Ram Mandir Pratishtha: The grand Ram temple is to be inaugurated on 22 January 2024 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Various programs are being organized across the country regarding this. Letters are being sent to eminent people of the country for the inauguration of the temple. Meanwhile, Vishwa Hindu Parishad is also going to organize a program for the Indians settled in America across the seven seas from the country.
According to this program, about a month before the inauguration of the Ram Temple, a five-part webinar series depicting the history of the temple will be organized for American citizens of Indian origin. This webinar series is being jointly organized by the American unit of VHP and Hindu University of America.
Webinar series will start from December 9
A joint statement organized by the US unit of VHP and Hindu University of America said that VHP will start the webinar on the topic ‘500 years of struggle of Hindus for the reconstruction of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya’ from December 9. According to the statement, the webinar also included a presentation by KK Mohammed, (retired) Regional Director (North) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
A lot of preparations are going on in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram temple. Lord Shri Ram will be consecrated in this temple on 22 January 2024 in the presence of dignitaries of the country.
How was Ayodhya settled?
It is said that Vaivaswat Manu had settled Ayodhya in Satyayuga. It was here that Lord Shri Ram was born which is mentioned in Valmiki’s Ramayana. After years of Ram Rajya, when Shri Ram took Jal Samadhi, Ayodhya became deserted. Decades later, when King Vikramaditya of Ujjaini came here for hunting, he came to know that this was the Awadh land of Shri Ram. After this, he built a grand temple of Shri Ram here which had 84 pillars with black colored Kasauti stone.
In the 14th century, when the Mughals ruled India, Shri Ram’s birthplace was destroyed and Babri was built there. According to historians, the Ram Janmabhoomi temple was demolished by Babar’s commander Mir Banki in 1525.
The height of the main peak of the temple is 161 feet.
After years of controversy over Babri Masjid and Ram Janmabhoomi temple, now Ram temple has been rebuilt. A total of 67 acres of land was brought for the temple, of which the temple is being built on 2 acres. Earlier the height of the main peak of the temple was 128 feet. Now it will be 161 feet. There will be five domes and one main spire instead of three.