The birth anniversary of Lord Shri Ram was celebrated across the country on Ram Navami. There was a different atmosphere in Ayodhya. After five hundred years, Ramlala celebrated his birthday in a grand temple. At exactly 12 o’clock in the afternoon, Sun God applied Surya Tilak on the forehead of Ramlala in the sanctum sanctorum. Fifty-six offerings were offered to Lord Rama. Devotees from all over the world came to see Ramlala. Processions of Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram were taken out from big cities to towns and villages. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the life of Lord Shri Ram and his ideals will become a strong basis for building a developed India, his blessings will provide new energy to the resolve of self-reliant India. Since Ramlala has been seated in his temple after five hundred years, tremendous preparations were made in Ayodhya on this Ram Navami. The entire Ayodhya city was decorated. More than 15 lakh devotees from all over the world reached Ayodhya. More than three and a half lakh devotees had darshan of Ramlala. Everyone was waiting for that moment when the sun’s rays would fall on Ramlala’s forehead, Ramlala’s Surya Tilak would be there. At exactly 12 o’clock the lights were switched off in the sanctum sanctorum and the sun’s rays entered. Sun God applied Tilak on the forehead of Ramlala. At that time the entire atmosphere started echoing with the sound of the gong.
The preparation of Ramlala’s Surya Tilak was done scientifically. Scientists from Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee and Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore had designed the entire mechanism for this. It was not an easy task to bring the sun rays from the third floor to the sanctum sanctorum and put them on the head of Ramlala, but the faith of crores of people and the hard work of scientists made even this difficult task easy. At 12 noon, the sun’s rays first fell on the mirror installed on the third floor of the temple, then they reflected and reached the first floor of the temple through a brass pipe. Then the sun rays were brought to Ramlala’s head through a hole made in the wall of the sanctum sanctorum through a reflector. This Surya Tilak was of 58 mm. For about 3 to 4 minutes, the rays of the sun applied tilak on the forehead of Ramlala, to see which all the devotees of Ram were present in the temple. But at the time when Ramlala’s Surya Tilak was being done, the entry of devotees into the sanctum sanctorum was stopped so that there would not be too much crowd.
As soon as the Surya Abhishek of Ramlala took place, Aarti of the Lord was performed, crores of Ram devotees watched this scene live on TV screens. At the time when Ramlala’s Surya Tilak was being done, Prime Minister Modi had come out for an election rally in Nalbari, Assam. He was in the helicopter at 12 o’clock. Sitting in the helicopter, Modi saw the wonderful scene of Ram Lalla’s Surya Tilak online. He took off his shoes before witnessing this sacred moment. Then with full devotion he saw the sight of Surya Tilak and bowed to Shri Ram. While posting this video on social media, Modi wrote that like crores of Indians, this was an emotional moment for him too. Modi mentioned Surya Tilak in Nalbari rally. He appealed to the people present there to participate in the celebration of Lord Ram by lighting the flash lights of their mobiles and then raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram. Surya Tilak on Ramlala’s forehead during the birth anniversary of Suryavanshi Shri Ram was a historic moment. This is proof of the path of development made through conservation of heritage and promotion of science.
The work of Surya Tilak on Ramlala’s forehead may seem easy, but in reality it was very difficult. Scientists have put in tireless work into this. Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra had told that the idea of Surya Tilak on Ramlala’s head was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s. When the construction work of Ram temple was about to start, every small and big thing was being considered. At the same time, Modi had suggested that Lord Shri Ram is a Suryavanshi Kshatriya, so is it possible that the Sun God himself should do the tilak of Ramlala on the day of Ram Navami? Should the sun’s rays anoint the head of Ramlala? In that meeting, it was agreed to implement the Prime Minister’s suggestion, but after this, Modi did not just leave this work to the people engaged in the construction of the temple, he started the efforts himself. He talked to experts and scientists from Maharashtra and Karnataka and also entrusted them with the responsibility of this work. This suggestion of Modi turned into reality and the whole world saw the Surya Tilak Tilak of Ram Lalla seated in the sanctum sanctorum. There are many such temples across the country, including the Sun Temple of Konark, where the sun’s rays fall directly on the idol of the Lord. It is worth noting that just as this work was done in the Ram temple of Ayodhya with the help of scientific institutions, similar scientific thinking was available in India thousands of years ago.
In this moment of celebration, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav termed the celebrations taking place in Ayodhya and across the country as hypocrisy. Ram Gopal Yadav said that everything is happening inauspicious in Ayodhya, the half-finished temple was consecrated, now BJP leaders are beating the drum. Yadav said that he never went to any temple, hypocrites go to temples, they take the name of God at home, that is why they are true devotees. Ram Gopal Yadav is angry because BJP leaders talk about Ayodhya in every meeting, talk about Ram Lalla, are making Sanatan a big issue, and are asking questions to Congress and Samajwadi Party on boycotting the life of Ram Lalla. These things are troubling Ram Gopal Yadav. That is why he said that those who go to temples are hypocrites, the temple built in Ayodhya is inauspicious, but Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that in Sanatan, every morning starts with the name of Ram and the evening of life also starts with the name of Ram, Where is caste in this? Where is religion?
Yogi said that the character of Congress Samajwadi Party and BSP is double, earlier these people used to ask for proof of the existence of Ram and now they are saying that Ram belongs to everyone. Yogi Adityanath rightly said that in Sanatan, every morning starts with the name of God, life also starts and ends with the name of Ram, it has nothing to do with any caste. That’s why I was surprised when Ram Gopal Yadav called temple goers hypocrites. Ram Gopal Yadav is educated. Doesn’t he know that India is a religious country? Did he forget that religion is the basic foundation of Indian culture? Are our temples symbols of our heritage? Has he forgotten that crores of people in our country have faith in God, go to temples and offer prayers? Ram Gopal Yadav has no right to hurt the sentiments of such people. If Ram Gopal Yadav is looking for any political benefit in such statements, if he is trying to please any section of the society, then he is deeply mistaken. He and his party will suffer loss due to this. (Rajat Sharma)
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