Donate Copper — तामा दान
The temple’s pagoda roof and pinnacle are traditionally clad in copper. Your donated copper becomes part of the temple.
Why copper
The metal that becomes the temple’s skin
In the reconstruction, the pagoda’s three tiered roofs and the gajur — the gilded finial at its summit — are clad in copper, as tradition requires. The gajur forms a sacred axis, channelling divine energy down to the goddess enshrined below.
The reconstruction needs roughly 2,000 kg of copper sheet to cover the roofs and pinnacle. Every vessel and heirloom you give is melted, beaten, and lifted onto the temple — donated copper literally becomes the temple’s skin, carrying your family’s name into its very form.
What you can donate
Copper you no longer use can find a lasting home on the temple. Bronze and brass are welcome too — all are weighed toward the same goal.
Copper utensils & heirlooms
Unused water jugs (गाग्री), plates (थाल), bowls (कचौरा), and ladles (डाडु) resting in the kitchen.
Old religious copper items
Worn puja vessels, lamps, and ritual copperware kept aside and no longer in use.
Copper, brass & bronze scrap
Copper sheet, wire, and mixed copper-alloy scrap — accepted and recorded by weight.
From your home to the roof
How your copper becomes the temple
Every kilo travels a careful, recorded path — from a shelf in your kitchen to the skin of the goddess’s temple.
You pledge
Fill in the pledge form with an approximate weight of what you would like to give.
Collection is arranged
The collection team contacts you to arrange a convenient drop-off point or to collect it in person.
Weighed & recorded
Your copper is weighed in front of you and entered in the donor record against your name.
Melted & beaten into sheet
Artisans melt the vessels and beat them into roofing sheet — about 170 kg of vessels yields 95 kg of sheet.
Clads the roof & gajur
The finished sheet is lifted onto the pagoda’s three roofs and the gajur — your copper, now the temple’s skin.
You are acknowledged
Your gift is honoured on the Donor Wall and in the temple’s permanent record of contributors.
To clad the temple in ~2,000 kg of copper sheet, the committee must collect about 3,600–4,000 kg of copper — at a conversion of 170 kg of vessels to 95 kg of finished roofing.
Recognition
Every kilo is honoured
Copper counts toward the very same donor-recognition ladder as money. A gift of copper by weight is honoured exactly like a gift in rupees — your name rises through the tiers whether you give metal or money.
For example, 5 kg of copper is honoured as a Donor, and 50 kg as a Silver Donor — the same standing as the equivalent gift in rupees.
See the full donor recognition ladder →Copper-eligible tiers
A snapshot of the ladder — copper is welcomed at every level shown here.
अति परम दाता
Supreme DonorRs 10,00,000+ · $10,000
परम दाता
Ultimate DonorRs 5,00,000+ · $5,000
महान दाता
Great DonorRs 2,50,000+ · $2,500
स्वर्ण दाता
Golden DonorRs 1,00,000+ · $1,000
रजत दाता
Silver DonorRs 50,000 · $500
or 50+ kg copper / brass
कांस्य दाता
Bronze DonorRs 25,000 · $250
or 25+ kg copper / brass
ताम्र दाता
Copper DonorRs 10,000 · $100
or 10+ kg copper / brass
दाता
DonorRs 5,000 · $50
or 5+ kg copper / brass
भक्त
DevoteeRs 2,500 · $25
or 2.5+ kg copper / brass
सेवा
ServiceRs 1,000 · $10
or 1+ kg copper / brass
भेटी
GiftsRs 500 · $5
अर्पण
OfferingRs 100 · $1
Make your pledge
Pledge your copper to the temple
Tell us roughly what you can give and how much it weighs. There is no gift too small — a single vessel, weighed and recorded, becomes part of the goddess’s roof.
After you pledge, the collection team will reach out to arrange drop-off or collection at a time that suits you.
Copper collected
20 kg
Needed
2,000 kg
1% complete
Pledge copper
Tell us what you would like to donate.