- By Anushka Vats
- Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:19 PM (IST)
- Source:ANI
The idol of Lord Ram in his child form at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, will be opened for pilgrims before January 26 and the first phase of construction of the grand temple will be completed by December this year, said Chairman of Ayodhya Ram Mandir Construction Committee Nripendra Misra. He also stated that the ground floor of the temple has five mandaps, starting with the sanctum-sanctorum, where the deity would be installed.
"It is safe to announce through ANI that the pilgrims would be able to have a glimpse of Lord Ram in his child form definitely before January 26, 2024," he said. However, he also added that he won't be able to give the exact date as it depends on the date announced by the Prime Minister's Office for the participation of PM on the last day of Pran Pratishtha, which has yet not been fixed.
Misra, a former principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said people want to know when would the temple be completed.
Chairman of Ayodhya Ram Mandir Construction Committee Nripendra Misra (Image Credits: ANI)
Their dream has come true. The temple is a reality. The temple will be completed in two parts, the first past- Phase 1 will be completed by December 2023. The first part will be the ground floor of the temple which is about 2.6 acres of land. The ground floor has five mandaps, starting with the sanctum-sanctorum, where the deity would be installed, he said.
Mishra informed that there are 160 pillars on the ground floor, and each pillar has 25 iconographical works of different forms.
The work on the lower plinth, which tells Ram Khatha, is based on carving on the stone and it is taken from Valmiki Ramayan, about 50 per cent of that would be completed, he said.
(With inputs from ANI)
