Ayodhya: With the construction of the grand temple of Ramlala, the preparations for the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav have now intensified. On this day, three years ago, on August 5, 2020, the foundation stone for the construction of Ramlala’s temple was laid. It was started amidst the havoc of Corona. Since then many changes have taken place in Ayodhya. The grand temple of Ramlala has started taking shape.
Devotees will be able to visit from January 2024
In these three years, about 65 per cent work of the Ram temple has been completed. The ground floor work of the 161 feet high three-storey Ram temple has been completed. The sanctum sanctorum of Ramlala is ready, so the work of installing the pillars of the first floor has also been started. Ramdarbar will be established on the first floor. At the same time, in January 2024, the Ram temple will be opened for the devotees. PM Narendra Modi will do the life consecration of Ramlala on Makar Sankranti.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi did Bhoomi Pujan
It has been decided to prepare Ram’s Dham in Ayodhya in three phases. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. On 5 August 2020, the foundation stone of the Ram temple was laid in the presence of CM Yogi Adityanath, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat and other sages in this program. Since then the process of temple construction is going on. Now on completion of three years of this foundation stone, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has remembered those moments.
CM Yogi Adityanath congratulated
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the people of the state on the completion of three years of the foundation stone of Ram temple. He wrote a couplet, Ram Brahma Chinmay Abinasi, Sarb Rahit Sab Ur Pur Basi. Also said in the message that on the anniversary of Bhumi Pujan of the grand-divine temple of Lord Shri Ram under construction in Ayodhya, hearty congratulations to all the people of the state and the devotees of Ram. This auspicious day will remain a symbol of cultural renaissance for ages. Apart from CM Yogi, many ministers of UP government also remembered this day in their own way.
Ritual program will start from January 15
With the construction of the grand temple of Ramlala, the preparations for the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav have now intensified. The ritual of consecration of Ramlala will start from January 15, 2024. On the other hand, between January 21 and 23, the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ramlala’s idol is likely to be organized. For this, an invitation has been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.
According to Champatrai, General Secretary of Teerth Kshetra Trust, the main program will be kept non-political. In this, it has been planned to invite more than 25 thousand religious personalities related to various streams of Sanatan culture. A list of such saints is being prepared by the Trust and soon an invitation letter will be sent to them with the signature of Trust President Mahant Nritya Gopal Das.
Ayodhya will be immersed in festive atmosphere for two months
The special thing is that before the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav, Ramnagari Ayodhya will start appearing in a different form from December itself. Every corner here will be Rammay. Ramnagari will be immersed in the festive atmosphere for two months. During this, various religious and cultural programs will be organized. On the day of Pran Pratishtha and after that, arrangements are being made so that every devotee who visits Ramlala can get prasad. Every day prasad will be made and distributed for one lakh devotees.
Religious events will start from December
According to the information, efforts are underway to create a cultural, spiritual Rammaya environment in Ayodhya from December 2023 to Makar Sankranti 15 January 2024 before Pran Pratishtha. For this, the entire Ayodhya will be decorated in such a way that one feels the Ramayana era as soon as one enters. By decorating the stage at various places, the teams of culture department will give presentations of Ramlila staged folk arts. Katha, discourse, collective Sunderkand recitation, Hanuman Chalisa recitation etc. will be organized in the temples.
The category of the devotees coming to the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav is being prepared
In connection with making Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav historic, a meeting is held every 15 days. The process of meeting has started from the month of April itself. Now there will be another meeting on August 9, August 25 and September 8. According to the trust, the category of the devotees coming to the Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav is being determined. Some devotees will come in the morning and return in the evening. Some will stay at their Guru places in Ayodhya. Some will stay in Dharamshala and hotel by paying rent. There will be some devotees who are of middle class, arrangements for stay, food etc. of about 25 thousand such devotees will be made by the trust.
States will be invited on different dates
From Republic Day 2024, dates will be fixed for different states of the country to come to Ayodhya. Devotees from those states should come on the same dates, it will be an effort. Teams of men and women from the respective states are being formed to maintain coordination with the devotees of different languages. The ten-member team will stay in Ayodhya for two months and guide the devotees of their respective states.
Later decision on preparations inside the campus
It is being told that the preparations to be done on the occasion of Pran Pratishtha within 70 acres have not yet been considered. Governance will be done by itself, will there be participation of the trust or will it be done only by the trust. The government and the trust jointly shouldered the financial responsibility for the Bhoomipujan of the Ram temple inside the premises on 5th August. Naturally, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra will bear the financial responsibility of all the arrangements and all works to be done outside the 70 acres premises.