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There are places on Earth about which there is a rumor among the people. People tell each other both true and false. There was one legend, either about a sage, or about an eccentric, erecting with my own hands Universal Temple. This man's name is Ildar Khanov.

He is a sculptor, a world-class artist. People know him better as a healer and architect of the Ecumenical Temple.

Daria Vakhrusheva and Maria LUKYANOVA, students of the Faculty of Humanities of the Kazan State Technical University, tell about the temple.

You can see this amazing building in the village of Staroe Arakchino. A picturesque place, by the way.

Ildar Mansoveevich had been nurturing the idea of creating the Temple for a long time since he was a student. In 1989, he met Svyatoslav Roerich. The young man told the son of the eminent artist Nicholas Roerich about his dream, met with interest, understanding and approval. A few more meetings, they discussed the layout of the project together. Roerich wrote to a like-minded person:

“Dear Ildar, I am glad to meet you. Your art, powerful and beautiful, carries the secret of primeval beauty. May God grant you health and strength in the implementation of the program of the universal temple - the temple of the unity of souls. Know that many people listen to you, but do not hear. But the hour will strike! All the best to you!"

Ildar Khanov and Svyatoslav Roerich

Ildar Khanov began to implement his plans in 1994. I built it at my own expense, friends and just caring people helped. There was a clear concept: the Ecumenical Temple would be a cultural center.

Ildar Mansoveevich had the opportunity to build a Temple in India - they offered. Having refused such a tempting offer, Khanov preferred to do it at home. Not only in his native Tatarstan, but also on his native plot of land. Born and raised in Old Arakchino, his parents still lived here.

Ecumenical Temple of Ildar Khanov

Kazan citizens and tourists come every day to look at the amazing creation of Khanov. Many take pictures to show to friends later.

When you look at the Temple, striking both with its architectural uniqueness and its ideological message, you are amazed: how many hours a day should construction go on? It is also surprising that detachments of professional builders do not walk around the building, cranes do not drive around, hammers do not knock.

Who is building? As it turned out, Khanov with his own hands and his assistants. Without receiving either wages on a plastic card or pension contributions, people simply come and do what they can. Help building materials, means, who than can. For such a fickle source of funding (the state does not allocate money), the Temple is being built surprisingly quickly.

Solemnly look at us from a height Catholic tower, Orthodox, Buddhist, minarets, synagogue. There should be 16 of them in total - this is the number of religions.

To fully understand the idea, you need to listen to the words of Ildar Khanov himself, the chief architect:

“The Ecumenical Temple was not conceived as a place where people would pray side by side different religions. People have not yet come to Monotheism. The temple is an architectural symbol of all religions, a museum of religions. Its name: Ecumenical Temple, International Cultural Center of Spiritual Unity.

In its halls there are rooms for the drama theater, for the opera house. There is also a class of philosophical orientation towards the creation of a new ideology. The plans include the construction of a separate Orthodox church, the construction and opening of an orphanage, a nursing home and an icon painting school.

I want to create here a children's music school, an observatory, a planetarium, an ecological school (for example, on the biochemical purification of the Volga). There are many plans. And the Tatar-Bashkir cultural center, and sites for the study of Muslim and Orthodox cultures.

The foundation has already been laid for the construction of the Friendship of Peoples monument and the memorial for the victims of human wars, for the national museum. In the near future I plan to hold international exhibitions here.

That is, the temple can become a museum contemporary art. International piano and violin competitions can be held here. What can be realized already this year.

People may perceive the Universal Temple in different ways. Someone will say that this is a completely unnecessary undertaking. Another believes that the idea of Monotheism and spiritual unity is the way to save the world from strife on ethnic and religious grounds. Everyone has the truth.

But like any worldview, these ideas have already found followers. Who knows, maybe in a few decades, Churches of Unity will be built all over Russia...

Daria Vakhrusheva

Industrial practice 2010

The doors of the Ecumenical Temple are open to everyone

Far from all Kazan citizens know that on the outskirts of our city in the village of Staroe Arakchino there is an Ecumenical Temple. Its construction has been going on for many years, and every year the temple becomes more and more perfect and attractive.

The idea of creating this temple belongs to Ildar Khanov, a resident of the village of Staroe Arakchino, a famous Tatar artist and healer. As Ildar Aba himself says, during meditation Jesus came to him and said:

"Ildar! You have a barn where cows used to sleep, now there are 3 shovels and scrap metal. Today you will get up at 6 in the morning, measure one meter from the old father’s house and start building the Ecumenical Temple.”

Currently, the temple of unity of all religions - the Universal Temple - attracts the attention of everyone who passes by - on the highway and by rail.

The sixteen domes represent the famous religions of the world: Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, the religions of China and Japan.

The theme of the unity of religions as part of world culture determines the design of the interior and exterior of the building.

The construction of Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and Catholic halls is being carried out very intensively. The place where Ildar Khanov is going to set up a synagogue in the near future has already been outlined.

Ildar somehow says that he dreams of starting the construction of a 25-meter pool inside a complex of five pyramids (Egyptian, Aztec, Hindu ...). All pyramids and temples will become museums of religions.

In the Catholic church, as in others, services will not be held, during the day there will be a sports school for yoga, wushu and other martial arts, and organ music will sound in the evening.

Already, an organ hall is being built simultaneously with the Catholic church.

In the Ecumenical Temple, the premises are almost ready, where an absolutely incredible, according to the author of the project Ildar Khanov, theater of the future will be opened, where everyone - children, teenagers, adults - will be able to take their first acting tests. A small organ and three pianos have already been purchased. In the future, a large telescope will be purchased, a planetarium will open, and children will begin to study astronomy and space.

On the banks of the Volga River, Khanov plans to build a Maritime School for children and teenagers. The project for the construction of the Ecumenical Temple provides for the construction of an equestrian school. An art school will be opened in one of the temples. There are highly qualified specialists who share the ideas of Ildar Khanov, who are eager to work in the Ecumenical Temple, who are ready to educate not only athletes, musicians, artists, but also conscious, tolerant people.

The doors of the Ecumenical Temple are open to everyone.

Maria LUKYANOVA

Industrial practice in 2007

Photo by Vladimir Zotov

In the village of Staroe Arakchino, not far from Kazan, there is an unusual building - the Temple of All Religions (another name is the Ecumenical Temple), built by the artist, sculptor Ildar Khanov (November 3, 1940 - February 9, 2013). According to the project, there are domes and other elements of religious buildings of 16 world beliefs - churches, mosques, synagogues, pagodas, as well as disappeared civilizations. It is noteworthy that the Temple of All Religions is not intended for religious rites and worship; it is a symbol that emphasizes the possibility of combining beliefs.

This is how, they say, it all began: on April 19, 1994, Jesus appeared in a dream to Ildar, who ordered him to build the Ecumenical Temple, to which Ildar replied that he had no money and funds for construction. Jesus said: "You start building, people will believe in you and help will come." Ildar went out into the yard and began to dig the ground for the foundation. In less than an hour and a half, an acquaintance of Ildar appeared and, having learned that he was building the Ecumenical Temple, promised to send 15 masons. Work boiled over. The next day, in the middle of the night, Ildar heard a noise in the yard and saw that someone had brought 3 KAMAZ bricks. Who brought the brick remains a mystery. The surrounding people provided him with all possible assistance and the work did not stop for a single day.

Let's see what came of it...

In total, it was planned to unite in the complex 16 temples of different religions, not only existing now, for example, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Bahai, but also disappeared, for example, the ancient Assyrian religion. There is also a temple of Mother Teresa in the complex, this temple is designed to revive the worship of Mother Woman. It was also planned to create a theater in the complex, where performances in different languages would be held, as well as an ecological school, a children's art school, a children's conservatory, a memorial to the fallen, and a rehabilitation center for drug addicts.

Unfortunately, the temple remained unfinished during the life of its creator. Ildar Khanov died on February 9, 2013 in Moscow after a long illness.

Construction of the building began in 1994 and continues to this day. In its completed parts, there are art exhibitions, concerts and literary evenings, in the future it is planned to open children's circles, a yoga club, a rehabilitation center for drug addicts and other similar institutions.

It must be said that Ildar Khanov was a great humanist. He saw the purpose of his life in the humanization of space, so that everything that surrounds a person, and he himself radiated harmony and goodness. His biography, spiritual practice and creativity at the limit of possibilities are the best embodiment of his ideals, the crowning achievement of which was the construction of the Temple.

Ildar Khanov and Svyatoslav Roerich

Ildar Mansaveevich Khanov was born in the aforementioned village. He was a Muslim by birth. His childhood fell on the difficult war years. In 1943, two of his brothers died, and he himself almost died, having experienced clinical death. In 1960, Ildar graduated from the Kazan Art College and entered the Moscow Art Institute named after V. Surikov.

For decades creative activity Ildar Khanov made more than 70 sculptural and monumental-decorative works, as well as hundreds of paintings. In Moscow, Khanov met the famous artist Svyatoslav Roerich. Together they discussed the idea of creating an Ecumenical Temple - a temple of unity of souls. But in Soviet time implementation of this idea was impossible.

Ildar Khanov is not the first who came up with the idea to collect symbols of the main religions in one place. There is already something similar in the world: for example, the Museum of World Religions in the Chinese city of Xinbei. Here are exhibits that tell about the ten major religions of the world. The elimination of prejudices and misunderstandings between representatives of different communities and cultures is one of the main reasons for the creation of the Museum of World Religions.

The Five Temples Square in Bali is an example of how five temples of world religions can peacefully coexist in a fairly small space of 2000 m2. Here all the temples are active, rituals and services are held in the usual routine for every believer.

What a far walk! In St. Petersburg, back in 1930, the State Museum of the History of Religions was founded, in which the main goal is educational activities. Museum workers strive to convey history, the era of the formation of religions in an accessible and understandable way even for the most unprepared visitor.

The Ecumenical Temple in Kazan seeks not only to combine all the best that has already been created by past generations, but is clearly capable of giving more.

Also known as the Temple of 7 Religions, located in the village of Staroye Arakchino near Kazan, it consists not only of a fenced cascade of buildings with a functioning museum, concert hall, and exhibition gallery. The creative flight of the author's thought also affects the banks of the Volga, which stretches like a wide canvas literally 200 meters from the temple. Here the artist's imagination drew a whole complex, consisting of an ecological school, a marine club with numerous boats and a submarine, a memorial to fallen soldiers, and an international children's rehabilitation center.

All this remained in the imagination of the author. On February 9, 2013, he passed away, not having had time to complete his grandiose plan. The construction of the Ecumenical Temple began in 1994 and was carried out mainly through charitable assistance to the temple. It is noteworthy that during the life of Ildar Khanov construction works didn't stop for a single day.

Today, the Temple of Seven Religions in Kazan is an example of the power and strength of a person who carries out a charitable deed. Having no savings, but having pure soul a believer and an incredible desire to create, Ildar Khanov took a chance and laid a solid foundation for mutual understanding and respect between representatives of different faiths.

Temple of all religions, which is located at the address: Kazan, pos. Old Arakchino, 4, financial assistance and support is required in any of its manifestations. Charity in the creation of a socially significant object is not only a good deed worthy of respect. With your help, every visitor to the temple, especially the younger generation, will find out: there is no limit to a person’s capabilities when he embarks on the path of beneficence, and the whole Universe helps him in this.

This is how it all began: on April 19, 1994, Jesus appeared in a dream to Ildar, who ordered him to build the Ecumenical Temple, to which Ildar replied that he had no money and means for construction. Jesus said: "You start building, people will believe in you and help will come." Ildar went out into the yard and began to dig the ground for the foundation. In less than an hour and a half, an acquaintance of Ildar appeared and, having learned that he was building the Ecumenical Temple, promised to send 15 masons. Work boiled over. The next day, in the middle of the night, Ildar heard a noise in the yard and saw that someone had brought 3 KAMAZ bricks. Who brought the brick remains a mystery. The surrounding people provided him with all possible assistance and the work did not stop for a single day.

Let's see what came of it...

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Unfortunately, the temple remained unfinished during the life of its creator. Ildar Khanov died on February 9, 2013 in Moscow after a long illness.

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Here is what the author himself said: “The Universal Temple was not conceived as a place where people of different religions would pray side by side. People have not yet come to Monotheism.” It must be said that Ildar Khanov was a great humanist. He saw the purpose of his life in the humanization of space, so that everything that surrounds a person, and he himself radiated harmony and goodness. His biography, spiritual practice and creativity at the limit of possibilities are the best embodiment of his ideals, the crowning achievement of which was the construction of the Temple.

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Ildar Khanov and Svyatoslav Roerich

Over the decades of creative activity, Ildar Khanov has completed more than 70 sculptural and monumental decorative works, as well as hundreds of paintings. In Moscow, Khanov met the famous artist Svyatoslav Roerich. Together they discussed the idea of creating an Ecumenical Temple - a temple of unity of souls. But in Soviet times, the implementation of this idea was impossible.

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Ildar Khanov is not the first who came up with the idea to collect symbols of the main religions in one place. There is already something similar in the world: for example, the Museum of World Religions in the Chinese city of Xinbei. Here are exhibits that tell about the ten major religions of the world. Eliminating prejudices and misunderstandings between representatives of different communities and cultures is one of the main reasons for the creation of the Museum of World Religions.

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The Ecumenical Temple in Kazan seeks not only to combine all the best that has already been created by past generations, but is clearly capable of giving more.

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Today, the Temple of Seven Religions in Kazan is an example of the power and strength of a person who carries out a charitable deed. Having no savings, but having a pure soul of a believer and an incredible desire to create, Ildar Khanov took a chance and laid a solid foundation for mutual understanding and respect between representatives of different faiths.

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Among the sights of Kazan there is a very unusual building that strikes with a combination of bright colors and a mixture of styles - this is the so-called Temple of All Religions. It can be seen:

From the window of a train approaching Kazan from Moscow, about 20 minutes before its arrival in the capital of Tatarstan
From the left side of the ship following down the Volga from Moscow, about an hour before the ship's arrival in Kazan
You can also make a special trip to the village of Arakchino by train or bus (only 15 minutes from the Central Railway Station). Electric trains in the western direction, get off at the station "Old Arakchino".

The House of All Religions is an architectural ensemble built on the banks of the Volga, consisting of Orthodox Church and mosques, Jewish synagogues and pagodas, and in addition, the building includes halls and elements of 16 world religions, including disappeared civilizations. The complex also has a concert hall and an art gallery.

The creator of the unique ensemble is the architect, artist and sculptor, as well as the healer Ildar Khanov, who dreamed that the temple would become a place of spiritual unity of people.

The construction, which began in 1994 and was carried out only on donations from the people, became the life work of a wonderful and brilliant person Ildar Khanov.