Nirmohi Akhara, who struggled for 200 years for Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir and was one of the main plaintiffs in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, has built a grand Mandir of ‘Ram Lalla’ in Khanda village of Sonipat district in Haryana.
On the occasion of ‘Ram Navami’, the murti of ‘Ram Lalla’ was placed in the ‘garbha griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of the Mandir amid chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
The 416-old ‘math’ was renovated, and a grand Mandir was constructed. The saints of ‘Nirmohi Akhara’, who arrived from across the country, participated in the 7-day long ‘Pran Pratishtha’ rituals.
The murti of Bhagwan Ram’s childlike form adorns the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Mandir in Sonipat. It was carved from white ‘Makrana’ marble by Satyanarayan Pandey, a Jaipur-based sculptor.
Satyanarayan Pandey is among the three sculptors who sculpted ‘Ram Lalla’ murti at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir.
Twelve scenes of the Ramayana are depicted in golden arches around the murti of ‘Ram Lalla,’ which was prepared by Saint Sadhvi Kamal Vaishnav of Nirmohi Akhara. The symbol of Bhagwan Vishnu, ‘Vaishnav Dharma Istambh’, has also been established in this ‘math’.
On the seventh day of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ritual, the murti of ‘Ram Lalla’ was bathed with the sacred water of River Saryu in Ayodhya. The restoration work of the Mandir was completed under the supervision of Dr. Raj Singh.
Sant Shri Madan Mohan of Vrindavan, who presided over the ‘Kumbh Mela’ of Nirmohi Akhara, and Sant Shri Ram Sewak Das of Gwalior, a member of the management board of Nirmohi Akhara, presided over the consecration ceremony.
The Nirmohi Akhara is one of the ‘akharas’ of the Ramanandi order of Vaishnava sect. The Akhara was formed in the first half of the 18th century.
(with inputs from ANI)
