Cities across the country have been decorated with lights, huge cutouts of Bhagwan Ram and posters bearing religious slogans related to Bhagwan Ram ahead of Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ in Ayodhya on January 22.
Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh has been decked up with posters and flags of Bhagwan Ram ahead of Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ in Ayodhya. Goa’s Panaji has been lit up and decorated ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony.
In Uttarakhand, on the eve of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, the words ‘Jai Sri Ram’ have been written and a bow and arrow made with the help of earthen lamps during the Deepotsav at the Parade Ground in Dehradun. Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar has been lit up ahead of the holy ceremony. Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch has been lit up and decorated ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony.
The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of Ram Lalla is scheduled for Paush Shukla Kurma Dwadashi, Vikram Samvat 2080, which falls on January 22. The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of Sri Ram Lalla at Ayodhya Mandir will be held on January 22 at 12:30 pm.
Earlier, the new murti, sculpted by Arun Yogiraj, was placed inside the sanctum santorum of the Mandir. The murti is 51 inches tall and weighs 1.5 tonnes. The murti portrays Bhagwan Ram as a five-year-old child standing on a lotus also crafted from the same stone.
A host of leaders and dignitaries from all walks of life have been invited to the grand Mandir opening in Ayodhya. Vedic rituals for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya began on January 16, a week before the main ceremony.
Varanasi pandit Lakshmi Kant Dixit will officiate the main rituals during the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also perform rituals at the ceremony.
(with inputs from ANI)
