Make My Trip logo (Left) and Ayodhya Ram Mandir (Right)
As the excitement gets high for the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of Ram Mandir on January 22, Online Travel company Make My Trip has said that their platform has recorded a 97 per cent growth in searches for spiritual destinations, with Ayodhya being searched across the globe.
“We have recorded a 97 per cent growth in searches for spiritual destinations on our platform, in the last two years. On-platform searches for Ayodhya from India increased by 1,806 per cent since the inauguration announcement. Peak search for Ayodhya was recorded on December 30, the day of the airport inauguration,” a spokesperson from Make My Trip said.
“Ayodhya is being searched from across the globe, with the maximum search contribution coming from the USA: 22.5 per cent, Gulf: 22.2, Canada: 9.3, Nepal: 6.6 and Australia: 6.1,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, ahead of the Ram Lala Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya, the whole temple town is being decorated with a Tretayug theme. The Surya pillars installed on the side of the religious path represent the symbol of Bhagwan Ram being a Suryavanshi. The walls being built on the roadsides of Dharma Path, on which incidents from the Ramayana period are being depicted, are being decorated with terracotta fine clay mural artefacts which will remind Ram devotees of Tretayug.
In Hinduism, Treta Yug is the second best of the four yugas. As per Hindu Mythology, there were three Avatars of Vishnu that were seen as the fifth, sixth and seventh incarnations as Vamana, Parashurama and Rama, respectively and as per the Hindu belief, the events of the Ramayana took place in Treta Yug.
The Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, built at a cost of Rs 1462.97 crore, also echos the splendour of Ayodhya’s Treta Yuga heritage.
The architecture and design of the airport are quite unique. It is entirely inspired by the life of Bhagwan Rama and developed based on the ‘Nagara Style’. It has 7 peaks (Shikhar), of which one main peak is in the middle and there are 3 peaks in front and 3 at the back, as per an official press release.
Apart from this, the Uttar Pradesh Government has also revived the pristine glory of Dashrath Mahal. The Mahal will remind people of Bhagwan Shri Ram’s footsteps when he was a toddler and his childlike activities when he is enshrined in his divine and majestic temple on January 22.
(with inputs from ANI)
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