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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
U.P. CM to be chief guest at Ram Darbar Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya on June 5
For chief minister Yogi Adityanath, his 53rd birthday will be special. This year on his birthday on June 5, he will preside over the Pran Pratishtha (consecration) ceremony of Ram Darbar on the first floor of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Three-day celebrations will begin on June 3 and final ceremony will be held on June 5 in which chief minister Yogi Adityanath will be the chief guest. The date, June 5, is also known for being the day when the Dwapar Yuga began, according to Hindu mythology. It is also the day of Ganga Dussehra which celebrates the descent of the Ganga on the Earth. In the Treta Yuga, Lord Rama is believed to have established the Shiva Linga at Rameswaram on June 5. Along with Ram Darbar, idols of several deities will also be installed amid Vedic rituals in other temples that have been constructed on the Ram Janmabhoomi campus. In the Ram Darbar, an idol of Lord Ram along with that of Mata Sita will be placed on a two-feet high white marble throne. Idols of Lord Hanuman and Lakshman will be placed in a sitting position in front of the Ram Darbar while standing idols of Bharat and Shatrughan will be installed behind the throne. 'All idols and the throne have been sculpted from white marble in Jaipur, Rajasthan,' said Anil Mishra, member of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust. 'These idols, carved out of white marble and crafted using the Hemmark photographic technique, will be installed on the first floor,' Mishra added. Eleven priests have reached Ayodhya for the ceremony. The remaining priests will be from Ayodhya. The administration has made elaborate arrangements for the ceremony, ensuring the safety and security of all attendees. The temple complex will also feature four grand entrance gates, with the southern gate being the most prominent. The gate will be 17-metre high, 30-metre long and 11-metre wide. It will be adorned with intricate carvings of elephants, horses, lions and flowers. To maintain the site's sanctity, only a limited number of devotees will be allowed access to the temple's first floor. The second floor of the temple will feature a display of the Ramayana in multiple languages, including its oldest known version. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the Ram Mandir on January 22, 2024. The ground floor of the Ram temple has an idol of Ram Lalla (infant Ram), the presiding deity of the shrine.
New Indian Express
30-04-2025
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- New Indian Express
Idol installation of Ram Darbar deferred by a month in Ayodhya
LUCKNOW: The installation ceremony of the idols of Ram Darbar on the Ram temple's first floor has been deferred by a month. The installation was scheduled to take place on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya on Wednesday, April 30. Now it is expected to take place on May 23. As per the sources of the temple trust, the idol installation ceremony has been delayed due to a defect in the idols of the Ram Darbar. Meanwhile, Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust sources claim that elaborate arrangements will be made for the Pran Pratishtha (consecration) of Ram Darbar in June. As per the details shared by informed sources, the Ram Darbar will feature four-and-a-half-foot tall marble idols of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita, Lord Hanuman, Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughan. According to one of the members of the temple trust, Dr Anil Mishra, the idols have been carved from white Makrana marble in Rajasthan. To maintain the site's sanctity, only a limited number of devotees will be allowed access to the temple's first floor. On the other hand, a 42-foot flagpole on the main spire of the upcoming Ram temple on Ram Janmabhoomi premises was installed, taking the total height of the temple to 203 feet. The flagpole was installed by Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai after traditional puja and other rituals on Tuesday. 'On the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, the Ram Darbar was to be ceremoniously placed in the sanctum sanctorum on the first floor. But the ceremony has now been postponed for next month,' said the temple trust. As per the temple construction committee sources, Ram Mandir construction will be completed by June 5 this year. Nripendra Mishra, chairman of the construction committee of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said that 99 per cent of the construction work had been completed. 'The Dhwajdand (temple flagpole) has been installed atop the shikhar (spire), which is essentially a symbolic declaration that the work on the shikhar is now complete. The overall construction of the temple is now nearly finished,' Mishra said. While the installation of the Ram Darbar on the first floor of the temple would take place on May 23, Lord Ram would be ceremoniously enshrined as per our faith and rituals on June 5, Mishra said. He added that the seven temples dedicated to sages and devotees associated with Lord Ram, on the premises, given special importance by the Prime Minister, were also complete. These seven temples, dedicated to Maharishi Valmiki, Shri Vashisht ji, Vishwamitra ji, Ahilya ji, Nishadraj Maharaj, Shabari Mata, and Agastya Muni, located within the temple premises, will also be open to the public after June 5. The second floor of the temple will feature a display of the Ramayan in multiple languages, including its oldest known version. In August last year, the trust also received a Ram Darbar made of Titanium from Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI). It will be placed in the sanctum sanctorum on the first floor of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. MIDHANI is an enterprise of the Union Defence Ministry.
