Ayodhya Ram Mandir Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Misra on Wednesday said pilgrims would be able to have a glimpse of Lord Ram in his child form before January 26, 2024.
Misra said that the committee is waiting for a response from the Prime Minister’s Office regarding PM Narendra Modi’s participation on the last day of “Praan Pratishtha.”
“I will not be able to give you the exact date because that would depend on the date announced by the Prime Minister’s Office for the participation of PM on the last day of Praan Pratishtha, which is not being fixed yet. The date has not come from the Prime Minister’s Office and we have to respect the decision of the PM’s office in this matter,” Misra told ANI.
#WATCH | Chairman of Ayodhya Ram Mandir construction committee, Nripendra Misra says “PM Modi, by nature, entrusts the responsibilities of all projects to the people who have to do the work. So this temple was entrusted to trust. The trust was formed as per this Supreme Court… pic.twitter.com/CRutLhzJnR— ANI (@ANI) September 27, 2023
The Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairperson has said that the construction of the ground floor of the three-storey Ram temple in Ayodhya will be completed by December end, and the consecration ceremony is expected to take place on January 22.
Mishra also said work is underway to design an apparatus that will be installed on the ‘shikhar’ of the temple, which will make sun rays fall momentarily on the forehead of the deity in the sanctum sanctorum on the day of Ram Navami every year. It is being built in Bengaluru and its design is being overseen by scientists, he added.
The Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, and an institute in Pune have jointly created a computerised programme for this, Mishra said.
The Supreme Court in a 2019 verdict had paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot an alternative five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a “prominent” place in the holy town of Uttar Pradesh.
The court had ruled that the 2.77 acres of the disputed land where the demolished 16th century-era Babri Masjid once stood will remain with a Central government receiver and be handed over to the trust within three months of the ruling for the construction of the temple.
The Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will formally invite Prime Minister Modi for the consecration ceremony during which the idol of Ram Lalla will be installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
The temple trust has decided to start the process of the consecration of Ram Lalla after Makar Sankranti on January 14 and observe a 10-day ritual of Ram Lalla’s ‘pran pratishtha’ (consecration).
(With inputs from ANI, PTI)
Comments
0 comment