Temples

Dharmaraj says: "O king! 

1. Those who build temples with earth stay in the abode of Vishnu for three kalpas. Then they attain Brahmaloka. 
2. One receives double virtues if he builds a temple with wood. 
3. Building a temple with bricks and stones gives four-fold virtue 
4. while with the precious stones one gets ten-fold virtues. 
5. Building of temple with copper and gold gives hundred fold and crore fold virtues. 
6. Those who preserve temples and reservoirs receive hundred times more virtues than the builders do. 

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