that followers of Narendra Modi had pulled down a temple built in his honour in Kotharia village (also spelled Kothariya), on the edge of Rajkot in Gujarat.

According to The Tribune:

  • The temple was built at an estimated cost of Rs 5 lakh. Another newspaper, Daily Excelsior, gave a figure of Rs 7 lakh, so reports differ.
  • Modi said he was saddened by the news reports. He asked followers to put their time and energy into his Clean India dream instead.
  • After Modi spoke out, the followers decided to replace his idol with one of Bharat Mata.
  • Revenue officials then told them the building was illegal because no clearance had been taken, so they had to pull down the whole structure.
  • The opening had been set for 15 February. Union minister of state Mohan Kundariya and some Gujarat ministers had been invited.

Other outlets tell it a little differently. Daily Excelsior, for example, gave the cost as Rs 7 lakh. Read more in our page on the Rajkot Modi temple.

Pune 2021: idol removed

In August 2021, a small Modi temple at Parihar Chowk in Aundh, Pune, made news. Punekar News reported that it was built by Mayur Munde, a BJP supporter and president of Namo Pratishthan. He spent about Rs 1.6 lakh. The idol was brought from Jaipur.

Punekar News, in its report of 19 August 2021, says the idol was removed at night. Munde said senior BJP leaders had phoned him the day before and told him that building a temple and worshipping a living person this way did not fit the party's principles. He then kept the idol in the office of a local corporator. Punekar News also says the removal followed an order from the Prime Minister's Office. We have not seen that order, so treat that part as the newspaper's account only.

The city BJP president, Yogesh Mulik, said the party had nothing to do with building the temple. For more, see our page on the Aundh temple.

Meerut 2017 and Tamil Nadu 2020: outcome unclear

Meerut 2017: announced, outcome unknown

In October 2017, Outlook reported that J. P. Singh, a retired Uttar Pradesh irrigation department engineer, announced a Modi temple in the Sardhana area of Meerut district. The plan included a 100-foot statue of Modi. The cost was given as Rs 30 crore. A Statesman report gave a lower figure of Rs 19 crore, so the numbers differ.

Outlook said a stone-laying ceremony was planned for 23 October, with BJP chief Amit Shah expected to attend. Singh said the work would take nearly two years.

We did not find any report showing that the temple or the statue was built. Without a report, we cannot say what happened after the announcement. Our page on the Meerut Modi temple covers what is known.

Tamil Nadu shrine: status not verified

Around January 2020, a farmer named P. Sankar was reported to have built a small Modi shrine at Erakudi in Tamil Nadu. We could only see a short snippet of one report, from the Organiser dated 1 January 2020, and could not open the full text. We do not know if the shrine still stands. We have left it out of the confirmed list. See our page on the Erakudi shrine for what is known.

Do not confuse it with Modinagar or Ram Mandir

Many searches for "Modi mandir" lead to the wrong place. Two common mix-ups:

  • Modinagar. Modinagar is a town in Uttar Pradesh. According to Wikipedia, it was renamed in 1945 in honour of Gujarmal Modi, who set up an industrial group there in 1933. It has nothing to do with Narendra Modi.
  • Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Modi took part in events linked to the Ram temple, but the temple is for Lord Ram. It is not a Modi temple. We found no Modi temple in Ayodhya.

If you want temples you can actually visit in Bihar's capital, our guide to temples to visit in Patna lists real ones.

Myth and fact

Claim you may have seenWhat we found
"A Modi temple is open in Patna."No. It is a proposal. No building has been confirmed.
"The government has approved Rs 112 crore."The figure comes from Rajan Singh's statements as a request. We found no sanction.
"Modi himself asked for a temple."No such request has been reported. In 2015 he said he was saddened by reports of the Rajkot one.
"The Meerut statue is complete."We found no report that it was built.
"Photos of the temple prove it exists."Some online images were made by computer. Check the source.

This is general information, not legal advice. We did not find a law that bans a temple for a living person. But building anywhere needs land rights and local permission. The Rajkot case ended in demolition partly because officials said no clearance had been taken. Public money is a separate question. Article 27 of the Constitution says no one can be forced to pay taxes for the promotion of a particular religion. No court has ruled on the Patna proposal. Our page can a temple be built for a living person in India goes into more detail.

What we do not know yet

  • Whether the Bihar government will agree to the Patna proposal, and where any site would be.
  • Whether any money has been, or will be, set aside, and from which source.
  • Whether the Meerut temple was ever built.
  • Whether the Erakudi shrine in Tamil Nadu still exists.
  • Whether the rest of the Patna board backs the idea. PTI reported that all members supported it, but Queerbeat quotes another board member, Anupriya Singh, calling it Rajan Singh's personal agenda, so this is disputed.

How we checked these facts

We opened the original news reports listed under Sources and used them for dates, names and costs. Where two outlets gave different numbers, we said so. Where we could only see a search snippet or summary, we said so. We did not treat social media posts or computer-made images as proof. For a method you can use yourself, see our guide to checking viral claims. You can also browse the Modi temples elsewhere topic page, our FAQ page and the wider history of Modi temples in India.

Common questions

Is there a Modi temple I can visit today?

We could not confirm one. The Patna temple is only a proposal, and the older temples we checked were demolished, had their idol removed, or were never shown to be built.

Where would the Patna Modi Mandir be built?

No site has been confirmed. Reports say land is to be identified with government help. We found no report that land has been picked.

Did Modi ask for any of these temples?

No such request has been reported. In 2015, after the Rajkot temple was reported, Modi said he was saddened and asked followers to put their energy into Clean India.

Is Modinagar connected to the Prime Minister?

No. Modinagar in Uttar Pradesh was renamed in 1945 in honour of Gujarmal Modi and is not connected to Narendra Modi.

Sources

Last checked on 24 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us through our contact page.