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Time of India
3 days ago
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- Time of India
Consecration of Ayodhya Ram Darbar to begin on June 3, invites sent out
1 2 Ayodhya: The consecration of eight temples, including the Ram Darbar, on the first floor of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will take place from June 3 to 5. The Ram temple trust is making all necessary preparations and invitations for this event have been sent out. The invitation, which requests the presence of seers and sadhus on the occasion, carries details of the rectangular enclosure that is being constructed around the temple, with four temples at the corners and two on the sides. It further mentions that the consecration will take place in the temple with a Shiva Lingam at the northeast corner, Lord Ganesha at the southeast corner, Lord Hanuman in the middle of the southern side, Lord Surya at the southwest corner, Goddess Bhagwati at the northwest corner, and Goddess Annapurna in the temple in the middle of the northern side. Another temple outside the southern side of the enclosure will have the consecration of Sheshavatar. The consecration events are scheduled to begin on Tuesday and conclude on Thursday, on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra.
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
Ram Darbar consecration: Temple Trust sends invitesto religious leaders
Preparations are in full swing for the consecration of eight temples, including Ram Darbar, on the first floor of the shrine in Ayodhya -- scheduled from June 3 to 5 -- while invites have been sent to religious leaders. The invitation letter signed by Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra, addressed to Hindu religious leaders, mentions the rectangular enclosure that is being constructed around the temple, with four temples at the corners and two on the sides. It further mentions that the consecration will take place in the temple with a 'Shiva Lingam' at the northeast corner, Lord Ganesha idol at the southeast corner, Lord Hanuman idol in the middle of the southern side, Lord Surya idol at the southwest corner, Goddess Bhagwati idol at the northwest corner, and Goddess Annapurna idol in the middle of the northern side. Another temple outside the southern side of the enclosure will see the consecration of Sheshavatar. The consecration events are scheduled to be held from June 3 to June 5 on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra. On June 3 and 4, the events will start at 6:30am and continue till 6:30pm. On June 5, the events will begin at 6:30am and conclude by 1pm. The invite notes that each of the eight temples will have two householders as patrons and two saints as witnesses during the consecration. The Ram Temple Trust has requested the sadhus to be present as witnesses at the consecration ceremony. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided within the temple premises, while dinner may be taken at the invitees' respective ashrams.
Time of India
4 days ago
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- Time of India
101 seers to perform rituals in 2nd consecration ceremony in Ayodhya
1 2 Ayodhya/Lucknow: The second consecration ceremony at the Ram temple complex in Ayodhya will be led by a group of 101 seers who will perform rituals in the three-day religious programme beginning June 3. Sharing details of the programme, general secretary of the Ram temple trust Champat Rai said, "The main 'puja' of Ram Darbar idols will take place during [the auspicious midday] Abhijit 'muhurt' after 11.25am on June 5. The ceremonies will conclude around 1pm the same day." As a total of eight different temples will be covered simultaneously in the rituals on June 5, for the first time, monitoring will be carried out by the lead 'acharya' digitally during the consecration ceremony. Rai said that rituals will be telecast on a single screen in front of the lead 'acharya' to ensure proceedings are taking place in a coordinated manner and the priests deputed at the eight places are following the right the first floor of the temple, statues of Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna, and Hanuman will be unveiled at the Ram Darbar, while idols of Ganesha, Hanuman, Surya, Annapurna, Bhagwati, and Shivling will be unveiled in the temples built over the 'parkota', a circumambulatory path in the temple. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Вот что поза во сне говорит о вашем характере! Удивительные Новости Undo Rituals will commence at 6.30am on June 3. Office bearers of the temple trust said that the 'darshan' of the temples constructed over the 'parkota' will be opened to the devotees only a few days after the ceremonies, as finishing work is ongoing. On the first floor, only a limited number of devotees will be allowed to visit the Ram Darbar and the trust will issue passes through its web portal. Rai said that until a full-fledged strategy to manage the crowd is finalised, only a limited number of people will be allowed to visit the first floor, once the doors of the Ram Darbar are opened for devotees. "The work to install elevators is underway, and [for now] devotees will have to take the staircase to visit the first floor," he added. Rai added that the 'darshan' of Ram Lalla would not be interrupted during the three-day ceremonies. "On Tuesday, around 1 lakh devotees visited the temple, and on average, more than 50,000 individuals continue to visit the temple daily," he added. He also clarified that unlike the inauguration ceremony of the Ram temple that took place in Jan 2024, only a limited number of guests will be invited on June 5. Meanwhile, local women will fetch water from the Saryu river early on June 2 and take out a 'jal kalash yatra' from the ghats up to the temple premises. The water will be used for the bathing of the idols. "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will participate in the key proceedings on June 5. Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur played a crucial role during the Ram temple movement in the past. Yogi too has taken personal interest in developing the temple town of Ayodhya and closely monitored the progress of the Ram temple," Rai said. The Uttar Pradesh CM's guru and previous head of the Goraknath peeth, Mahant Avaidyanath, and his predecessor Mahant Digvijay Nath, also played vital roles in the journey that resulted in the construction of the Ram temple.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Ram temple construction to be overby year-end, says Nripendra Misra
Lucknow: The construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is progressing rapidly and will be completed by the year-end, said temple construction committee chairman Nripendra Misra on Saturday. He said devotees would be allowed to visit all parts of the temple complex within the next two months. Misra said all the idols to be installed in the temple have arrived and now the Temple Trust will begin the work of Pran Pratishtha. He said the idol of Lord Shiv will be installed on May 31 and mark the start of rituals leading up to the main consecration events. The consecration of the Ram Darbar, featuring idols of Lord Ram, Sita and Hanuman, is scheduled from June 3-5. The ceremony will be led by 101 Vedic scholars, primarily from Kashi and Ayodhya. According to reports, the temple trust has decided to invite mainly spiritual leaders instead of VIPs from the central or state govts for the June 5 ceremony. Misra said 'Sapt Mandir' (seven temples) work had been completed. It houses temples dedicated to sages and devotees associated with Lord Ram. These include temples of Maharishi Valmiki, Vashistha, Vishwamitra, Ahalya, Shabari, Nishadraj and Agastya Muni. Likewise, 90% of the 'Parkota' work is expected to be completed by June-July and it will be fully ready by Sept, Misra said. The construction of the exhibition and auditorium has started and would be completed by March next year, he added.
Economic Times
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
Divinely ordained: Nripendra Misra calls role in Ram Temple construction 'most special' of career
ANI Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra New Delhi: For Nripendra Misra, chairman of the Ram temple construction committee, leading the effort to build the grand shrine in Ayodhya was the most "special assignment" of his career -- for which he believes he was "divinely ordained". Boasting an impressive academic record -- masters in chemistry from Allahabad University, masters in political science, and masters in public administration from Harvard's John F Kennedy School -- the 80-year-old former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1967-batch has had an illustrious career. He was principal secretary to Mulayam Singh Yadav when he was the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and served as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's principal secretary during his first term. He was also chief of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). In an interview with PTI, Misra said being the temple construction committee chairman was not a "predictable position". "Being a civil servant, we don't have favourites and less favourites and more because it all depends on what job is given by the government of the day to us to perform. As a civil servant, we perform. But the nature of all other jobs were in some manner already defined because it was known and those positions existed and you went there and you did your work, whether you were the subdivisional magistrate or principal secretary to the prime minister," he said. "These positions existed and you worked and whatever best you could, you tried. But when it came to the temple construction, this was not a predictable position. This was a position which, for me at least, I really believe, was divinely ordained. One doesn't get this kind of opportunity in life. So, when this came my way, it couldn't have been better for my life. That is how I see it ... This job obviously was the most special," he added. Construction of the first phase of the Ram temple in Ayodhya was completed last year. An idol of Ram Lalla (child Ram) was consecrated in a ceremony led by Modi on January 22, 2024. The final construction of the temple is set to be completed by June 5 when the consecration ceremony of the "Ram Darbar" will be performed. In a historic verdict in 2019, the Supreme Court settled the centuries-old temple-mosque dispute. The top court backed the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for building a mosque. Misra -- a Padma Bhushan recipient -- also denied that there were any political objectives behind the temple's construction. "I do not think that it is any political gimmick or there are any political objectives behind it. It has happened on the order of our Supreme Court and the moment has come after over 500 years of struggle," he said. Asked about his experience as Modi's principal secretary when major policy decisions such as demonetisation were taken, Misra said there was no question of not being on the same page. "....because, as principal secretary, I see the PMO's (Prime Minister's Office) job is to facilitate the programme of the prime minister. After all, when the prime minister gets elected, he has got the support of millions. He has promised to those millions the kind of service he will deliver. So there is never a situation where you differ but your role is more in the nature of translating his expectations into execution and ultimately it gets implemented," he said. "And there is another side to it. That is, when you structure the implementation, then you take the precaution that the programme has sort of gone through the various tests," the former bureaucrat said. "For example, if you think of the programme that you mentioned (demonetisation), then whether it is prudent from the financial point of view, whether it ensures maximisation of good in the population, whether it ensures social equity. So there are considerations which are there and it is expected of the prime minister," he added. Misra also referred to Prime Minister Modi as a "tough taskmaster". "As you know, he is a hard taskmaster. And I have often said that when you go and tell him that 'I have achieved this peak, I have climbed this peak', he would immediately show you the next peak, the next mountain and expect that you would now be climbing up to the next mountain. So this was always there," he said, recalling his days in the PMO. "The most important thing, which I have also written on various occasions, is that he never blamed his team. He was capable of taking all the responsibilities for whatever he instructed his staff to do," he added. Misra is a recipient of Japan's prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, for his outstanding career in the civil services.
