Ram was born as a prince and heir apparent to a powerful kingdom in a palace and not in a temple
"The sacred soil of the Gorakhnath temple will be put in the foundation of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. We have taken the soil," Durgesh Tripathi, Sah Prant Sanyojak of the VHP, said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thakeray has also suggested an e-bhoomi pujan
On the day of the visit the roads and various temples will also be decorated with flowers and over 100,00 earthen lamp would be lit on the banks of Saryu river and various temples
Ahead of the 'Bhumi Pujan', the Ram Mandir Trust issued an appeal to devotees, asking them not to donate silver bricks
AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's possible attendance to the 'Bhoomi pujan' ceremony of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on August 5 would mean violation of his constitutional oath, even as VHP called for celebrations on that day. In a tweet, Owaisi said, "Attending Bhoomi Pujan in official capacity will be a violation of @PMOIndia's constitutional oath. Secularism is part of the Basic Structure of Constitution." According to members of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ayodhya on August 5 for the "bhoomi pujan" (ground breaking ceremony) to begin the construction of the Ram temple. Veteran BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat are among those who have been invited to the ceremony. "We can't forget that for over 400 years Babri stood in Ayodhya & it was demolished by a criminal mob in 1992," the Hyderabad Lok sabha member said in another ...
It was earlier reported that a steel capsule capturing the entire history of Ram Janma Bhoomi temple movement would be immersed in the foundation
The Prime Minister is visiting the temple town to lay the foundation of the Lord Ram temple
The Lord Ram temple will be made from stones, while iron and steel will not be used, said the temple construction workshop's supervisor
Invitations are being extended to several people who have been part of this temple movement including BJP leaders LK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, Mishra said
The earlier design was made in 1988. The height of the temple has been increased from 141-feet to 161-feet
The height of Ayodhya's Ram temple would be 161-feet, an increase by 20-feet from the previous design, according to Nikhil Sompura, architect and the son of C Sompura, chief architect of the temple
Ram Mandir trust spokesperson Nritya Gopal Das said five silver bricks will be placed inside the sanctum sanctorum during the ceremony
The silver bricks are proposed to be laid as foundation for the temple
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will definitely go for the ground-breaking ceremony of Ram temple construction in Ayodhya, party MP Sanjay Raut said
Laying a 40-kg silver brick as the foundation stone by Modi will be the highlight of the ceremony
For Union minister Uma Bharti said NCP chief Sharad Pawar's remark on the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya was 'Bhagwan Ram drohi'
A silver slab, weighing about 40 kilogram, will be placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the proposed grand Ram temple in Ayodhya during the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony, scheduled to be held on August 5
Due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, a very limited number of guests would be invited to the foundation laying ceremony
The foundation laying ceremony for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya is likely to be held in the first week of August