Ayodhya. In Ayodhya, UP, the work of building the sanctum sanctorum and the Natya Mandir of Ram temple will start from today. The sanctum sanctorum, the theater and the first floor of the temple will be completed by December 2023 next year. After which in the month of January 2024, Lord Ramlala is planned to be seated in the temple on the day of Makar Sankranti. By now the foundation and platform of the temple was being built. This work has been completed. UP CM Yogi Adityanath will lay the first stone for the construction of the main temple. Earlier, PM Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of Ram Lalla’s temple. CM Yogi will reach Ayodhya at around 9.15 am. He will first go to Hanuman Garhi and do darshan and worship. Then at 9.30 am in the Ram Janmabhoomi complex for the construction of the temple of Ramlala, the first brick will be laid amidst chanting. Yogi will also attend the Ramlala Sadan Pran Pratishtha ceremony at 12.10 pm.
UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, President of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Trust’s General Secretary Champat Rai and many other dignitaries will be present on the occasion of the construction of Ramlala’s temple. About 250 sadhus and saints have also been invited on this occasion. The Supreme Court gave its verdict in favor of Ram temple on 9 November 2019. Since then, the work of building the foundation of Ram temple was started by doing Bhoomi Pujan. These foundations are of multiple levels and made of concrete. Pink stones of Rajasthan will be used in the temple. These stones are being brought from Bansi Paharpur in Rajasthan. White marble will be used inside the temple.
The design of the first temple was made, it was 128 feet high, 140 feet wide and 255 feet in length. Now it has to be changed to become a temple of 161 feet in height, 255 feet in width and 350 feet in length. A total of 4 lakh cubic feet of stone will be installed in the temple of Ramlala. The work of carving stones in Ayodhya’s Ramkatha Kunj continues day and night. This work is being done since 1988. Two craftsmen carve on a stone. At present 20 artisans are doing this work. In the coming days, their number will be increased to 100.