Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be ready on January 1, 2024, work on the ground has picked up. The garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) is expected to be completed by October this year. It will likely be opened for devotees by installing the idol of Lord Ram between December 21, 2023 and January 14, 2024.
At the site, the main work is targeting completion of the garbhagriha where a saffron flag had been unfurled after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath performed the Shila Pujan in June last year. The flag has been mounted there so that devotees visiting the temporary Ram temple can identify the location of the garbhagriha from a distance of around 150 metres.
Around the garbhagriha, 170 columns are being erected to support the beams which will be laid for the roof. On each column, 16 idols of different gods will be carved. Around the outer wall of the garbhagriha – mandovar – will be the innermost parikrama route. In all, there will be three parikrama margs in the temple complex and the outermost will be 750 metre long. There will be five mandaps too on the ground floor.
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