Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration: Ramlala will be consecrated on January 22 in the Shri Ram temple under construction in Ayodhya. For this, three statues of Ramlala have been carved in the last few months. Ram Mandir Trust has not yet taken any decision regarding which of these statues will be consecrated in the temple. People associated with the trust gave this information on Tuesday (January 2).
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday (January 1) congratulated state sculptor Arun Yogiraj and said that his statue was selected for consecration in the new temple of Ayodhya. Is. However, the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which is constructing the temple, has not announced its decision.
Trust officials said that the decision in this regard will be taken by the Trust in consultation with Shankaracharya Vijayendra Saraswati and other saints.
‘First phase of temple construction completed’
Trust office in-charge Prakash Gupta told PTI, “Whatever decision the Trust takes, it will be made public at the appropriate time.” The selected statue will be installed in the sanctum sanctorum and will be presented to the Prime Minister on January 22. Narendra Modi His life will be consecrated in a ceremony in the presence of. The first phase of construction of the temple has now been completed.
Supreme Court settles temple-mosque dispute in Ayodhya
Since 1949, devotees have been offering prayers in the makeshift temple containing the idol of Ramlala. This temple was also transferred for temple construction, which started after the historic decision of the Supreme Court in 2019. The apex court had settled the temple-mosque dispute in Ayodhya.
Old statue will be kept in the premises for festivals
Trust officials say that the old statue will be kept in the premises for festivals. Three sculptors have carved the idols of God from different stones. The stone for two of them came from Karnataka and the third statue was being made from rock brought from Rajasthan. These statues have been carved by sculptor Satyanarayan Pandey of Jaipur and Ganesh Bhatt and Arun Yogiraj of Karnataka.
According to the trust authorities, a technical report on aspects like longevity of the idol will also be taken into consideration while selecting the idol for the sanctum sanctorum.
Yediyurappa shared his happiness on the social media platformRam Mandir Has been selected for life consecration. With this, the pride and happiness of all the Ram devotees of the state has doubled. Hearty congratulations to ‘Sculptor Yogiraj Arun’.
BY Vijayendra calls Arun Yogiraj ‘the pride of Mysuru’
Yediyurappa’s son and BJP state president BY Vijayendra also praised Yogiraj for making the state and Mysuru proud. Vijayendra had said, ‘It is the pride of Mysuru, the pride of Karnataka that the statue of Ramlala made by the unique sculptor Arun Yogiraj will be installed in Ayodhya on January 22.’
Official notice to accept the statue and not Yogiraj
Yogiraj had said that he has not yet received any official information about whether the statue he had made has been accepted or not. Yogiraj said, ‘I am happy that I was among the three sculptors of the country who were selected to carve the statue of ‘Ram Lalla’.
Earlier, he had created the statue of Adi Shankaracharya installed in Kedarnath and the statue of Subhash Chandra Bose installed near India Gate in Delhi.
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